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Book Cover, The Sonnets to Orpheus

This is a Book cover. It was designed by Carin Goldberg and written by Stephen Mitchell and Rainer Maria Rilke and published by Simon and Schuster. It is dated ca. 1983 and we acquired it in 1996. Its medium is offset lithograph on cream wove paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Carin Goldberg. It is credited Gift of Carin Goldberg.

Its dimensions are

24.6 x 14 cm (9 11/16 x 5 1/2 in.)

Cite this object as

Book Cover, The Sonnets to Orpheus; Designed by Carin Goldberg (American, b. 1953); Written by Rainer Maria Rilke (Bohemian-Austrian, 1875 - 1926), Stephen Mitchell (American, b. 1943); Published by Simon and Schuster; USA; offset lithograph on cream wove paper; 24.6 x 14 cm (9 11/16 x 5 1/2 in.); Gift of Carin Goldberg; 1996-89-1

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