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Monkey Hanging

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Object Details

Designer

Alfons Bach, American, b. Germany, 1904–1999

Catalogue Status

Research in Progress

Description

White stencil-like forms appear against a red circular background mounted in the center of the board. A white monkey hangs from a rope that forms a hexagon-like shape inside the circle, with a curling tail that appears to the right of his body. The edge of the circle is lined with small white rectangles of varying widths.

Credit Line

Gift of Alfons Bach

Date

n.d.

Accession Number

1993-108-426

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Type

graphic design

Object Name

Drawing

Type

Drawing

Medium

Brush and red, white acrylic paint, graphite on cream paper mounted on cream illustration board

Dimensions

40.8 × 35.8 cm (16 1/16 × 14 1/8 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/kq466597e49-37f4-4e82-b870-cc5de7c98c21

Record ID

chndm_1993-108-426

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