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Cover design for Nathanael West, The Day of the Locust

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Description: Cover design for Nathanael West, The Day of the Locust
TitleCover design for Nathanael West, The Day of the Locust
Creator nameLustig, Alvin
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator roleDesigner
Creation date1950
Object typeGraphic Design
MaterialsOffset
LocationNew York: New Directions, 1950
Accession numberUnknown
SubjectsBook coversGraphic design (Typography)Architecture--Islamic influences
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5. Ruscha’s Books: Fragile Semiophors
Benoît Buquet
Description: Art & Graphic Design: George Maciunas, Ed Ruscha, Sheila Levrant de Bretteville
Art & Graphic Design: George Maciunas, Ed Ruscha, Sheila Levrant de Bretteville
~Anne Mœglin-Delcroix’s efforts to define and defend the artist’s book provide us with a remarkable understanding of the specificities of a practice in which the invention of the genre is linked historically to the 1960s and in part to the figure of Ruscha. Yet...
Author
Benoît Buquet
PublisherYale University Press
PublisherTerra Foundation for American Art
Copyright© 2021 by Yale University
Related print edition pages: pp.96-117
https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00305.6
Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-22439&redirecttoanchor=77915
Chapter subject tags:Ruscha, EdwardArtists' booksSunset Boulevard (Los Angeles, Calif.)Book covers

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Description: Kew Garden, octagonal pavilion in the form of a mosque, from Plan, Elevations,...
Kew Garden, octagonal pavilion in the form of a mosque, from Plan, Elevations, Sections and Perspective Views of the Gardens and Buildings at Kew in Surrey (London)
Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 22
Creator nameChambers, William
Creator nationality/cultureBritish (modern)
Creator roleArchitect
Creation date1763
Object typeBook/Manuscript
Kew Garden, octagonal pavilion in the...
Kew Garden, octagonal pavilion in the form of a mosque, from Plan, Elevations, Sections and Perspective Views of the Gardens and Buildings at Kew in Surrey (London)
Description: Jacket and book design, Alfred A. Knopf
Jacket and book design, Alfred A. Knopf
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 24
Creator nameRand, Paul
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator roleDesigner
Creation date1945
Object typeGraphic Design
Jacket and book design, Alfred A. Knopf
Jacket and book design, Alfred A. Knopf
Description: Book jacket, Alfred A. Knopf
Book jacket, Alfred A. Knopf
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 24
Creator nameRand, Paul
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator roleDesigner
Creation date1956
Object typeGraphic Design
Book jacket, Alfred A. Knopf
Book jacket, Alfred A. Knopf
Description: Olana, detail of window
Olana, detail of window
Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 22
Creator nameChurch, Frederic Edwin;Vaux, Calvert
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator roleArchitect
Creation date1870–1872
Object typeArchitecture
LocationOlana Historic Site, Hudson, New York
Olana, detail of window
Olana
Description: Cover page of the Chronicle of the Artists' Group Brücke
Cover page of the Chronicle of the Artists' Group Brücke
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 01
Creator nameKirchner, Ernst Ludwig
Creator nationality/cultureGerman
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1913
Object typePrint
MaterialsWoodcut
Dimensions45.7 x 33.2 cm
Cover page of the Chronicle of the...
Cover page of the Chronicle of the Artists' Group Brücke
Description: Royal Pavilion
Royal Pavilion
Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 22
Creator nameNash, John
Creator nationality/cultureBritish (modern)
Creator roleArchitect
Creation date1815–1822
Object typeArchitecture
LocationBrighton, England
Royal Pavilion
Royal Pavilion
Description: Jacket design, Albert Bonnier
Jacket design, Albert Bonnier
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 24
Creator nameRand, Paul
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator roleDesigner
Creation date1950
Object typeGraphic Design
Jacket design, Albert Bonnier
Jacket design, Albert Bonnier
Description: Jacket design, Wittenborn, Schultz, Inc.
Jacket design, Wittenborn, Schultz, Inc.
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 24
Creator nameRand, Paul
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator roleDesigner
Creation date1951
Object typeGraphic Design
Jacket design, Wittenborn, Schultz, Inc.
Jacket design, Wittenborn, Schultz, Inc.
Description: Calumny of Apelles
Calumny of Apelles
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator nameBotticelli, Sandro
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1495
Object typePainting
MaterialsTempera on panel
Dimensions24 3/8 x 35 7/8 in. (62 x 91 cm)
LocationGalleria degli Uffizi, Florence
Calumny of Apelles
Calumny of Apelles
Description: Sacrifice of Isaac
Sacrifice of Isaac
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 07
Creator nameBrunelleschi, Filippo
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator roleSculptor
Creation date1401
Object typeSculpture
MaterialsGilt bronze
Dimensions17 3/4 x 15 in. (45 x 38 cm)
LocationMuseo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence
Sacrifice of Isaac
Sacrifice of Isaac
Description: Design for a monumental lighthouse for Paris
Design for a monumental lighthouse for Paris
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 22
Creator nameBourdais, Jules
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator roleDraftsman
Creation date1881
Object typeDrawing
MaterialsWatercolor, Pencil on tracing paper
Dimensions23 3/4 × 8 3/4 in.
LocationMusée d'Orsay, Paris
https://www.musee-orsay.fr/fr/oeuvres/projet-de-phare-monumental-pour-paris-elevation-56835
Accession numberRF 37306, Recto, RF 37306
Design for a monumental lighthouse for...
Design for a monumental lighthouse for Paris
Description: Port-en-Bessin, The Bridge and the Quays
Port-en-Bessin, The Bridge and the Quays
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 22
Creator nameSeurat, Georges
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1888
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions26 × 32 3/4 in. (66 × 83.2 cm)
LocationMinneapolis Institute of Arts
https://collections.artsmia.org/art/1272/port-en-bessin-georges-seurat
Accession number55.38
Port-en-Bessin, The Bridge and the Quays
Port-en-Bessin, The Bridge and the Quays
Description: Cover for A Guide to Contemporary Architecture in Southern California
Cover for A Guide to Contemporary Architecture in Southern California
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 15
Creator nameLustig, Alvin
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator roleDesigner
Creation date1951
Object typeGraphic Design
MaterialsHeavy semigloss wove paper interleaved with brown and blue pages
LocationCooper-Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York
https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18645141/
Accession number1993-31-190
Cover for A Guide to Contemporary...
Cover for A Guide to Contemporary Architecture in Southern California

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