Rufus Porter Rediscovered: Artist, Inventor, Journalist, 1792-1884
1980 · Offset lithograph
36 x 23" (91.4 x 58.4 cm)
Museum of Modern Art
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Rudolph De Harak
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Word and Image: Posters and Typography from the Graphic Design Collection of the Museum of Modern Art, 1879�1967
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1968
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Recent Acquisitions: Design Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1967–1968
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Greetings!
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1966
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The Package
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1959
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Recent Acquisitions, 1946�1953: Department of Architecture and Design
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1953–1954
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Rudolph De Harak was an American graphic designer and typographer whose work defined the visual language of postwar modernism. Working primarily in corporate identity, book design, and environmental graphics, he developed a spare, geometric vocabulary that privileged legibility and spatial clarity over decorative excess. His designs for major institutions established a template for systematic, grid-based approaches to visual communication that influenced generations of designers. De Harak's practice extended to packaging, signage, and exhibition design, each informed by a disciplined reduction of form to essential elements.
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New York, US
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