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1955

  • Work on this object began.

1993

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

  • You found it!

Bookjacket, Bookjacket for "The Playwright as Thinker" by Eric Bentley

This is a bookjacket. It was designed by Alvin Lustig. It is dated 1955 and we acquired it in 1993. Its medium is lithography in green, pink, black and white ink on white shiny 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: 21 x 26.7 cm (8 1/4 x 10 1/2 in.)

It is inscribed

Imprinted on cover vertically in black ink at lower right in script: lustig On the top haft of the cover in white, black and pink: THE [pink]/ PLAYWRITE [pink]/ AS [white]/ THINKER [pink]/ A study of modern theatre by [black]/ ERIC BENTLEY [white] Across the bottom in white and black: MERIDIAN BOOKS [white] published by The Noonday Press/ M6 $1.25 [black]

Cite this object as

Bookjacket, Bookjacket for "The Playwright as Thinker" by Eric Bentley; Designed by Alvin Lustig (American, 1915–1955); lithography in green, pink, black and white ink on white shiny wove paper; H x W: 21 x 26.7 cm (8 1/4 x 10 1/2 in.); Gift of Tamar Cohen and Dave Slatoff; 1993-31-177

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