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Designer:
Herbert Bayer, (American, born Austria, active Germany and USA, 1900–1985)  Search this
Client:
Noreen, Denver, Colorado, USA  Search this
Medium:
Offset lithograph on glossy white paper
Dimensions:
30.4 × 16.6 cm (11 15/16 × 6 9/16 in.)
Type:
graphic design
Print
Object Name:
Print
Made in:
Aspen and Denver, CO, USA
Designed in:
Aspen, CO, USA
Produced in:
Denver, CO, USA
Date:
1950–55
Description:
Black and white Noreen Color Hair Rinse advertisement proof. At upper center, an illustrated silhouette of the hair of Venus based on Sandro Botticelli's "The Birth of Venus" (1484-86) appears. Printed in black, center left: Today’s rule / for your hair / is color. Text printed in black below about Venus and the product. The Noreen logo– the word “Noreen” in white cursive text followed by a white trademark symbol ® inside a black teardrop–appears at lower left, with a small illustration of a woman applying the hair product and “COLOR / HAIR / RINSE” printed in black directly below. A photographic reproduction of a woman with short light hair in profile (from shoulder upwards) is at lower right.
Credit Line:
Museum purchase with funding provided by the Buddy Taub Foundation, Dennis A. Roach and Jill Roach Directors
Accession Number:
2016-54-171
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
See more items in:
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/kq4e33eabab-cb7e-400a-885d-12b2cab7b1a0
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:chndm_2016-54-171