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All the Pretty Horses

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Book jacket for All the Pretty Horses, by Cormac McCarthy, published by Alfred A. Knopf. Front cover bisected with title and author information above and black and white photoillustration of detail of horse's mane and ears below, landscape beyond. Printed text above, in black: All the / Pretty Horses; in white on black rectangle: Cormac McCarthy. Black rectangle repeats on spine, photoillustration repeats on back cover in lighter tone.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Designer
Chip Kidd, American, b. 1964
Client
Alfred A. Knopf, New York, New York, USA
Author
Cormac McCarthy
Date
1992–93
Credit Line
Gift of Steven Heller
Medium
Offset lithograph on paper
Dimensions
H x W: 21.7 × 33.3 cm (8 9/16 × 13 1/8 in.)
Type
graphic design
Object Name
Book cover
Type
Book cover

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