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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2021.163
People
Herbert Bayer, American (Haag, Austria 1900 - 1985 Santa Barbara, CA)
Title
Card “Herbert Bayer” for the Verband Deutscher Reklamefachleute (Association of German Advertisers)
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1928
Culture
Austrian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/372857

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Letterpress on card
Technique
Letterpress
Dimensions
10.6 × 14.9 cm (4 3/16 × 5 7/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • label: removed from backing board: Merrill C. Berman Collection / Bayer23 and New Bauhaus
  • inscription: n label, removed from backing board: JS_5D_2478

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Herbert Bayer, by inheritance; to Joella Bayer. [Arthur Cohen/Ex Libris], sold; to The Merrill C. Berman Collection (1980s-2021) sold; to the Busch-Reisinger Museum, 2021.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Daimler Curatorship of the Busch-Reisinger Museum Fund
Copyright
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
Accession Year
2021
Object Number
2021.163
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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