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The Rise of an American Architecture

Cooper Hewitt

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    Object Details

    Designer

    Arnold Saks, American, b. 1931

    Artist

    Elliott Erwitt, American, b. Paris, 1928

    Catalogue Status

    Research in Progress

    Description

    View from below of the Flatiron building in New York City on white background. Imprinted in red ink, upper left: The Rise/of an /American /Architecture; in blue ink, upper center: Now/through/October 4th/1970; in grey ink, upper right: The Metropolitan/Museum of Art/1870/1970. In gray, lower right: Admission / to this exhibition and to / 19th-Century America: / $1.00, students 50©; / free Mondays

    Credit Line

    Gift of Arnold Saks

    Date

    1970

    Accession Number

    1991-69-120

    Restrictions & Rights

    Usage conditions apply

    Type

    graphic design

    Object Name

    Poster

    Type

    Poster

    Medium

    Offset lithograph on paper

    Dimensions

    51.2 x 38.9 cm (20 3/16 x 15 5/16 in.)

    made in

    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/kq43894fde7-531c-454d-a9f3-9a3ad2f2d70b

    Record ID

    chndm_1991-69-120

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