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1956

  • Work on this object began.

1993

  • We acquired this object.

2016

2025

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Book Cover, My Life in Art, 1956

This is a Book cover. It was designed by Elaine Lustig Cohen. It is dated 1956 and we acquired it in 1993. Its medium is 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: 20.6 × 32.9 cm (8 1/8 × 12 15/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Printed in white script, vertically, front cover lower right: e. lustig; in white, at top: MY LIFE IN ART; in white, below: CONSTANTIN / STANISLAVSKI

Cite this object as

Book Cover, My Life in Art, 1956; Designed by Elaine Lustig Cohen (American, 1927–2016); lithograph on paper; H x W: 20.6 × 32.9 cm (8 1/8 × 12 15/16 in.); Gift of Tamar Cohen and Dave Slatoff; 1993-31-25

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