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Cheers from M&Co: Tea Service

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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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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department

Data Source

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Metadata Usage

Not determined

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4679d4c1b-814f-4c5d-a5a6-6fc74ae27194

Record ID

chndm_1993-151-186

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