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Book Cover, The Book of J, 1990

This is a Book cover. It was designed by Carin Goldberg and written by David Rosenberg and Harold Bloom and published by Vintage Books. It is dated 1990 and we acquired it in 1996. Its medium is lithograph on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Steven Heller. It is credited Gift of Steven Heller.

Its dimensions are

24.2 × 16.2 cm (9 1/2 × 6 3/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Printed in pale yellow text, upper left: THE; in pale yellow, vertically, center: BOOK; in white, between the letters of "BOOK": TRANSLATED FROM THE HEBREW BY / DAVID ROSENBERG / INTERPRETED BY / HAROLD BLOOM; in yellow and brown, lower left: of; in brown, right: J

Cite this object as

Book Cover, The Book of J, 1990; Designed by Carin Goldberg (American, b. 1953); Written by David Rosenberg (American, b. 1943), Harold Bloom (American, b. 1930); Published by Vintage Books; USA; lithograph on paper; 24.2 × 16.2 cm (9 1/2 × 6 3/8 in.); Gift of Steven Heller; 1996-74-101

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