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Print, Der Stoff des 20. Jahrhunderts (The Fabric of the 20th Century)

This is a Print. It was designed by Herbert Bayer. It is dated 1928–38 and we acquired it in 2016. Its medium is offset lithograph 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.

Its dimensions are

28.3 × 21 cm (11 1/8 × 8 1/4 in.)

It is signed

Printed in black ink, vertically, lower left: dorland y[inside a box]

Cite this object as

Print, Der Stoff des 20. Jahrhunderts (The Fabric of the 20th Century); Designed by Herbert Bayer (American, b. Austria, active Germany and USA, 1900–1985); offset lithograph on paper; 28.3 × 21 cm (11 1/8 × 8 1/4 in.); Museum purchase with funding provided by the Buddy Taub Foundation, Dennis A. Roach and Jill Roach Directors; 2016-54-61

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