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Vlaggenvliegers uit Nagasaki [Kites from Nagasaki]

Cooper Hewitt

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Object Details

Designer

Pieter Brattinga, Dutch, 1931 - 2004

Printer

Steendrukkerij de Jong and Company, Netherlands, 1911 - 1994

Catalogue Status

Research in Progress

Description

Exhibition poster in sky blue with white diamond-shaped square kite in top center. On kite two circles, blue on top, red on bottom. What appear to be red tassels hang from the side corners. White kite string attached to top and bottom is pulled out of view to left. At bottom, 3 squares with white text outlined in white.

Credit Line

Gift of Pieter Brattinga

Date

1970

Accession Number

2000-75-2

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Copyright Notice

© Pieter Brattinga

Type

graphic design

Object Name

Poster

Type

Poster

Medium

Offset lithograph

Dimensions

62.9 x 38.1 cm (24 3/4 x 15 in. )

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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/kq49db35214-a7c7-498a-a2c2-db831153a375

Record ID

chndm_2000-75-2

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