Object Details
Designer
Massimo Vignelli, Italian, active USA, 1931–2014
Client
Metropolitan Transit Authority, New York, New York, USA
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Vertical format New York City subway transit map depicting subway lines throughout the borroughs of Manhattan, The Bronx, Queens, and Brooklyn. Legend contained within horizontal margin at top. Rivers and bays indicated in light tan, land indicated in white, major parks indicated in brown. Compass at lower left.
Credit Line
Gift of Unknown Donor
Date
1974
Accession Number
1987-24-2
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
graphic design
Object Name
Poster
Type
Poster
Medium
Offset lithograph on white wove paper
Dimensions
71.1 x 58.4 cm (28 x 23 in.)
made in
USA
place depicted
New York, NY, USA
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Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
chndm_1987-24-2