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Book Cover, Against Interpretation

This is a Book Cover. It was written by Susan Sontag and designed by Carin Goldberg and created by Jasper Johns and published by Anchor 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

20.5 × 28.3 cm (8 1/16 × 11 1/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Printed in green text, upper center: SUSAN / SONTAG; in green text within pale yellow rectangles, lower center: AGAINST / INTERPRETATION

Cite this object as

Book Cover, Against Interpretation; Jasper Johns (American, b. 1930); Designed by Carin Goldberg (American, b. 1953); Written by Susan Sontag (American, 1933–2003); Published by Anchor Books; USA; lithograph on paper; 20.5 × 28.3 cm (8 1/16 × 11 1/8 in.); Gift of Steven Heller; 1996-74-111

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