Design for Avant Garde Typeface: Upper Case A to P

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Object Details

Designer

Thomas Carnase, American, b. 1939

Firm

Lubalin, Smith, Carnase, American, 1969 - 1975

Creator

Herb Lubalin, American, 1918–1981

Catalogue Status

Research in Progress

Description

Black upper case letters for the Avant Garde typeface, arranged in three horizontal rows. Includes variations of principal letters.

Credit Line

Gift of Tom Carnase

Date

1967

Accession Number

1996-40-1

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Type

graphic design

Object Name

Drawing

Type

Drawing

Medium

Pen and black ink, brush and white gouache, graphite on tracing paper

Dimensions

18.7 x 39.1 cm (7 3/8 x 15 3/8 in.)

made in

New York, NY, 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/kq40bfaf328-f3dd-4bad-a2bb-ac5496e9d7c5

Record ID

chndm_1996-40-1

Design for Avant Garde Typeface: Upper Case A to P

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