Front of a white horizontal book jacket cover with a large black and white photomontage of a close-up of an eye (with iris filled with blue) cut out into a heart shape, superimposed into the palm of an individual's right hand, fingers pointing towards the left and relaxed upturned thumb. Above the thumb 'herbert' in sans serif text, followed by 'bayer' in larger text. Similar text and format of 'herbert bayer' set vertically in the left-hand corner inside a blue strip that borders the left edge. Centered along the bottom edge, in small sans-serif blue text is the title:'visual communication / architecture / painting'. To the right of the hand, a large column of the book description text fills the length of the right side. Verso: the book description text continues on white paper, underneath a black and white portrait of Herbert Bayer, set into a column on the left. Four small blue circles mark the corners of the large square negative space on the right.

Object Timeline

1967	Work on this object began.
2016	We acquired this object.
2019	We photographed this object. We photographed this object.
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Book Cover, Herbert Bayer: Visual Communication, Architecture, Planning

This is a Book cover. It was written by Herbert Bayer and designed by Herbert Bayer and photographed by Ferenc Berko and published by Reinhold Publishing and Studio Vista Ltd.. It is dated 1967 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.

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Its dimensions are

28.9 × 37.5 cm (11 3/8 × 14 3/4 in.) Open: 28.9 × 73 cm (11 3/8 × 28 3/4 in.)

It is signed

Printed in black ink, verso, top of left flap: photo by berko, aspen, co.

It is inscribed

Printed in black, verso, bottom of left flap: reinhold publishing corporation, new york / studio vista ltd., london; printed in black, vertically, verso, bottom of left flap: printed in japan

Cite this object as

Book Cover, Herbert Bayer: Visual Communication, Architecture, Planning; Designed by Herbert Bayer (American, b. Austria, active Germany and USA, 1900–1985); Published by Reinhold Publishing, Studio Vista Ltd.; Photographed by Ferenc Berko (American, b. Hungary, 1916–2000); offset lithograph on glossy white paper; 28.9 × 37.5 cm (11 3/8 × 14 3/4 in.) Open: 28.9 × 73 cm (11 3/8 × 28 3/4 in.); Museum purchase with funding provided by the Buddy Taub Foundation, Dennis A. Roach and Jill Roach Directors; 2016-54-220

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2ywPmz/
Accession Number 2016-54-220
Object ID 1024497301