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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:
29.1 × 20.3 cm (11 7/16 × 8 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:
ca. 1953
Description:
Black and white Noreen Color Hair Rinse advertisement proof. Features an illustration of a Japanese woman with many hair accessories, resembling a woman from a Japanese woodblock print, at center right. Directly below the figure, an illustration of Noreen packaging appears. At center left, extensive text about the product is printed in black. Printed in black, along the top: She wore ornaments to put / color in her hair. 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 the black text “COLOR / HAIR / RINSE” appearing at lower right. Printed in black, lower far right: At cosmetic counters / everywhere / Also professionally / applied in / beauty salons.
Credit Line:
Museum purchase with funding provided by the Buddy Taub Foundation, Dennis A. Roach and Jill Roach Directors
Accession Number:
2016-54-173
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/kq439e797c1-185a-4ffd-bfe5-3add5a6729b8
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:chndm_2016-54-173