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
Maurits Cornelis Escher, (Dutch, 1898–1972) 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:
1971–85
Description:
Atlantic Richfield Company advertisement proof addressing America's national goals. At upper left, reproduction of Herbert Bayer's painting Chromatic Amassment (1971), featuring multicolored circles in gradient. At lower right, reproduction of a surrealist work by M.C. Escher depicting staircases. Includes black printed text about the ideal (upper right) and the real (lower left) and achieving national goals (along the bottom). 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 at bottom right.
Credit Line:
Museum purchase with funding provided by the Buddy Taub Foundation, Dennis A. Roach and Jill Roach Directors
