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1949

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2016

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Book Cover, Selected Writings of Boris Pasternak

This is a Book cover. It was designed by Herbert Bayer and written by Boris Pasternak and published by New Directions Books. It is dated 1949 and we acquired it in 2016. Its medium is offset lithograph on paper. 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

16.3 × 40.9 cm (6 7/16 × 16 1/8 in.)

Cite this object as

Book Cover, Selected Writings of Boris Pasternak; Designed by Herbert Bayer (American, b. Austria, active Germany and USA, 1900–1985); Written by Boris Pasternak (Russian, 1890–1960); Published by New Directions Books; offset lithograph on paper; 16.3 × 40.9 cm (6 7/16 × 16 1/8 in.); Museum purchase with funding provided by the Buddy Taub Foundation, Dennis A. Roach and Jill Roach Directors; 2016-54-222

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