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1960

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1993

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Book Cover, America and the Image of Europe: Reflections on American Thought

This is a Book cover. It was designed by Elaine Lustig Cohen. It is dated 1960 and we acquired it in 1993. Its medium is lithograph 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: 18.2 x 23.2 cm (7 3/16 x 9 1/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Printed in black, spine: AMERICA AND THE IMAGE OF EUROPE; in white, spine: DANIEL J. BOORSTIN; in black, spine: MERIDIAN BOOKS; in black, vertically, front cover lower left: elaine lustig; in black, front cover: AMERICA / AND THE IMAGE OF / EUROPE / Reflections on American Thought / Daniel J. Boorstin / Meridian Books M89 $1.35

Cite this object as

Book Cover, America and the Image of Europe: Reflections on American Thought; Designed by Elaine Lustig Cohen (American, 1927–2016); USA; lithograph on off-white wove paper; H x W: 18.2 x 23.2 cm (7 3/16 x 9 1/8 in.); Gift of Tamar Cohen and Dave Slatoff; 1993-31-7

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