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1979

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1981

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Poster, IBM / A Series of Five Exhibitions / Most About Astronomy

This is a Poster. It was made for (as the client) IBM. It is dated 1979 and we acquired it in 1981. Its medium is screenprint on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Gift of Various Donors.

  • Telescope, Transit of Venus
  • brass, iron, glass.
  • Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History, 2006.0182.02-03.
  • 14.2012.72

Its dimensions are

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

Cite this object as

Poster, IBM / A Series of Five Exhibitions / Most About Astronomy; Client: IBM (United States); USA; screenprint on paper; 53.3 x 38.2 cm (21 in. x 15 1/16 in.); Gift of Various Donors; 1981-29-462

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