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Object Timeline

  • We acquired this object.

1949

  • Work on this object began.

2019

2025

  • You found it!

Poster, Polio Research: A Light Is Beginning to Dawn

This is a Poster. It was designed by Herbert Bayer.

This object is not part of the Cooper Hewitt's permanent collection. It was able to spend time at the museum on loan from Merrill Berman as part of Herbert Bayer: Bauhaus Master.

It is dated 1949. Its medium is lithograph. It is a part of the department.

It is credited Collection of Merrill C. Berman.

Its dimensions are

H x W: 113.7 × 73.7 cm (44 3/4 in. × 29 in.)

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Herbert Bayer: Bauhaus Master.

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