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1923

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2019

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Book Cover, Staatliches Bauhaus (State Bauhaus) in Weimar 1919-1923

This is a Book cover. It was designed by Herbert Bayer and published by Bauhaus.

This object is not part of the Cooper Hewitt's permanent collection. It was able to spend time at the museum on loan from Merrill Berman as part of Herbert Bayer: Bauhaus Master.

It is dated 1923. Its medium is letterpress and lithograph. It is a part of the department.

It is credited Collection of Merrill C. Berman.

  • Datebook, Toy Book Cube
  • letterpress on paper bound with woven string.
  • Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund.
  • 1997-35-2
  • Textile
  • cotton.
  • American Textile History Museum Collection.
  • 2016-35-113

Its dimensions are

H x W: 25.1 × 25.6 cm (9 7/8 × 10 1/16 in.)

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Herbert Bayer: Bauhaus Master.

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