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    Object Details

    Client

    Internal Revenue Service, Washington, District of Columbia, USA

    Catalogue Status

    Research in Progress

    Description

    Poster depicts several objects repeated three or four times: paint brush, image of a hamburger, a one-dollar coin, Model T, signage, baby carriage, among others. Three male figures sit cross-legged and their yellow sweaters read: TAX; above in red stitched letters: UNDERSTANDING / TAXES. In the background a partial face of a man holding a newspaper that reads: HELP WANTED.

    Credit Line

    Gift of Various Donors

    Date

    ca. 1977

    Accession Number

    1981-29-277

    Restrictions & Rights

    Usage conditions apply

    Type

    graphic design

    Object Name

    Poster

    Type

    Poster

    Medium

    Offset lithograph on paper

    Dimensions

    H x W: 78.9 x 35.6 cm (31 1/16 in. x 14 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/kq488603c52-919d-4a69-b81c-e90908889fb6

    Record ID

    chndm_1981-29-277

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