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Book Cover, Architects of Fortune: Mies Van der Rohe and the Third Reich

This is a Book cover. It was designed by Carin Goldberg and written by Elaine S. Hochman and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. It is dated ca. 1989 and we acquired it in 1996. Its medium is lithograph on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Steven Heller. It is credited Gift of Steven Heller.

Its dimensions are

23.9 × 36 cm (9 7/16 × 14 3/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Printed in white and black, front cover upper center: ARCHITECTS / OF FORTUNE; in red, front cover center right: MIES / VAN DER / ROHE / AND THE / THIRD / REICH; in black, front cover lower left: ELAINE S. HOCHMAN

Cite this object as

Book Cover, Architects of Fortune: Mies Van der Rohe and the Third Reich; Designed by Carin Goldberg (American, b. 1953); Written by Elaine S. Hochman (probably American, active late-20th and early 21st century); Published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson; USA; lithograph on paper; 23.9 × 36 cm (9 7/16 × 14 3/16 in.); Gift of Steven Heller; 1996-74-97

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