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Noble Savage 4

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Cover design for "The Noble Savage 4," edited by Saul Bellow and Keith Botsford. Black and white photographic image of a three quarter frontal view of a stone sculpture. Text superimposed over image on headgear, across face and at lower left on image. White text across face in the form of a curling mustache.Title of book appears in "Playbill" type at top of sheet. Pointed red circular shape at lower left with printed black text within.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Designer
Elaine Lustig Cohen, American, 1927–2016
Client
Meridian Books, New York, New York, USA
Editor
Saul Bellow, Canadian-American, 1915 - 2005
Keith Botsford, American, born Belgium, founded 1928
Date
1959
Credit Line
Gift of Tamar Cohen and Dave Slatoff
Medium
Offset lithograph on white wove paper
Dimensions
H x W: 22.9 × 12.1 cm (9 in. × 4 3/4 in.)
Type
albums (bound) & books
Object Name
Book cover
Type
Book cover
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