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1966

  • Work on this object began.

1986

  • Work on this object ended.

1991

  • We acquired this object.

2016

2025

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Poster, An American City-AIA National Convention, Philadelphia 1976

This is a Poster. It is dated ca. 1976 and we acquired it in 1991. Its medium is lithograph support: gray paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Gift of Peter Bradford.

Its dimensions are

90.6 x 60.4 cm (35 11/16 x 23 3/4 in.)

It is inscribed

Imprinted in blue ink across recto: AN AMERICAN CITY/ 1976 IN PHILADELPHIA/AIA NATIONAL CONVENTION 2-6 MAY.; alternating with text printed in red ink:KEYNOTE FABLE: EVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO KNOW...; TASTE YOUR FAVORITE CITY/ AT THE PRESIDENT'S LUNCH...; in blue ink at LL margin: LOUIS DeMOLL, NATIONAL PRESEIDENT AIA 1976; RICHARD SAUL WURMAN, NATIONAL CHAIRMAN 1976 CONVENTION...PETER BRADFORD, DESIGN

Cite this object as

Poster, An American City-AIA National Convention, Philadelphia 1976; USA; lithograph support: gray paper; 90.6 x 60.4 cm (35 11/16 x 23 3/4 in.); Gift of Peter Bradford; 1991-69-4

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