Sidewall, "Wallpaper with space stations and rockets", ca. 1950
This object is resting in our storage facility.
We acquired this object in 1991
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- Object ID: 18637663
- Accession Number: 1991-89-133
- Acquired: 1991
- Short URL: http://cprhw.tt/o/2Dwk2/
- Sidewall, "Wallpaper with space stations and rockets", ca. 1950. ca. 1950. Machine-printed on paper. Gift of Suzanne Lipschutz. 1991-89-133.
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Children's or young boys wallpaper containing red, white, and blue spaceships, rockets, and the planet earth with metallic silver stars on a grey ground.
This sidewall is machine-printed on paper. Its dimensions are: H x W: 77 x 49 cm (30 5/16 x 19 5/16 in.).
It is inscribed Printed on selvage: "WATERPROOF COLORS, RUN 3, U.W.P.C. OF N.A. UNION MADE"
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This sidewall is from United States and dated ca. 1950
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This object has been included in the following exhibitions:
- Yinka Shonibare, Friday, October 07, 2005 - Sunday, September 24, 2006
- Kitsch to Corbusier: Wallpapers from the 1950s, April 11, 1995 - August 20, 1995
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