A catalogue cover featured in black and white with signs of wear along its black spine. The title of the catalogue is printed in stylized typography in black and gray on the upper half of the cover with a graphic image in black, gray, and orange just below. The graphic appears to be a table and includes a small black triangular-shaped object as well as a bright orange opaque circle with a black bar drawn through it. Black speckled sections make up the upper and lower portions of the cover.

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Catalogue, American Designers' Gallery, 1928

This is a Catalogue.

This object is not part of the Cooper Hewitt's permanent collection. It was able to spend time at the museum on loan from Marilyn Friedman as part of Ilonka Karasz, Works from the Collection.

It is dated 1928.

The American Designers’ Gallery was established in 1928 to showcase the work of fifteen prominent American artists and designers with the goal of introducing contemporary art and design in America. Karasz was one of fifteen founding members and contributed designs for a model office and a nursery, as well as designing the catalog cover.

It is credited Courtesy of Marilyn Friedman.