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Poster, IBM / To know is nothing at all; to imagine is everything.

This is a Poster. It was made for (as the client) IBM. We acquired it in 1981. Its medium is lithograph on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Gift of Various Donors.

  • Brooch
  • ferrotype (or "tintype"), silver, silver wire, rubies, markasite.
  • The Susan Grant Lewin Collection, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.
  • 2016-34-106

Its dimensions are

53.3 x 38.2 cm (21 in. x 15 1/16 in.)

Cite this object as

Poster, IBM / To know is nothing at all; to imagine is everything.; Client: IBM (United States); USA; lithograph on paper; 53.3 x 38.2 cm (21 in. x 15 1/16 in.); Gift of Various Donors; 1981-29-434

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