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Print, Destiny of an Old Directory

This is a Print. It was designed by Herbert Bayer and made for (as the client) Container Corporation of America. It is dated 1938 and we acquired it in 2016. Its medium is offset lithograph on glossy white paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase with funding provided by the Buddy Taub Foundation, Dennis A. Roach and Jill Roach Directors.

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  • offset lithograph on off-white paper.
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  • Side Chair (USA)
  • corrugated cardboard, masonite.
  • Gift of William Woolfenden.
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Its dimensions are

31.6 × 25 cm (12 7/16 × 9 13/16 in.)

It is signed

Printed in white ink, upper right corner: herbert bayer

Cite this object as

Print, Destiny of an Old Directory; Designed by Herbert Bayer (American, b. Austria, active Germany and USA, 1900–1985); Client: Container Corporation of America (United States); offset lithograph on glossy white paper; 31.6 × 25 cm (12 7/16 × 9 13/16 in.); Museum purchase with funding provided by the Buddy Taub Foundation, Dennis A. Roach and Jill Roach Directors; 2016-54-47

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

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