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  • We acquired this object.

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Poster, '68 Mexico Olympics, Final Symbols vs Prelim. Designs

This is a Poster. It was designed by Henry Dreyfuss & Associates and Henry Dreyfuss and after Eduardo Terrazas, Beatrice Trueblood and Lance Wyman. It is dated September 25 1968 and we acquired it in 1972. Its medium is ink and collage on posterboard, adhesive tape, glue. It is a part of the Archives department.

This object was donated by Henry Dreyfuss. It is credited Gift of Henry Dreyfuss.

Its dimensions are

H x W: 49.8 × 85.4 cm (19 5/8 × 33 5/8 in.)

Cite this object as

Poster, '68 Mexico Olympics, Final Symbols vs Prelim. Designs; Designed by Henry Dreyfuss (American, 1904–1972), Henry Dreyfuss Associates (United States); After Lance Wyman (American, b. 1937), Eduardo Terrazas (Mexican, b. 1936), Beatrice Trueblood (British, founded 1938); ink and collage on posterboard, adhesive tape, glue; H x W: 49.8 × 85.4 cm (19 5/8 × 33 5/8 in.); Gift of Henry Dreyfuss; 1972-88-1-7-1,2

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Give Me a Sign: The Language of Symbols.

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