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1940

  • Work on this object began.

1942

  • Work on this object ended.

2016

  • We acquired this object.

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Print, Announcing Glamour's Private Life Contest, ca. 1941

This is a Print. It was designed by Herbert Bayer and published by Condé Nast and made for (as the client) Glamour. It is dated ca. 1941 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

30.2 × 22.7 cm (11 7/8 × 8 15/16 in.)

It is signed

Printed in white ink, center right (diagonally): herbert bayer

Cite this object as

Print, Announcing Glamour's Private Life Contest, ca. 1941; Designed by Herbert Bayer (American, b. Austria, active Germany and USA, 1900–1985); Published by Condé Nast; Client: Glamour; offset lithograph on paper; 30.2 × 22.7 cm (11 7/8 × 8 15/16 in.); Museum purchase with funding provided by the Buddy Taub Foundation, Dennis A. Roach and Jill Roach Directors; 2016-54-373

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