Poster, Adler Typewriter

 

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1909

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1910

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2005

  • We acquired this object.

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Poster, Adler Typewriter

This is a Poster. It was designed by Lucian Bernhard and printed by Hollerbaum & Schmidt and made for (as the client) Adler. It is dated 1909–10 and we acquired it in 2005. Its medium is lithograph on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

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This object was featured in our Object of the Week series in a post titled Seduced by an Object Poster.

This object was donated by Eric Kellenberger. It is credited Gift of the Eric Kellenberger Collection, Switzerland and museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment.

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Its dimensions are

H x W: 45.9 × 58.7 cm (18 1/16 × 23 1/8 in.)

It is signed

Printed on plate with logo, center left: BERN / HARD

It is inscribed

Printed in white across upper third of sheet: Adler; in black at center left: BERN/HARD; at lower right: Adlerwerke vorm-/Heinrich Kleyer A-G/Zimmerstr-92/93; at lower left: HOLLERBAUM/ & SCHMIDT/BERLIN NO. 65

Cite this object as

Poster, Adler Typewriter; Designed by Lucian Bernhard (German, 1883–1972); Printed by Hollerbaum & Schmidt (Germany); Client: Adler; Germany; lithograph on paper; H x W: 45.9 × 58.7 cm (18 1/16 × 23 1/8 in.); Gift of the Eric Kellenberger Collection, Switzerland and museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment; 2005-12-2

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