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Hy Farber
There's Tremendous Sales Power in the All-New Compact!1956

On view: Resnick PavilionHome of the Future, 1925–1985: Designing Domestic Utopias
Vintage print advertisement combining black-and-white photography and red text: an oversized vacuum attachment looms above a small woman with arms raised, red lines radiating from her feet
Vintage print advertisement featuring a Compact canister vacuum cleaner with a flexible hose arranged in a figure-eight loop, alongside small product illustrations in red circles and a seated man in silhouette at lower right

Hy Farber, Compact Vacuum Cleaner, 1950s, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Don Farber, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Hy Farber
Poland, active United States, 1921 - 2012
Client
Interstate Engineering Corporation
United States, El Segundo, California, 1937 - 1967
Title
There's Tremendous Sales Power in the All-New Compact!
Date Made
1956
Medium
Offset lithograph
Dimensions
Primary support: 12 × 18 in. (30.48 × 45.72 cm) Closed: 12 × 9 in.
Credit Line
Gift of Don Farber
Accession Number
M.2017.163.12
Classification
Ephemera
Collecting Area
Decorative Arts and Design
Copyright
© Estate of Hy Farber