Object Details
- Description
- Cover design for the 1968 catalogue for the Bauhaus "50 Jahre" exhibition in Stuttgart organized by Württembergischer Kunstverein. One sheet folded in two in booklet format. Consists of a blue circle, red square, yellow triangle, white sphere, white cube, and white pyramid on a blue background. Universal typeface by Herbert Bayer is featured at bottom; printed in white, bottom center: bAuhAus. Verso/back cover is solid blue. White interior pages.
- Data Source
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Designer
- Herbert Bayer, (American, born Austria, active Germany and USA, 1900–1985)
- Date
- ca. 1968
- Credit Line
- Museum purchase with funding provided by the Buddy Taub Foundation, Dennis A. Roach and Jill Roach Directors
- Medium
- Offset lithograph on glossy paper, folded
- Dimensions
- 22.5 × 24.2 cm (8 7/8 × 9 1/2 in.)
- Open: 22.5 × 46.4 cm (8 7/8 × 18 1/4 in.)
- Verso: 22.5 × 22.2 cm (8 7/8 × 8 3/4 in.)
- Type
- graphic design
- Object Name
- Book cover
- Type
- Book cover
