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The New Architecture of Europe

Cooper Hewitt

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Object Details

Designer

Elaine Lustig Cohen, American, 1927–2016

Client

Meridian Books, New York, New York, USA

Author

G. E. Kidder Smith, American, 1913 - 1997

Catalogue Status

Research in Progress

Description

Cover design for "The New Architecture of Europe," by G. E. Kidder Smith. Cover features photograph of European postwar building, most of which is black printed on red except for a thin vertical band at right printed on light gray ground. Printed text in white and black. Photograph continues across spine and back cover. At left of back cover, printed book description in black.

Credit Line

Gift of Tamar Cohen and Dave Slatoff

Date

1960

Accession Number

1993-31-28

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Type

albums (bound) & books

Object Name

Book cover

Type

Book cover

Medium

Lithograph on paper

Dimensions

H x W: 21 × 28.6 cm (8 1/4 × 11 1/4 in.)

designed in

New York, NY, USA

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department

Data Source

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Metadata Usage

Not determined

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4f647f317-5115-4727-af55-6dd01685f68b

Record ID

chndm_1993-31-28

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