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1966

  • Work on this object began.

1993

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

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Book, Primary Structures

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: 24.3 × 21 × 0.5 cm (9 9/16 × 8 1/4 × 3/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Printed in white, upper right: P; in orange, lower center: S; in orange, lower right: PRIMARY STRUCTURES

Cite this object as

Book, Primary Structures; Designed by Elaine Lustig Cohen (American, 1927–2016); Client: The Jewish Museum (United States); offset lithograph on paper; H x W x D: 24.3 × 21 × 0.5 cm (9 9/16 × 8 1/4 × 3/16 in.); Gift of Tamar Cohen and Dave Slatoff; 1993-31-130

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