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Newsletter, Design for Bohemian Life Newsletter, July 11, 1940

This is a Newsletter. It was designed by Alvin Lustig. It is dated 1940 and we acquired it in 1993. Its medium is lithography in red and blue ink on off-white wove paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Tamar Cohen. It is credited Gift of Tamar Cohen and Dave Slatoff.

Its dimensions are

H x W: 23.4 x 15.2 cm (9 3/16 in. x 6 in.)

It is inscribed

Imprinted on the cover across the center in blue ink: BOHEMIAN LIFE/ AS SEEN BY SAVARIN ST. SURE/ PUBLISHED BY BOHEMIAN DISTRIBUTING CO. 2254 EAST FORTY-NINTH STREE LOS ANGELES

Cite this object as

Newsletter, Design for Bohemian Life Newsletter, July 11, 1940; Designed by Alvin Lustig (American, 1915–1955); lithography in red and blue ink on off-white wove paper; H x W: 23.4 x 15.2 cm (9 3/16 in. x 6 in.); Gift of Tamar Cohen and Dave Slatoff; 1993-31-159-2

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