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1992

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1996

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Book Cover, The Insanity of Normality

This is a Book cover. It was designed by Carin Goldberg and written by Arno Gruen and published by Human Development Books. It is dated 1992 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

21.6 × 14 cm (8 1/2 × 5 1/2 in.)

It is inscribed

Printed in black, white, and red text, upper center: the Insanity of / normality / realism as sickness: / toward understanding / human destructiveness; at bottom: arno gruen; inscribed in pen and blue ink, verso: 54.7%; in pen and red ink, verso: 53-2

Cite this object as

Book Cover, The Insanity of Normality; Designed by Carin Goldberg (American, b. 1953); Written by Arno Gruen (Swiss-German, 1923 - 2015); Published by Human Development Books; USA; lithograph on paper; 21.6 × 14 cm (8 1/2 × 5 1/2 in.); Gift of Steven Heller; 1996-74-103

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