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Book Cover, Jean Sibelius
This is a Book Cover. It was designed by Herbert Bayer and written by Harold E. Johnson and published by Alfred A. Knopf. It is dated 1959 and we acquired it in 2016. Its medium is offset lithograph on 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
21.7 × 27.9 cm (8 9/16 in. × 11 in.) Verso: 21.7 × 24.4 cm (8 9/16 × 9 5/8 in.) Open: 21.7 × 52.4 cm (8 9/16 × 20 5/8 in.)
It is signed
Printed in orange ink, along the bottom of front flap: TYPOGRAPHY, BINDING, AND JACKET DESIGN / BY HERBERT BAYER
It is inscribed
Printed in orange ink, upper right of front flap: $5.00; in pink ink, bottom of front flap: With 16 illustrations in halftone; in black ink, verso, bottom of left flap: Printed in U.S.A.; verso, bottom of right flap: Alfred A. Knopf Publisher New York
Cite this object as
Book Cover, Jean Sibelius; Designed by Herbert Bayer (American, b. Austria, active Germany and USA, 1900–1985); Written by Harold E. Johnson (American, 1915–1985); Published by Alfred A. Knopf; offset lithograph on paper; 21.7 × 27.9 cm (8 9/16 in. × 11 in.) Verso: 21.7 × 24.4 cm (8 9/16 × 9 5/8 in.) Open: 21.7 × 52.4 cm (8 9/16 × 20 5/8 in.); Museum purchase with funding provided by the Buddy Taub Foundation, Dennis A. Roach and Jill Roach Directors; 2016-54-258
