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Designer:
Herbert Bayer, (American, born Austria, active Germany and USA, 1900–1985)  Search this
Featured Artist:
Herbert Bayer, (American, born Austria, active Germany and USA, 1900–1985)  Search this
Jasper Johns, American, b. 1930  Search this
Client:
Atlantic Richfield Company, Los Angeles, California, USA  Search this
Medium:
Offset lithograph on glossy white paper
Dimensions:
28 × 21.7 cm (11 × 8 9/16 in.)
Type:
graphic design
Print
Object Name:
Print
Made in:
Aspen, CO or Montecito, CA, USA
Date:
late 20th century
Description:
Atlantic Richfield Company advertisement proof addressing education. At top, a reproduction of a work by Herbert Bayer depicting a close-up of a blue eye, with an illustration of what appears to be a camera obscura in front of a sculpture (male bust) below. The lower portion of the design contains a reproduction of a sculpture by Jasper Johns featuring a grey, rectangular, brick-like form with glasses and eyes. Includes black printed text about the ideal (upper left) and the real (center left), with text about how to see and analyze at center and center right. The Atlantic Richfield Company logo, a small black diamond divided into 4 parts and containing a blank center, next to the company name in black, is also at center right.
Credit Line:
Museum purchase with funding provided by the Buddy Taub Foundation, Dennis A. Roach and Jill Roach Directors
Accession Number:
2016-54-301
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
Data Source:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4cb05294e-c902-44d0-9a7c-e8a1cfa1fa14
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:chndm_2016-54-301