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1960

  • Work on this object began.

1969

  • Work on this object ended.

2016

  • We acquired this object.

2019

2025

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Letterhead, Bauhaus-Archiv

This is a Letterhead. It was designed by Herbert Bayer and made for (as the client) The Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin. 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

29.6 × 20.9 cm (11 5/8 × 8 1/4 in.)

Cite this object as

Letterhead, Bauhaus-Archiv; Designed by Herbert Bayer (American, b. Austria, active Germany and USA, 1900–1985); Client: The Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin (Germany); letterpress on white wove paper; 29.6 × 20.9 cm (11 5/8 × 8 1/4 in.); Museum purchase with funding provided by the Buddy Taub Foundation, Dennis A. Roach and Jill Roach Directors; 2016-54-587

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