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1960

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1993

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Book Cover, I Remember

This is a Book cover. It was designed by Elaine Lustig Cohen and written by Boris Pasternak. It is dated 1960 and we acquired it in 1993. Its medium is lithograph on off-white wove paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Tamar Cohen. It is credited Gift of Tamar Cohen and Dave Slatoff.

Its dimensions are

H x W: 18.2 x 23.9 cm (7 3/16 x 9 7/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Printed in black, vertically, front cover lower left: elaine lustig; in black and red, at top: BORIS / PASTERNAK; in black and red, lower center: I remember; in black, below: SKETCH FOR AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Meridian Books M100 $1.35

Cite this object as

Book Cover, I Remember; Designed by Elaine Lustig Cohen (American, 1927–2016); Written by Boris Pasternak (Russian, 1890–1960); USA; lithograph on off-white wove paper; H x W: 18.2 x 23.9 cm (7 3/16 x 9 7/16 in.); Gift of Tamar Cohen and Dave Slatoff; 1993-31-13

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