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Drawing, Book Jacket Design: Johann Sebastian Bach, 1953

This is a Drawing. It was created by Bebe A. Gershenzon. It is dated 1953 and we acquired it in 1953. Its medium is brush and white gouache on blue cardboard, laid down. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Cooper Union Art School.

Its dimensions are

Cover: 21.5 × 13.4 cm (8 7/16 × 5 1/4 in.) Spine: 21.5 × 1.9 cm (8 7/16 × 3/4 in.) Mount: 26.6 × 20.6 cm (10 1/2 × 8 1/8 in.)

It is signed

Signed on mount in graphite, lower right: Bebe Gershenzon

Cite this object as

Drawing, Book Jacket Design: Johann Sebastian Bach, 1953; Bebe A. Gershenzon; USA; brush and white gouache on blue cardboard, laid down; Cover: 21.5 × 13.4 cm (8 7/16 × 5 1/4 in.) Spine: 21.5 × 1.9 cm (8 7/16 × 3/4 in.) Mount: 26.6 × 20.6 cm (10 1/2 × 8 1/8 in.); 1953-135-9

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