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1965

  • Work on this object began.

1993

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

  • You found it!

Shopping Bag, SONA The Golden One, 11 East 55th Street, New York, NY

This is a Shopping bag. It was designed by Elaine Lustig Cohen. It is dated 1965 and we acquired it in 1993. Its medium is lithograph on paper; incised handles. 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: 42.5 × 33 cm (16 3/4 in. × 13 in.)

It is inscribed

Printed in black and gold, top: SONA; in white, lower left: The Golden One; in black, bottom: Handicrafts & Handlooms of India 11 East 55 Street

Cite this object as

Shopping Bag, SONA The Golden One, 11 East 55th Street, New York, NY; Designed by Elaine Lustig Cohen (American, 1927–2016); USA; lithograph on paper; incised handles; H x W: 42.5 × 33 cm (16 3/4 in. × 13 in.); Gift of Tamar Cohen and Dave Slatoff; 1993-31-85-3

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