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  • We acquired this object.

1942

  • Work on this object began.

2019

2024

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Poster, Our Allies Need Eggs; Your Farm Can Help

This is a Poster. It was designed by Herbert Bayer and made for (as the client) Rural Electrification Administration.

This object is not part of the Cooper Hewitt's permanent collection. It was able to spend time at the museum on loan from Merrill Berman as part of Herbert Bayer: Bauhaus Master.

It is dated c. 1942. Its medium is lithograph. It is a part of the department.

It is credited Collection of Merrill C. Berman.

  • Poster, A Better Home
  • offset lithograph and screenprint on paper.
  • Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. Edward C. Post and from Friends of....
  • 1995-106-2

Its dimensions are

H x W: 51.1 × 76.4 cm (20 1/8 × 30 1/16 in.)

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Herbert Bayer: Bauhaus Master.

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