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1961

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1963

  • Work on this object ended.

2016

  • We acquired this object.

2019

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Booklet Cover, Constancy, Change and Architecture

This is a Booklet cover. It was designed by Herbert Bayer and written by S. Giedion and published by Harvard University Press. It is dated ca. 1961 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

21.6 × 20.5 cm (8 1/2 × 8 1/16 in.) Open: 21.6 × 40.8 cm (8 1/2 × 16 1/16 in.)

It is signed

Printed in black ink on verso, lower left: Designed by Herbert Bayer

Cite this object as

Booklet Cover, Constancy, Change and Architecture; Designed by Herbert Bayer (American, b. Austria, active Germany and USA, 1900–1985); Written by S. Giedion (Swiss, b. Czech Republic, 1888–1968); Published by Harvard University Press; offset lithograph on paper; 21.6 × 20.5 cm (8 1/2 × 8 1/16 in.) Open: 21.6 × 40.8 cm (8 1/2 × 16 1/16 in.); Museum purchase with funding provided by the Buddy Taub Foundation, Dennis A. Roach and Jill Roach Directors; 2016-54-311

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