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1928

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2016

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Photograph, Herbert Bayer Advertising Card

This is a Photograph. It was designed by Herbert Bayer and photographed by Ferenc Berko. It is dated 1928 and we acquired it in 2016. Its medium is photographic print on glossy 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

10.2 × 15.4 cm (4 in. × 6 1/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamp in black ink, verso: herbert bayer

It is signed

Signed in graphite, verso: photo by Berko

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, verso, upper right: ADVERTISING CARD 1928

Cite this object as

Photograph, Herbert Bayer Advertising Card; Designed by Herbert Bayer (American, b. Austria, active Germany and USA, 1900–1985); Photographed by Ferenc Berko (American, b. Hungary, 1916–2000); photographic print on glossy paper; 10.2 × 15.4 cm (4 in. × 6 1/16 in.); Museum purchase with funding provided by the Buddy Taub Foundation, Dennis A. Roach and Jill Roach Directors; 2016-54-304

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