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1958

  • Work on this object began.

1960

  • Work on this object ended.

2016

  • We acquired this object.

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Portfolio Folder, 1958-59-60, Great Ideas of Western Man Series, 1958–60

This is a Portfolio folder. 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 thick 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

36 × 29 × 0.5 cm (14 3/16 × 11 7/16 × 3/16 in.) Open: 36 × 58.5 × 0.5 cm (14 3/16 × 23 1/16 × 3/16 in.)

Cite this object as

Portfolio Folder, 1958-59-60, Great Ideas of Western Man Series, 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 thick paper; 36 × 29 × 0.5 cm (14 3/16 × 11 7/16 × 3/16 in.) Open: 36 × 58.5 × 0.5 cm (14 3/16 × 23 1/16 × 3/16 in.); Museum purchase with funding provided by the Buddy Taub Foundation, Dennis A. Roach and Jill Roach Directors; 2016-54-132-1

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