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1959

  • Work on this object began.

1993

  • We acquired this object.

2016

2025

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Book Cover, God in Search of Man

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 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: 20.3 × 30.5 cm (8 × 12 in.)

It is inscribed

Printed in black, vertically, front cover lower left: ELAINE LUSTIG; in red, gold, and silver, front cover top: GOD; in black, inside characters "G" and "O": IN SEARCH OF MAN; in black, below: a Philosophy of Judaism by Abraham Joshua Heschel / JP7 published by The Jewish Publications Society and Meridian Books $1.45 Canada $1.60

Cite this object as

Book Cover, God in Search of Man; Designed by Elaine Lustig Cohen (American, 1927–2016); lithograph on paper; H x W: 20.3 × 30.5 cm (8 × 12 in.); Gift of Tamar Cohen and Dave Slatoff; 1993-31-27

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