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1960

  • Work on this object began.

1969

  • Work on this object ended.

2016

  • We acquired this object.

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Stationery, Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies

This is a Stationery. It was designed by Herbert Bayer and made for (as the client) Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies. It is dated 1960s and we acquired it in 2016. Its medium is letterpress on white wove 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

27.9 × 21.8 cm (11 × 8 9/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Printed in blue, upper left corner: P. O. Box 219 / Aspen, Colorado / Walnut 5-3222

Cite this object as

Stationery, Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies; Designed by Herbert Bayer (American, b. Austria, active Germany and USA, 1900–1985); Client: Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies; letterpress on white wove paper; 27.9 × 21.8 cm (11 × 8 9/16 in.); Museum purchase with funding provided by the Buddy Taub Foundation, Dennis A. Roach and Jill Roach Directors; 2016-54-477

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