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Letterhead, Wilshire, 1957

This is a letterhead. It was designed by Herbert Bayer and made for (as the client) Wilshire Products, Inc.. It is dated 1957 and we acquired it in 2016. Its medium is embossing and print on 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

27.9 × 21.6 cm (11 × 8 1/2 in.)

Cite this object as

Letterhead, Wilshire, 1957; Designed by Herbert Bayer (American, b. Austria, active Germany and USA, 1900–1985); Client: Wilshire Products, Inc.; embossing and print on paper; 27.9 × 21.6 cm (11 × 8 1/2 in.); Museum purchase with funding provided by the Buddy Taub Foundation, Dennis A. Roach and Jill Roach Directors; 2016-54-583

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