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Book Cover, Against Interpretation

This is a Book cover. It was written by Susan Sontag. 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.

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; Written by Susan Sontag (American, 1933–2003); 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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