A booklet page of a photogragh. The upper left side of the page contains two paragraphs of text. Below is an illustration of a hand in grayscale. The palm faces upperward and shows a series of veins branching upwards to its fingertips. The inside of the thumb and index finger are bright red as if the first layer of skin has been removed. To the right of this hand is a book with a handmade cover. The book is adorned with six diferent materials in horizontal stripes. From top to bottom; silver thread on a black background, crushed glass on a white background, fluffy white cotton, corregated cardboard, brown twine on a red background, and mutliple stitched rows of black thread on a gray background. A light skinned hand rests palm down on the book.

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1935	Work on this object began.
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Booklet Pages, Pages from Das Wunder des Lebens (The Miracle of Life)

This is a Booklet pages. It was designed by Herbert Bayer. It is dated 1935 and we acquired it in 2016. Its medium is gravure print on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase with funding provided by the Buddy Taub Foundation, Dennis A. Roach and Jill Roach Directors.

Drawing, Study for "Cambridge Exhibition, Fascism & War"

Drawing, Study for "Cambridge Exhibition, Fascism & War"
graphite, brush and gouache, newsprint collage on paper.
Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer.
1963-39-962

Booklet, Fox River Paper: Marian Bantjes

Booklet, Fox River Paper: Marian Bantjes
offset lithograph on white wove paper.
Gift of Marian Bantjes.
2007-25-1

Poster, Engelberg, Trübsee, Switzerland
two-color gravure on white wove paper.
Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund.
2006-15-1

Its dimensions are

20.9 × 20.8 cm (8 1/4 × 8 3/16 in.) Open: 20.9 × 41.6 cm (8 1/4 × 16 3/8 in.)

Cite this object as

Booklet Pages, Pages from Das Wunder des Lebens (The Miracle of Life); Designed by Herbert Bayer (American, b. Austria, active Germany and USA, 1900–1985); gravure print on paper; 20.9 × 20.8 cm (8 1/4 × 8 3/16 in.) Open: 20.9 × 41.6 cm (8 1/4 × 16 3/8 in.); Museum purchase with funding provided by the Buddy Taub Foundation, Dennis A. Roach and Jill Roach Directors; 2016-54-56

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Herbert Bayer: Bauhaus Master.

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2oaJyz/
Accession Number 2016-54-56
Object ID 907218865