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1964

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1993

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Print, Invitation for Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, NY

This is a Print. It was designed by Elaine Lustig Cohen. It is dated 1964 and we acquired it in 1993. Its medium is lithograph on cream paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Tamar Cohen. It is credited Gift of Tamar Cohen and Dave Slatoff.

Its dimensions are

H x W: 22.9 × 13.8 cm (9 in. × 5 7/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Printed in black, from top: The trustees of the / Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute / request the honor of your presence / at dinner on / Friday, the fourteenth of October, at seven o'clock / on the occasion of the opening of / The Museum of Art, / the exhibition, Art Across America, / and the restoration of Fountain Elms; in black, lower left: R.S.V.P. / Museum of Art, Uttica 4, New York; in black, lower right: black tie

Cite this object as

Print, Invitation for Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, NY; Designed by Elaine Lustig Cohen (American, 1927–2016); lithograph on cream paper; H x W: 22.9 × 13.8 cm (9 in. × 5 7/16 in.); Gift of Tamar Cohen and Dave Slatoff; 1993-31-129-c

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