Object Timeline

1984

  • Work on this object began.

1995

  • We acquired this object.

  • Work on this object ended.

2015

2025

  • You found it!

Print, Design for a Check, Independent Project Press

This is a Print. It is dated after 1984 and we acquired it in 1995. Its medium is letterpress on tan wove paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Gift of Bruce Licher.

Its dimensions are

H x W: 8.9 × 22.1 cm (3 1/2 × 8 11/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Printed in black, top center: INDEPENDENT PROJECT PRESS; in black, upper right: 90-3614 / 1222; in black, center left: 544 MATEO STREET / 90013; in black, center: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA / (213) 617-3294; in black, center right: POSTBOX 60357 / 90060 / No 695; in black, lower center: PAY TO THE / ORDER OF . . . / DOLLARS; in red, bottom: AMERICAN ASIAN BANK LOS ANGELES REGIONAL OFFICE 888 WEST SIXTH STREET LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA 90017 / I.P.P. 10.84; in black, blue stripe at bottom center: 122236147 006001788

Cite this object as

Print, Design for a Check, Independent Project Press; USA; letterpress on tan wove paper; H x W: 8.9 × 22.1 cm (3 1/2 × 8 11/16 in.); Gift of Bruce Licher; 1995-145-8

There are restrictions for re-using this image. For more information, visit the Smithsonian’s Terms of Use page.

For higher resolution or commercial use contact ArtResource.

If you would like to cite this object in a Wikipedia article please use the following template:

<ref name=CH>{{cite web |url=https://www-4.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18650191/ |title=Print, Design for a Check, Independent Project Press |author=Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum |accessdate=1 March 2025 |publisher=Smithsonian Institution}}</ref>