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Object Details

Designer

Seymour Chwast, American, b. 1931

Client

Herman Miller Furniture Company, Zeeland, Michigan, USA

Art Director

Stephen Frykholm, American, b. 1942

Author

Ralph Caplan, American, b. 1925

Catalogue Status

Research in Progress

Description

Vertical rectangle. On yellow ground, a city street scene with views of high-rise buildings and skyscrapers (one of which is under construction) illustrated in comic style. Figures populate the windows of buildings and the sidewalk of the street, where there are a variety of local vendors and shops. A city bus, taxi, and two additional cars drive on the street near the bottom of the composition. Written text throughout contained within speech bubbles, comments on ways in which the life depicted in the poster is improving. Title rendered in cloud letters formed by an airplane at upper left. Design bordered in white, with a thick white rectangle at bottom with black printed text.

Credit Line

Gift of Various Donors

Date

1976

Accession Number

1981-29-420

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Type

graphic design

Object Name

Poster

Type

Poster

Medium

Lithograph on paper

Dimensions

89.4 × 57.5 cm (35 3/16 × 22 5/8 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/kq4522b1833-cc9c-4392-8124-e011a6b74d0f

Record ID

chndm_1981-29-420

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