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1963

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2016

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Book Cover, The Red Lances

This is a Book cover. It was designed by Herbert Bayer and published by Alfred A. Knopf. It is dated 1963 and we acquired it in 2016. Its medium is offset lithograph on glossy white paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase with funding provided by the Buddy Taub Foundation, Dennis A. Roach and Jill Roach Directors.

Its dimensions are

21.1 × 28.5 cm (8 5/16 × 11 1/4 in.) Open: 21.1 × 52.5 cm (8 5/16 × 20 11/16 in.)

It is signed

Printed in black ink, lower right: TYPOGRAPHY, BINDING, AND JACKET DESIGN / BY HERBERT BAYER

It is inscribed

Printed in red ink, upper right: $4.95 / T.R.I. / A.A.K.; in black ink, lower right: 9/63

Cite this object as

Book Cover, The Red Lances; Designed by Herbert Bayer (American, b. Austria, active Germany and USA, 1900–1985); Published by Alfred A. Knopf; offset lithograph on glossy white paper; 21.1 × 28.5 cm (8 5/16 × 11 1/4 in.) Open: 21.1 × 52.5 cm (8 5/16 × 20 11/16 in.); Museum purchase with funding provided by the Buddy Taub Foundation, Dennis A. Roach and Jill Roach Directors; 2016-54-265

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