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Book Cover, The Mysterious North
This is a Book cover. It was designed by Herbert Bayer and published by Alfred A. Knopf. It is dated 1956 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
21.9 × 34.4 cm (8 5/8 × 13 9/16 in.) Open: 21.9 × 53.3 cm (8 5/8 × 21 in.)
It is signed
Printed in orange ink, verso, bottom of left flap: TYPOGRAPHY, BINDING, AND JACKET DESIGN BY HERBERT BAYER
It is inscribed
Printed in black ink, verso, bottom of left flap: ILLUSTRATED WITH PHOTOGRAPHS AND MAPS; verso, bottom of right flap: PRINTED IN U.S.A.
Cite this object as
Book Cover, The Mysterious North; Designed by Herbert Bayer (American, b. Austria, active Germany and USA, 1900–1985); Published by Alfred A. Knopf; offset lithograph on paper; 21.9 × 34.4 cm (8 5/8 × 13 9/16 in.) Open: 21.9 × 53.3 cm (8 5/8 × 21 in.); Museum purchase with funding provided by the Buddy Taub Foundation, Dennis A. Roach and Jill Roach Directors; 2016-54-250
