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Magazine Cover, Fortune, Vol. 25, No. 6

This is a Magazine Cover. It was designed by Herbert Bayer and made for (as the client) Fortune. It is dated June 1942 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

35.9 × 27.9 cm (14 1/8 × 11 in.)

Cite this object as

Magazine Cover, Fortune, Vol. 25, No. 6; Designed by Herbert Bayer (American, b. Austria, active Germany and USA, 1900–1985); Client: Fortune; offset lithograph on thick paper; 35.9 × 27.9 cm (14 1/8 × 11 in.); Museum purchase with funding provided by the Buddy Taub Foundation, Dennis A. Roach and Jill Roach Directors; 2016-54-344

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