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1979

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1991

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Poster, Art, Play, Design: An Exhibition of Corporate Design Trademarks, Book Design Posters, Drawings and Teachings by Paul Rand

This is a Poster. It is dated 1979 and we acquired it in 1991. Its medium is offset lithograph on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Gift of Kenneth Hiebert.

Its dimensions are

89.5 x 62.3 cm (35 1/4 x 24 1/2 in.)

It is inscribed

Imprinted in blue, upper left: October 20-/ November 9, 1979...; upper left corner: An Exhibition of/ Corporate Design by Paul Rand/.../ A symposium/ On the Role of Art/in Graphic Design [followed by program]; upper right margin: art/play/ design a program of the Philadelphia College of Art Gallery; upper left margin: Design by K. Hiebert.

Cite this object as

Poster, Art, Play, Design: An Exhibition of Corporate Design Trademarks, Book Design Posters, Drawings and Teachings by Paul Rand; USA; offset lithograph on paper; 89.5 x 62.3 cm (35 1/4 x 24 1/2 in.); Gift of Kenneth Hiebert; 1991-69-58

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