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1958

  • Work on this object began.

1960

  • Work on this object ended.

2016

  • We acquired this object.

2019

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Print, Great Ideas of Western Man Featuring Henry Brooks Adams, 1958–60

This is a Print. It was designed by Herbert Bayer and made for (as the client) Container Corporation of America. It is dated 1958–60 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.

Its dimensions are

34.6 × 27.6 cm (13 5/8 × 10 7/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Printed in black ink, vertically, alongside the right edge of artwork: The painting is called “Primeval Wall,” and it represents the ancient cave paintings where the drama of teaching began a hundred million years ago.

Cite this object as

Print, Great Ideas of Western Man Featuring Henry Brooks Adams, 1958–60; 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; 34.6 × 27.6 cm (13 5/8 × 10 7/8 in.); Museum purchase with funding provided by the Buddy Taub Foundation, Dennis A. Roach and Jill Roach Directors; 2016-54-132-13

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