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Designer:
Carin Goldberg, American, 1953–2023  Search this
Author:
Kingsley Amis, English, 1922 - 1995  Search this
Publisher:
Summit Books, Arlington, Texas, USA  Search this
Medium:
Lithograph on paper
Dimensions:
24.1 × 54.8 cm (9 1/2 × 21 9/16 in.)
Type:
graphic design
Book cover
Object Name:
Book cover
Made in:
New York, NY, USA
Date:
1991
Catalogue Status:
Research in Progress
Description:
Book jacket design for "Memoirs." Across front and back cover, a band of silver-gray at top and a band of pale pink at bottom; the colors reversed at the spine. At front cover, a photoillustration portrait of author Kingsley Amis at top printed in green tones. At upper right, a red rectangular text box with yellow printed text. Below, on pink ground, "Kingsley Amis" in scrolling text. At spine, the title and the author printed in similar style, the publisher's name and colophon (logo) at bottom. At back cover, black and white photoillustration of the author as a younger man at top, printed text excerpt from the book below.
Credit Line:
Gift of Steven Heller
Accession Number:
1996-74-105
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Data Source:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4aa388375-d931-4533-b9e7-fd4c60a9d914
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:chndm_1996-74-105