Object Details
Design Director
Tibor Kalman, American, b. Hungary, 1949–1999
Firm
M&Co, New York, New York, USA, 1979–1992
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
A full-page black and white photograph, with gray tones predominant, features a china teapot on the upper right, its handle abutting the right edge; a teacup and saucer on the center left, the edge of the saucer abutting the left edge; and in the lower right-hand corner, a teaspoon, slanting downward, its handle aborted by the right edge of the page. The objects cast soft shadows and reflect points of light. In the center of the page, its left edge superimposed on the right side of the cup and saucer, is a red square, imprinted close to its top edge Cheers from M&Co in white uppercase sans-serif type. in the lower quarter of the square, graphic designers is imprinted in italicized type, and along the bottom edge, the firm's address and telephone number are imprinted in small black sans-serif type.
Credit Line
Gift of Tibor Kalman/ M & Co.
Date
1984
Accession Number
1993-151-186
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
graphic design
Object Name
advertisement
Type
advertisement
Medium
Offset lithography
Dimensions
27.5 x 21 cm (10 7/8 x 8 1/4 in.)
Place
USA
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Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
chndm_1993-151-186