"The Birth of the Blues" for Levi Strauss
Object Details
- Client
- Levi Strauss, San Francisco, CA, USA, founded 1853
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- On beige ground, in black ink: “The Birth of the Blues” in a banner above; “or how the original / Shrink-to-Fit jean was / born-& all that jazz; at center a pair of blue button fly jeans. On either side scenes of history with blocks of descriptive text underneath. Logo below.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Various Donors
- ca. 1975–80
- Accession Number
- 1981-29-253
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- graphic design
- Object Name
- Poster
- Type
- Poster
- Medium
- Offset lithograph on paper
- Dimensions
- 73.7 x 49.3 cm (29 in. x 19 7/16 in.)
- made in
- USA
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1981-29-253
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4f6d311fe-5672-4f8d-a9f9-7fe41caf01e4
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