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1963

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1993

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2015

2025

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Book, The Hebrew Bible in Christian, Jewish and Muslim Art

This is a Book. It was designed by Elaine Lustig Cohen and made for (as the client) The Jewish Museum. It is dated 1963 and we acquired it in 1993. Its medium is offset lithograph on 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 x D: 24.1 × 21 × 0.3 cm (9 1/2 × 8 1/4 × 1/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Printed in black, top: The Hebrew Bible in Christian, Jewish and Muslim Art; in orange, below: In the beginning God created the / heaven and the earth. Now the / earth was unformed and void, and / darkness was upon the face of the / deep; and the spirit of God hover- / ed over the face of the waters. And / God said: 'Let there be light.' And / there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good; and God di- / vided the light from the darkness.

Cite this object as

Book, The Hebrew Bible in Christian, Jewish and Muslim Art; Designed by Elaine Lustig Cohen (American, 1927–2016); Client: The Jewish Museum (United States); USA; offset lithograph on paper; H x W x D: 24.1 × 21 × 0.3 cm (9 1/2 × 8 1/4 × 1/8 in.); Gift of Tamar Cohen and Dave Slatoff; 1993-31-139

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