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1950

  • Work on this object began.

1975

  • Work on this object ended.

2016

  • We acquired this object.

2019

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Print, Great Ideas of Western Man Featuring Abraham Lincoln

This is a Print. It was designed by Herbert Bayer and featuring artwork by Herbert Bayer and subject: Abraham Lincoln and made for (as the client) Container Corporation of America. It is dated 1950–75 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

36.2 × 29.2 cm (14 1/4 × 11 1/2 in.)

It is signed

Printed in pink ink, lower right: artist: herbert bayer

Cite this object as

Print, Great Ideas of Western Man Featuring Abraham Lincoln; Designed by Herbert Bayer (American, b. Austria, active Germany and USA, 1900–1985); Subject: Abraham Lincoln (American, 1809–1865); Client: Container Corporation of America (United States); offset lithograph on glossy white paper; 36.2 × 29.2 cm (14 1/4 × 11 1/2 in.); Museum purchase with funding provided by the Buddy Taub Foundation, Dennis A. Roach and Jill Roach Directors; 2016-54-105

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

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