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1958

  • Work on this object began.

1960

  • Work on this object ended.

2016

  • We acquired this object.

2019

2025

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Print, Great Ideas of Eastern Man Featuring Buddha, 1958–60

This is a Print. It was designed by Herbert Bayer and subject: Buddha 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 lithography 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 signed

Printed in black ink, lower left, underneath artwork: artist: Guen Inokuma

Cite this object as

Print, Great Ideas of Eastern Man Featuring Buddha, 1958–60; Designed by Herbert Bayer (American, b. Austria, active Germany and USA, 1900–1985); Subject: Buddha (Indian, c. 563 or 480 BCE–c. 483 or 400 BCE); Client: Container Corporation of America (United States); offset lithography 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; 2016-54-132-16

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