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1958

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2016

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Book Cover, The Cypresses Believe in God

This is a Book cover. It was designed by Herbert Bayer and published by Alfred A. Knopf. It is dated 1958 and we acquired it in 2016. Its medium is offset lithograph on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase with funding provided by the Buddy Taub Foundation, Dennis A. Roach and Jill Roach Directors.

Its dimensions are

22.1 × 23.8 cm (8 11/16 × 9 3/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, verso, upper right: bayer 1958

Cite this object as

Book Cover, The Cypresses Believe in God; Designed by Herbert Bayer (American, b. Austria, active Germany and USA, 1900–1985); Published by Alfred A. Knopf; offset lithograph on paper; 22.1 × 23.8 cm (8 11/16 × 9 3/8 in.); Museum purchase with funding provided by the Buddy Taub Foundation, Dennis A. Roach and Jill Roach Directors; 2016-54-243

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