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Book Cover, You Just Don't Understand

This is a Book cover. It was designed by Carin Goldberg and written by Deborah Tannen and published by Ballantine Books. It is dated 1990 and we acquired it in 1996. Its medium is offset 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

24.1 × 16.2 cm (9 1/2 × 6 3/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Printed in white text, curving, upper right: DEBORAH TANNEN, PH.D.; in teal, curving, from lower left to upper right: YOU JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND; in white, curving, from lower left to upper right: WOMEN AND MEN IN CONVERSATION

Cite this object as

Book Cover, You Just Don't Understand; Designed by Carin Goldberg (American, b. 1953); Written by Deborah Tannen (American, b. 1945); Published by Ballantine Books (United States); USA; offset lithograph on paper; 24.1 × 16.2 cm (9 1/2 × 6 3/8 in.); Gift of Steven Heller; 1996-74-116

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