Herbert Bayer, (American, born Austria, active Germany and USA, 1900–1985) Search this
Client:
Container Corporation of America, Chicago, Illinois, USA Search this
Medium:
Offset lithograph on white paper
Dimensions:
35.4 × 28.1 cm (13 15/16 × 11 1/16 in.)
Type:
graphic design
Print
Object Name:
Print
Made in:
New York, NY, USA
Date:
1942
Description:
Black and white advertisement proof for CCA featuring a stack of paper at upper left, connected to a line of cylindrical containers that transform into ammunition falling into a black army plane below. Ammunition is then seen falling from the plane below. Printed in black, upper right: paper that / goes to war / is paper / that wasn't / burned. A thin black diagonal line is printed in between the text. Printed in black, inside a rectangular box outlined in black, lower left: Save waste paper! / SELL OR GIVE TO LOCAL COLLECTORS. Printed in black, along the bottom: CONTAINER CORPORATION OF AMERICA. Three cylindrical packages of ammunition appear in the lower right corner.
Credit Line:
Museum purchase with funding provided by the Buddy Taub Foundation, Dennis A. Roach and Jill Roach Directors
