Page from the booklet for the exhibition, “Das Wunder des Lebens” ('The Miracle of Life'). The page contains a close-up of a person’s eye. The eye is blue, with a reddish-brown eyebrow above. Directly below, an illustration printed in black of what appears to be a camera obscura appears inside an oval. German text printed in black appears at upper left and lower left. Verso: An array of gold objects that appear to be models explaining the cell division of organisms and their shadows appear against a purple background. German text printed in black appears at upper left.

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1935	Work on this object began.
2016	We acquired this object. We photographed this object. We photographed this object.
2019	We exhibited this object.
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Booklet Page, Page from Das Wunder des Lebens (The Miracle of Life)

This is a Booklet page. It was designed by Herbert Bayer. It is dated 1935 and we acquired it in 2016. Its medium is gravure print 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.

Booklet Page, Page from Das Wunder des Lebens (The Miracle of Life)
gravure print on paper.
Museum purchase with funding provided by the Buddy Taub Foundation, Dennis A.....
2016-54-57

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offset lithograph on white wove paper.
Gift of Ken Friedman.
1997-19-209

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offset lithograph.
Gift of Marion S. Rand.
2002-11-20

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offset lithograph on paper.
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Brooch in a rectangular form made out of patinated and etched copper and stone. At the center is an embossed, relieved dimensional figure of an eye. Upper lids slightly raised and the bottom area has a curved groove. The sclera and iris are separated and raised creating the dimensional effect. The iris is etched and is filled in with black. Several text and symbols are also etched on the sides of the brooch. On the left, an arrow pointing upwards with the text “hva” on top of it. The letter “E” appears on its left. On the right side is an arrow pointing down with the text “hve” beneath it.

Eye Brooch
patinated and etched copper, stone.
The Susan Grant Lewin Collection, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.
2016-34-70

Its dimensions are

20.8 × 20.6 cm (8 3/16 × 8 1/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Printed in black ink, upper left: Das Auge ist die wichtigste Brücke zwischen / Welt und Innenleben des Menschen, es ist / aber auch „Spiegel der Seele“. Printed in black, lower left: Die Welt der Sinne, des Schens und Hörens, / des Schmeckens, Riechens und Fühlens wird in Großmodellen erläutert, die un- / geheure Kraftleistung der einzelnen Or- / gane wird in monumentalen Bildern groß- / artiger Eindringlichkeit gestaltet. Man sieht das Führungszentrum Gehirn in einem / wirkungsvollen Riesenmodell und erlebt in / der weiten Feierlichkeit der großen Aus- / stellungshallen das Wunder des eigenen Ich. Printed in black, verso, upper left: Kunstform der Natur hat man diese schönen / Gebilde der einzelligen Lebewesen genannt; / die Schönheit dieser Kunstformen erlebt / man in den Großmodellen der Zellteilun- / gen, wie sie auf der Ausstellung „Das / Wunder des Lebens“ zu sehen sind.

Cite this object as

Booklet Page, Page from Das Wunder des Lebens (The Miracle of Life); Designed by Herbert Bayer (American, b. Austria, active Germany and USA, 1900–1985); gravure print on paper; 20.8 × 20.6 cm (8 3/16 × 8 1/8 in.); Museum purchase with funding provided by the Buddy Taub Foundation, Dennis A. Roach and Jill Roach Directors; 2016-54-57

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

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2oaJyB/
Accession Number 2016-54-57
Object ID 907218867