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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 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.

Its dimensions are

35.4 × 28.1 cm (13 15/16 × 11 1/16 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 white paper; 35.4 × 28.1 cm (13 15/16 × 11 1/16 in.); Museum purchase with funding provided by the Buddy Taub Foundation, Dennis A. Roach and Jill Roach Directors; 2016-54-48

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