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1947

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2016

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Envelope, Cloud Shadows

This is a Envelope. It was designed by Herbert Bayer and made for (as the client) Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center. It is dated 1947 and we acquired it in 2016. Its medium is white wove paper, folded. 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

11.1 × 14.2 cm (4 3/8 × 5 9/16 in.)

Cite this object as

Envelope, Cloud Shadows; Designed by Herbert Bayer (American, b. Austria, active Germany and USA, 1900–1985); Client: Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center; white wove paper, folded; 11.1 × 14.2 cm (4 3/8 × 5 9/16 in.); Museum purchase with funding provided by the Buddy Taub Foundation, Dennis A. Roach and Jill Roach Directors; 2016-54-469

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