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1943

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Print, Aim High!

This is a Print. It was designed by Herbert Bayer and made for (as the client) Container Corporation of America. It is dated 1943 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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Its dimensions are

38.1 × 28.8 cm (15 × 11 5/16 in.)

It is signed

Printed in grey ink, lower right: herbert bayer

It is inscribed

In clear envelope with adhesive label containing text printed in black: CCA Advertisement

Cite this object as

Print, Aim High!; 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; 38.1 × 28.8 cm (15 × 11 5/16 in.); Museum purchase with funding provided by the Buddy Taub Foundation, Dennis A. Roach and Jill Roach Directors; 2016-54-55

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

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