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1970

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1996

  • We acquired this object.

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Book Cover, Book Cover: Look at the H

This is a Book cover. It is dated ca. 1980–93 and we acquired it in 1996. Its medium is support: paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Gift of Steven Heller.

Its dimensions are

20.5 × 28.3 cm (8 1/16 × 11 1/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Imprinted on back cover in lower left corner: Art direction: Susan Mitchell/ Design: Marc J. Cohen/ Photography: Barnaby Hall; inscribed in pen and red ink, verso: 117-1; in pen and blue ink, verso: 91.1%

Cite this object as

Book Cover, Book Cover: Look at the H; USA; support: paper; 20.5 × 28.3 cm (8 1/16 × 11 1/8 in.); Gift of Steven Heller; 1996-74-27

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