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1938

  • Work on this object began.

1948

  • Work on this object ended.

2016

  • We acquired this object.

2019

2024

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Print, A Long Handclasp. . .on a Short Wave

This is a Print. It was designed by Herbert Bayer and company: General Motors and made for (as the client) General Electric Company. It is dated ca. 1943 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

34.8 × 26.9 cm (13 11/16 × 10 9/16 in.)

Cite this object as

Print, A Long Handclasp. . .on a Short Wave; Designed by Herbert Bayer (American, b. Austria, active Germany and USA, 1900–1985); Company: General Motors; Client: General Electric Company; offset lithograph on paper; 34.8 × 26.9 cm (13 11/16 × 10 9/16 in.); Museum purchase with funding provided by the Buddy Taub Foundation, Dennis A. Roach and Jill Roach Directors; 2016-54-280

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