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1991

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Poster, How to Stuff a Wild Duck

This is a Poster. We acquired it in 1991. Its medium is screenprint on wove paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Gift of Ken White.

Its dimensions are

53.5 x 38.1 cm (21 1/16 x 15 in.)

It is inscribed

Imprinted in yellow ink at UC:IBM; in white ink at C: How to/Stuff a/Wild/ Duck; G.B.Shaw quote in yellow at CL:"The reasonable man adapts himself to the/world...Therefore all progress depends upon the/unreasonable man."; T.J.Watson , Jr. quote in yellow at C: "We are convinced that any business needs/its wild ducks. And in IBM we try not to /tame them."; at CR image ofduck made of text in yellow ink.

Cite this object as

Poster, How to Stuff a Wild Duck; USA; screenprint on wove paper; 53.5 x 38.1 cm (21 1/16 x 15 in.); Gift of Ken White; 1991-69-31

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