Poster, Perception, ca. 1964–80

This is a Poster. It was made for (as the client) Herman Miller Furniture Company. It is dated ca. 1964–80 and we acquired it in 1981. Its medium is lithograph on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

Its dimensions are

89 × 58.5 cm (35 1/16 × 23 1/16 in.)

It is signed

Signed in graphite, lower left: 35/100 John Massey

It is inscribed

Printed in black, vertically, upper right: in that sense at least, the eyes have it. / But not eyes only. / Believing is seeing, and / there may be astonishing disparities / between what is perceived and what is real. / Recently a plumbing contractor / in Bismarck, North Dakota reported that; in black, horizontally, center: Herman Miller: our only image is reality; in white, within black box at upper left: from / Notes on Perception / by Ralph Caplan. / Herman Miller / Zeeland, Michigan; in black, lower center: herman miller produces office / and health care systems, furniture, / service and information

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