Paperboard that goes to war is paper that wasn’t burned. From the Early Series.

Herbert Bayer, Paperboard that goes to war is paper that wasn't burned. From the Early Series., 1942, gouache, pen and ink, gelatin silver print, and paper on paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Container Corporation of America, 1984.124.18
Herbert Bayer, Paperboard that goes to war is paper that wasn't burned. From the Early Series., 1942, gouache, pen and ink, gelatin silver print, and paper on paperboard, sheet: 15 7⁄8 x 11 3⁄4 in. (40.3 x 30.0 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Container Corporation of America, 1984.124.18

Artwork Details

Title
Paperboard that goes to war is paper that wasn’t burned. From the Early Series.
Artist
Date
1942
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
sheet: 15 7⁄8 x 11 3⁄4 in. (40.3 x 30.0 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Container Corporation of America
Mediums
Mediums Description
gouache, pen and ink, gelatin silver print, and paper on paperboard
Subjects
  • Architecture — vehicle — airplane
  • State of being — evil — war
  • Still life — written matter — newspaper
  • Still life — weapon — ammunition
Object Number
1984.124.18
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1984.124.18

Works by this artist (29 items)

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Herbert Bayer, "Every new opinion, at its starting, is precisely in a minority of one."--Thomas Carlyle, Heroes and Hero Worship, II, 1840, lecture in London, May 8. From the series Great Ideas of Western Man., 1961, metal, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Container Corporation of America, 1984.124.25
“Every new opinion, at its starting, is precisely in a…
Artist
Date1961
metal
On view
Herbert Bayer, "God made the world and all things therein...and has made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on the face of the earth..."--St. Paul. Fromthe series Great Ideas of Western Man., 1958, color screenprint and conte crayon on fabric mounted on board mounted on masonite, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Container Corporation of America, 1984.124.21
“God made the world and all things therein…and has made…
Artist
Date1958
color screenprint and conte crayon on fabric mounted on board mounted on masonite
Not on view
Herbert Bayer, Strength Out of Straw, from the Early Series, 1939, gouache and pencil on paper mounted on paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Container Corporation of America, 1984.124.22
Strength Out of Straw, from the Early Series
Artist
Date1939
gouache and pencil on paper mounted on paperboard
Not on view
Herbert Bayer, If there be a country which cannot stand any one of these tests--a country where knowledge cannot be diffused without perils of mob law and statute law; where speech is not free; where the post office is violated, mail bags opened, and letters tampered with; where public debts and private debts outside of the state are repudiated; where liberty is attacked in the primary institution of social life; where the laborer is not secured in the earnings of his own hand; where suffrage is not free or equal--that country is, in all these respects, not civil, but barbarous; and no advantage of soil, climate, or coast can resist these suicidal mischiefs. From the series Great Ideas., 1951, paper and photomechanical reproduction on paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Container Corporation of America, 1984.124.20
If there be a country which cannot stand any one of these…
Artist
Date1951
paper and photomechanical reproduction on paperboard
Not on view