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1984

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1994

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Poster, Bayerns Staatliche Museen: Kunst Öffnet die Augen

This is a Poster. It was designed by Mendell & Oberer. It is dated 1984 and we acquired it in 1994. Its medium is offset lithograph on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Gift of Unknown Donor.

  • Ophthalmoscope And Case (Germany)
  • ophthalmoscope: velvet, metal, wood, optical glass; case: leather, velvet.
  • Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History, 314016.
  • 14.2012.6
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Our curators have highlighted 2 objects that are related to this one.

  • Eye Brooch
  • patinated and etched copper, stone.
  • The Susan Grant Lewin Collection, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.
  • 2016-34-70

Its dimensions are

83.8 x 59.7 cm (33 x 23 1/2 in. )

It is signed

Imprinted vertically in black, top right corner: ertwurf: Mendell & Oberer

Cite this object as

Poster, Bayerns Staatliche Museen: Kunst Öffnet die Augen; Designed by Mendell & Oberer (Germany); Germany; offset lithograph on paper; 83.8 x 59.7 cm (33 x 23 1/2 in. ); Gift of Unknown Donor; 1994-114-37

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