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1959

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1993

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Book Cover, Hard Candy

This is a Book cover. It was designed by Elaine Lustig Cohen and written by Tennessee Williams and made for (as the client) New Directions Books. It is dated 1959 and we acquired it in 1993. Its medium is offset lithograph on glossy paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

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

Its dimensions are

22.2 × 50.3 cm (8 3/4 × 19 13/16 in.)

It is signed

Printed in black, vertically, front cover lower left: elaine lustig

Cite this object as

Book Cover, Hard Candy; Designed by Elaine Lustig Cohen (American, 1927–2016); Written by Tennessee Williams (American, 1911–1983); Client: New Directions Books; USA; offset lithograph on glossy paper; 22.2 × 50.3 cm (8 3/4 × 19 13/16 in.); Gift of Tamar Cohen and Dave Slatoff; 1993-31-53

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