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Book Cover: Johnny Got Hi

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Front cover depicts black and white photograph of soldiers in combat. Body of leading soldier is divided into seven numbered zones by white dotted lines. In the upper left corner, the title, "Johnny Got His Gun" is printed in freehand script in black on gray ground. Along lower left side is the publisher's name and logo. Along the bottom is the author's name above the phrase "With a new introduction by Ron Kovic."
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Designer
James Victoire, 1962
Date
ca. 1980–93
Credit Line
Gift of Steven Heller
Medium
Lithograph on paper
Dimensions
21.1 × 13.7 cm (8 5/16 × 5 3/8 in.)
Type
graphic design
Object Name
Book cover
Type
Book cover
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