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Newsletter, Design for Bohemian Life Newsletter, May 9, 1940

This is a Newsletter. It was designed by Alvin Lustig. It is dated 1940 and we acquired it in 1993. Its medium is lithography in burgundy and grey ink on off-white wove 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: 23.4 x 15.2 cm (9 3/16 in. x 6 in.)

It is inscribed

Imprinted on the cover across the center in burgundy ink: BOHEMIAN LIFE/ AS SEEN BY SAVARIN ST. SURE/ PUBLISHED BY THE BOHEMIAN DISTRIBUTING COMPANY

Cite this object as

Newsletter, Design for Bohemian Life Newsletter, May 9, 1940; Designed by Alvin Lustig (American, 1915–1955); lithography in burgundy and grey ink on off-white wove paper; H x W: 23.4 x 15.2 cm (9 3/16 in. x 6 in.); Gift of Tamar Cohen and Dave Slatoff; 1993-31-159-1

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