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Book Cover, The Benefactor

This is a Book cover. It was written by Susan Sontag and designed by Carin Goldberg and created by Garnett Puett and published by Anchor Books. It is dated 1991 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

20.3 × 27.8 cm (8 in. × 10 15/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Printed in black text, upper center: SUSAN / SONTAG; in red text within pale yellow rectangle, lower center: THE BENEFACTOR

Cite this object as

Book Cover, The Benefactor; Garnett Puett (American, b. 1959); Designed by Carin Goldberg (American, b. 1953); Written by Susan Sontag (American, 1933–2003); Published by Anchor Books; USA; lithograph on paper; 20.3 × 27.8 cm (8 in. × 10 15/16 in.); Gift of Steven Heller; 1996-74-112

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