Book jacket design for 'Palace of Desire' written by Naguib Mahfouz. Centered on the sage green cover is a sepia-toned photoillustration of tall palm trees at water's edge with people strolling below and a small boat floating near the shore. In the distance is a hazy view of of a city. The photo is bordered by a red-orange outline and text blocks with the author's name above and title below. The lettering is uppercase, black with red-orange accents, in white blocks. Above the author's name is another similarly-styled block reading 'Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature'. The cover is folded flat, with half of the spine to the left and the front flap to the right. The front flap text describes this novel, the second volume of The Cairo Trilogy: it 'affords a fascinating look at a period of modern Egyptian history by lovingly and painstakingly examining the day-to-day lives of a single family.'

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1990	Work on this object began.
1996	We acquired this object.
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Book Cover, Palace of Desire

This is a Book cover. It was designed by Carin Goldberg and written by Naguib Mahfouz and published by Doubleday. It is dated 1990 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

24.2 × 27.6 cm (9 1/2 × 10 7/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Printed in black text, within pale purple rectangle at top: WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE; in black text with red accents, below: NAGUIB MAHFOUZ / PALACE of DESIRE

Cite this object as

Book Cover, Palace of Desire; Designed by Carin Goldberg (American, b. 1953); Written by Naguib Mahfouz (Egyptian, 1911 - 2006); Published by Doubleday (United States); USA; lithograph on paper; 24.2 × 27.6 cm (9 1/2 × 10 7/8 in.); Gift of Steven Heller; 1996-74-106

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2DBPZ/
Accession Number 1996-74-106
Object ID 18656163