Margaret Durrance, American, 1917–2002 Search this
Client:
Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies, Aspen, Colorado, USA Search this
Medium:
Offset lithograph on white and blue wove paper, folded and stapled
Dimensions:
28 × 21.7 cm (11 × 8 9/16 in.)
Open: 28 × 43.2 cm (11 × 17 in.)
Type:
graphic design
Booklet
Object Name:
Booklet
Made in:
Aspen, CO, USA
Date:
1964
Description:
Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies 1964 Annual Report. Front and back cover, as well as interior pages, are white; endpapers are blue. Front cover: Printed in blue, vertically, along left edge: ASPEN INSTITUTE FOR HUMANISTIC STUDIES; in black, vertically, directly above: ANNUAL REPORT. Printed in black, upper left: 1964; Aspen Institute logo, a white male figure inside a blue leaf, is directly below. At right, illustration in black of man's face at top and clasped hands at bottom, both by Ben Shahn, with printed handwritten black text between: men are men / before they are lawyers / or physicians / or manufacturers; / and if you make them / capable and sensible men / they will make themselves / capable and sensible / lawyers and physicians. Shahn's artwork is from the "Great Ideas of Western Man" CCA advertisement series; the quote is from John Stuart Mill's "On the training of men." Back cover: Printed text in blue about the Humanities at lower left, with the Aspen Institute logo in blue directly above. Interior is illustrated with black and white reproductions of photographs (by Ferenc Berko, Robert Bishop, Myron Wood, and Margaret Durrance) and drawings and includes printed black text. Loose blank form for contributions with blue text tucked inside of booklet.
Credit Line:
Museum purchase with funding provided by the Buddy Taub Foundation, Dennis A. Roach and Jill Roach Directors
