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Postcard, Design for P. Projekt Cigarette Kiosk, 1984

This is a Postcard. It was designed by Herbert Bayer and photographed by Hermann Kiessling. It is dated 1984 and we acquired it in 2016. Its medium is offset lithograph on thick 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

10.5 × 14.9 cm (4 1/8 × 5 7/8 in.)

It is signed

Printed in black ink, verso, upper left: © 1984, Copyright Herbert Bayer, Montecito; upper center: Foto: Hermann Kiessling

It is inscribed

Printed in black ink, verso, upper left: bAuhAus-Archiv Museum Museum für Gestaltung, Berlin / Herbert Bayer: / Verkaufs- und Werbekiosk für die Zigarettenmarke P. / Projekt 1924 / Tusche, Tempera und Collage / © 1984, Copyright Herbert Bayer, Montecito; center, from bottom to top: bAuhAus-Archiv gmbh, D-1000 Berlin 30, Klingelhöferstraße 14, Foto: Hermann Kiessling

Cite this object as

Postcard, Design for P. Projekt Cigarette Kiosk, 1984; Designed by Herbert Bayer (American, b. Austria, active Germany and USA, 1900–1985); Photographed by Hermann Kiessling (German); offset lithograph on thick paper; 10.5 × 14.9 cm (4 1/8 × 5 7/8 in.); Museum purchase with funding provided by the Buddy Taub Foundation, Dennis A. Roach and Jill Roach Directors; 2016-54-302

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