Poster, Tropon est l'aliment le plus concentré (Tropon, the most concentrated food supplement)

 

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Poster, Tropon est l'aliment le plus concentré (Tropon, the most concentrated food supplement)

This is a Poster. It was designed by Henry Van de Velde and printed by Hollerbaum & Schmidt and made for (as the client) Tropon Werke Company. It is dated 1898 and we acquired it in 2007. Its medium is lithograph on wove paper, lined. 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 Harmonious Line.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of Mr. and Mrs. Lee S. Ainslie III, Marilyn Friedman, and Nancy Marks; General Acquisitions Endowment; Drawings & Prints Council Fund.

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Its dimensions are

111.8 x 77.5 cm (44 x 30 1/2 in.) Existing frame: 144.8 x 106.7 x 5.1 cm (57 x 42 x 2 in.)

It is signed

Monogramed in the plate

Cite this object as

Poster, Tropon est l'aliment le plus concentré (Tropon, the most concentrated food supplement); Designed by Henry Van de Velde (Belgian, 1863 – 1957); Printed by Hollerbaum & Schmidt (Germany); Client: Tropon Werke Company (Germany); Germany; lithograph on wove paper, lined; 111.8 x 77.5 cm (44 x 30 1/2 in.) Existing frame: 144.8 x 106.7 x 5.1 cm (57 x 42 x 2 in.); Museum purchase through gift of Mr. and Mrs. Lee S. Ainslie III, Marilyn Friedman, and Nancy Marks; General Acquisitions Endowment; Drawings & Prints Council Fund; 2007-2-1

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