Green Star

Herbert Bayer, artist

1900–1985

Green Star, 1962

Where object was made: United States

Material/technique: screen print

Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 317 x 306 mm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 12 1/2 x 12 1/16 in
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 497 x 407 mm
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 19 9/16 x 16 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 25 x 20 in

Credit line: Gift of Curtis Besinger in memory of Frederic A. "Fritz" and Fabienne "Fabi" Benedict

Accession number: 1998.0725

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Archive Label 2003:
Although Herbert Bayer studied for an architecture career following his service in the army during World War I, he is best known for his work in typography, photography, and design. He studied with Kandinsky at the Bauhaus in Weimar from 1920 to 1923, and went on to hold positions as a commercial artist and designer for several magazines and ad agencies in Berlin.

In 1938, Bayer emigrated to the United States, settling in New York City where he continued to work as a designer. He also participated in exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art in New York and Black Mountain College in North Carolina. In 1946, Bayer moved to Aspen, Colorado, where he was instrumental in promoting the development of the small community into the up-scale ski resort it is today. In this multi-color print, the artist used Bauhaus design principles of combining geometric forms, color and organic free-flowing shape with the silkscreen process, which was used more often for commercial advertising purposes than for fine art.