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Hy Farber
Compact Vacuum Cleaner1950s

Not on view
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
Artist or Maker
Hy Farber
Poland, active United States, 1921 - 2012
Title
Compact Vacuum Cleaner
Date Made
1950s
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