Object Details
Designer
Herbert Bayer, (American, born Austria, active Germany and USA, 1900–1985)
Client
National Ski Association of America, Denver, Colorado, USA
Description
Postcard for 1950 World Ski Championships, National Ski Association of America. Downhill skier at center left in red and black with blue and black lines extending upwards, suggesting speed. Image of snowy white and blue mountain behind. Printed in black, red, and blue along the top right and upper right edge: 1950 WORLD SKI CHAMPIONSHIPS U.S.A.; in red, blue, and grey, lower portion: FIS LAKE PLACID / NEW YORK / NORDIC EVENTS / JAN. 30–FEB. 5 / ASPEN / COLORADO / ALPINE EVENTS / FEB. 13–18. Verso has "Post Card" printed in block letters in the center, a vertical line down the center, and a place for a stamp on the right printed in black.
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funding provided by the Buddy Taub Foundation, Dennis A. Roach and Jill Roach Directors
Date
1949
Accession Number
2016-54-427
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
graphic design
Object Name
Postcard
Type
Postcard
Medium
Offset lithograph on cream cardstock
Dimensions
17.8 × 12.5 cm (7 × 4 15/16 in.)
made in
Aspen, CO, USA
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Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
chndm_2016-54-427