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Photograph, Cohama Frostpoint

This is a Photograph. It was designed by Herbert Bayer and photographed by Javan Bayer. It is dated 1943 and we acquired it in 2016. Its medium is photographic print on glossy 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

25.2 × 20.2 cm (9 15/16 × 7 15/16 in.)

It is signed

Printed in black ink, vertically, upper left: herbert bayer ; on sticker, verso, upper left corner: photo: javan bayer

It is inscribed

Verso: Sticker in upper left corner with printed black text: advertisement 1943 / photo: javan bayer; inscribed in graphite: APP 2

Cite this object as

Photograph, Cohama Frostpoint; Designed by Herbert Bayer (American, b. Austria, active Germany and USA, 1900–1985); Photographed by Javan Bayer (American, b. Germany, 1928 - 2001); photographic print on glossy paper; 25.2 × 20.2 cm (9 15/16 × 7 15/16 in.); Museum purchase with funding provided by the Buddy Taub Foundation, Dennis A. Roach and Jill Roach Directors; 2016-54-325

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