Object Timeline

1992

  • Work on this object began.

1996

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

  • You found it!

Book Cover, Book Cover: City of Boys

This is a Book cover. It is dated 1992 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

22 × 32.4 cm (8 11/16 × 12 3/4 in.)

It is inscribed

Imprinted on inner right flap, at bottom: Jacket photographs c by Bruce Davidson/ Magnum/ Jacket design by Peter Dyer/ c Jonathan Cape 1992

Cite this object as

Book Cover, Book Cover: City of Boys; USA; lithograph on paper; 22 × 32.4 cm (8 11/16 × 12 3/4 in.); Gift of Steven Heller; 1996-74-63

There are restrictions for re-using this image. For more information, visit the Smithsonian’s Terms of Use page.

For higher resolution or commercial use contact ArtResource.

If you would like to cite this object in a Wikipedia article please use the following template:

<ref name=CH>{{cite web |url=https://www-4.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18654081/ |title=Book Cover, Book Cover: City of Boys |author=Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum |accessdate=12 February 2025 |publisher=Smithsonian Institution}}</ref>