Object Details
Designer
Alvin Lustig, (American, 1915–1955)
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Bookjacket design. Design on light, mint-green ground. Cover contains three abstract depictions of horizontal female nudes. Top and bottom forms are white and have heads on left side, middle form is black has head on right. All three forms have “breasts” in the form of two parallel circles. In top and bottom forms, they are outlined in thin black lines, in middle form, in thin white lines. Surrounding all forms are small, vertical thin lines in black, possibly meant to depict grass on which forms are laying.
Credit Line
Gift of Tamar Cohen and Dave Slatoff
Date
1947
Accession Number
1993-31-165-1
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Copyright Notice
© Elaine Lustig Cohen
Type
graphic design
Object Name
Book Cover
Type
Book Cover
Medium
Lithograph in blue, green and black ink on white shiny wove paper
Dimensions
H x W: 18.5 x 16.2 cm (7 5/16 x 6 3/8 in.)
made in
USA
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Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
chndm_1993-31-165-1