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1966

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1993

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

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Book, 2 Kinetic Sculptors: Nicolas Schöffer and Jean Tinguely

This is a Book. It was designed by Elaine Lustig Cohen and made for (as the client) The Jewish Museum. It is dated 1966 and we acquired it in 1993. Its medium is offset lithograph on 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 x D: 24.1 × 21.1 × 0.5 cm (9 1/2 × 8 5/16 × 3/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Printed in black, curving, upper right: 2 Kinetic Sculptors; in red, bottom center: Nicolas Schöffer and Jean Tinguely

Cite this object as

Book, 2 Kinetic Sculptors: Nicolas Schöffer and Jean Tinguely; Designed by Elaine Lustig Cohen (American, 1927–2016); Client: The Jewish Museum (United States); USA; offset lithograph on paper; H x W x D: 24.1 × 21.1 × 0.5 cm (9 1/2 × 8 5/16 × 3/16 in.); Gift of Tamar Cohen and Dave Slatoff; 1993-31-134

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