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1989

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2016

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Book Cover, Empires of Time: Calendars, Clocks, and Cultures

This is a Book cover. It was designed by Vincent Torre and Tom McKeveny and written by Anthony Aveni and published by Basic Books and subject: Herbert Bayer. It is dated 1989 and we acquired it in 2016. Its medium is offset lithograph 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

24 × 36 cm (9 7/16 × 14 3/16 in.) Open: 24 × 55 cm (9 7/16 × 21 5/8 in.)

It is signed

Printed in black ink, verso, right flap: JACKET DESIGN BY TOM MCKEVENY

It is inscribed

Printed in black ink, verso, right flap: PAINTING BY HERBERT BAYER: Time and Shadow, 1941/6. Collection of Joella Bayer; used with the kind permission of Mrs. Bayer.

Cite this object as

Book Cover, Empires of Time: Calendars, Clocks, and Cultures; Designed by Tom McKeveny, Vincent Torre (American); Written by Anthony Aveni (American, b. 1938); Published by Basic Books; Subject: Herbert Bayer (American, b. Austria, active Germany and USA, 1900–1985); offset lithograph on glossy paper; 24 × 36 cm (9 7/16 × 14 3/16 in.) Open: 24 × 55 cm (9 7/16 × 21 5/8 in.); Museum purchase with funding provided by the Buddy Taub Foundation, Dennis A. Roach and Jill Roach Directors; 2016-54-215

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