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1956

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2016

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Book Cover, A Wreath for Udomo

This is a Book cover. It was designed by Herbert Bayer and written by Peter Abrahams and published by Alfred A. Knopf. It is dated 1956 and we acquired it in 2016. Its medium is print on cloth over board. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase with funding provided by the Buddy Taub Foundation, Dennis A. Roach and Jill Roach Directors.

Its dimensions are

21.5 × 31.7 cm (8 7/16 × 12 1/2 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, verso, upper left corner: 1/29 / 1/M Purple Graphite notations on bottom of back cover indicate that the publisher name on spine should be purple. Graphite notations at top of back cover indiscernable.

Cite this object as

Book Cover, A Wreath for Udomo; Designed by Herbert Bayer (American, b. Austria, active Germany and USA, 1900–1985); Written by Peter Abrahams (American, b. 1947); Published by Alfred A. Knopf; print on cloth over board; 21.5 × 31.7 cm (8 7/16 × 12 1/2 in.); Museum purchase with funding provided by the Buddy Taub Foundation, Dennis A. Roach and Jill Roach Directors; 2016-54-213

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