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A Quick Kiss of Redemption

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Book jacket design for "A Quick Kiss of Redemption & Other Stories." Vertical composition divided into two parts, the upper part a detail of a photoillustration printed in bright orange tones; the photo showing a detail of the lower portion of a woman's face, her hand resting on her cheek at left. The lower part consists of a pale yellow ground with a fuzzy orange circle at center. At upper right, a black square with a green illustration showing a human hand holding up two fingers. The title and author printed in black in a curving circular pattern starting at lower left.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Designer
Carin Goldberg, American, 1953–2023
Author
David Means, American, b. 1961
Publisher
William Morrow and Company, New York, New York, USA
Date
1991
Credit Line
Gift of Steven Heller
Medium
Lithograph on paper
Dimensions
21.6 × 14.3 cm (8 1/2 × 5 5/8 in.)
Type
graphic design
Object Name
Book cover
Type
Book cover
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