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1944

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1985

  • Work on this object ended.

2016

  • We acquired this object.

2019

2025

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Greeting Card, Merry Christmas & Happy New Year, Joella and Herbert Bayer

This is a Greeting card. It was designed by Herbert Bayer. It is dated mid- 20th century and we acquired it in 2016. Its medium is print on light brown paper with embossed red foil. 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

22.9 × 15.8 cm (9 × 6 1/4 in.)

Cite this object as

Greeting Card, Merry Christmas & Happy New Year, Joella and Herbert Bayer; Designed by Herbert Bayer (American, b. Austria, active Germany and USA, 1900–1985); print on light brown paper with embossed red foil; 22.9 × 15.8 cm (9 × 6 1/4 in.); Museum purchase with funding provided by the Buddy Taub Foundation, Dennis A. Roach and Jill Roach Directors; 2016-54-457

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