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Book Cover, Von Material zu Architektur (From Material to Architecture)

This is a Book cover. It was written by Laszlo Moholy-Nagy and designed by Herbert Bayer. It is dated 1968 and we acquired it in 2016. Its medium is offset lithograph 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.

Its dimensions are

25.4 × 39.8 cm (10 × 15 11/16 in.)

Cite this object as

Book Cover, Von Material zu Architektur (From Material to Architecture); Designed by Herbert Bayer (American, b. Austria, active Germany and USA, 1900–1985); Written by Laszlo Moholy-Nagy (Hungarian, 1895 - 1946); offset lithograph on paper; 25.4 × 39.8 cm (10 × 15 11/16 in.); Museum purchase with funding provided by the Buddy Taub Foundation, Dennis A. Roach and Jill Roach Directors; 2016-54-228

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