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Design for Happy Holidays postcard for Sara Belle Lustig

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Page divided into 2 vertical registers: 1/3 wide white, 2/3 white dark salmon pink.
Two lines of text face eachother diagonally and form a downward pointing triangular shape.
Lower half of page: dark purple and light purple pinwheel shapes in various sizes.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Designer
Alvin Lustig, (American, 1915–1955)
Date
1938
Credit Line
Gift of Tamar Cohen and Dave Slatoff
Medium
Lithography in black, grey, purple and coral ink on white wove paper
Dimensions
H x W: 10.4 x 16.5 cm (4 1/8 x 6 1/2 in.)
Type
graphic design
Object Name
Card
Type
Card

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