![A front cover design for the book Dance of the Machines by Edward J O'Brien. In the bottom left corner, stretching up to the center, is a blue and white, three-stepped construction, with a nude, greyscale woman in left-facing profile and a greyscale type-writer on each step. In the top center is a large blue wheel with white paddles and a greyscale outline. The images are set against a black background. Around the wheel the words [DANCE OF THE MACHINES] are printed in white capitals. Along the top of the cover the words [EDWARD J. OBRIEN] are printed in light brown capitals. In the bottom right corner, the artist's signature [LOUIS LOZOWICK] is printed in small white capital letters.]( https://images.collection.cooperhewitt.org/310754_6db8b610ebd5e9f2_b.jpg
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Object ID #907214109
This is a Book. It was designed by Louis Lozowick.
This object is not part of the Cooper Hewitt's permanent collection. It was able to spend time at the museum on loan from Collection of John C. Waddell as part of The Jazz Age: American Style in the 1920s.
Illustrator Louis Lozowick often took the modern city as his subject. This book jacket shows urban office technologies as new fast-paced machines operated by women.
It is credited Collection of John C. Waddell.
- Brochure, New York American: The Way to Reach the Moderns
- printed paper.
- Smithsonian Libraries, Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Library, F128.5 .N499....
- 43.2016.16
Its dimensions are
H x W: 21 × 14 cm (8 1/4 × 5 1/2 in.)
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition The Jazz Age: American Style in the 1920s.
