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Book Cover, Illness as Metaphor and AIDS and its Metaphors

This is a Book cover. It was designed by Carin Goldberg and written by Susan Sontag and published by Anchor Books. 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

20.4 × 27.2 cm (8 1/16 × 10 11/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Printed in blue text, upper center: SUSAN / SONTAG; in red and blue text within pale yellow rectangles, lower center: ILLNESS AS METAPHOR / AND / AIDS AND ITS METAPHORS

Cite this object as

Book Cover, Illness as Metaphor and AIDS and its Metaphors; Designed by Carin Goldberg (American, b. 1953); Written by Susan Sontag (American, 1933–2003); Published by Anchor Books; USA; lithograph on paper; 20.4 × 27.2 cm (8 1/16 × 10 11/16 in.); Gift of Steven Heller; 1996-74-114

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