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Book Cover, A Quick Kiss of Redemption

This is a Book cover. It was designed by Carin Goldberg and written by David Means and published by William Morrow and Company. It is dated 1991 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 × 14.3 cm (8 1/2 × 5 5/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Printed in black text, in a curving circular form, starting at lower left: a quick kiss of redemption & other stories / david means

Cite this object as

Book Cover, A Quick Kiss of Redemption; Designed by Carin Goldberg (American, b. 1953); Written by David Means (American, b. 1961); Published by William Morrow and Company; USA; lithograph on paper; 21.6 × 14.3 cm (8 1/2 × 5 5/8 in.); Gift of Steven Heller; 1996-74-108

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