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1958

  • Work on this object began.

1960

  • Work on this object ended.

2016

  • We acquired this object.

2019

2024

  • You found it!

Print, Great Ideas of Western Man Featuring Theodore Roosevelt

This is a Print. It was designed by Herbert Bayer and John Massey and made for (as the client) Container Corporation of America and subject: Theodore Roosevelt. It is dated 1958–60 and we acquired it in 2016. Its medium is offset lithograph on glossy white 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

34.6 × 27.6 cm (13 5/8 × 10 7/8 in.)

It is signed

Printed in black ink, vertically, lower right: designer: John Massey

Cite this object as

Print, Great Ideas of Western Man Featuring Theodore Roosevelt; Designed by Herbert Bayer (American, b. Austria, active Germany and USA, 1900–1985), John Massey (American, b. 1931); Subject: Theodore Roosevelt (American, 1858–1919); Client: Container Corporation of America (United States); offset lithograph on glossy white paper; 34.6 × 27.6 cm (13 5/8 × 10 7/8 in.); Museum purchase with funding provided by the Buddy Taub Foundation, Dennis A. Roach and Jill Roach Directors; 2016-54-132-24

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