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1958

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1993

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Book Cover, Memoirs of a Revolutionist

This is a Book cover. It was designed by Elaine Lustig Cohen. It is dated 1958 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: 18.5 x 11.3 cm (7 5/16 x 4 7/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Printed in blue, vertically, lower left: elaine lustig; in red, upper right: Essays in Political Criticism; in blue, at upper center: MEMOIRS OF A; in red, below: REVOLUTIONIST; in black, at lower margin: DWIGHT MACDONALD / MERIDIAN BOOKS M 56 $1.45 Canada $1.60

Cite this object as

Book Cover, Memoirs of a Revolutionist; Designed by Elaine Lustig Cohen (American, 1927–2016); USA; lithograph on white wove paper; H x W: 18.5 x 11.3 cm (7 5/16 x 4 7/16 in.); Gift of Tamar Cohen and Dave Slatoff; 1993-31-33

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