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1959

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1993

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Book Cover, Talents & Geniuses

This is a Book cover. It was designed by Elaine Lustig Cohen. It is dated 1959 and we acquired it in 1993. Its medium is lithograph on 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: 18.1 x 10.9 cm (7 1/8 x 4 5/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Printed in black, upper margin: Gilbert Highet; at left center: TALENTS; at right lower center: GENIUSES; in white, within ampersand, lower left: BOSCH - SOCRATES - BACH - COLETTE - BRUEGEL - PICASSO - JEFFERSON - CORVO - PEPYS

Cite this object as

Book Cover, Talents & Geniuses; Designed by Elaine Lustig Cohen (American, 1927–2016); USA; lithograph on white wove paper; H x W: 18.1 x 10.9 cm (7 1/8 x 4 5/16 in.); Gift of Tamar Cohen and Dave Slatoff; 1993-31-23

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