<I>Graphic Design: A Library of Old and New Masters in the Graphic Arts</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1936
name: label: Written by
content: Leon Friend, Polish American, 1902 - 1969
label: Written by
content: Joseph Otmar Hefter, Austrian American, 1899 - 1974
label: Published by
content: McGraw-Hill Book Company, founded 1917
label: Owned by
content: Loïs Mailou Jones, American, 1905 - 1998
notes: label: Description
content: Hardcover copy of "Graphic Design: A Library of Old and New Masters in the Graphic Arts" with 407 glossy pages. The front cover has brown printed text in the center left which reads [GRAPHIC / DESIGN] with a linear design between the two words. The spine has [GRAPHIC / DESIGN / FRIEND / HEFTER] with the title and authors separated by three horizontal lines. The back cover has a grouping of several brown printed horizontal lines in the center which run from the spine to the opposite edge. The green binding is faded with some loss on the edges. The reverse of the front cover has a sticker for [barna MAIPU 441/ BUENOS AIRES] in the upper left corner. The half title page has a black and white bookplate with three images of Lois Mailou Jones which reads [LOIS JONES / PIERRE-NOEL / EX LIBRIS]. The book has a handwritten inscription. A purchase slip from alejandro barna é hijo libreria was found between the pages of this book and is available in the catalog file.
title: label: Title
content: Book from the library of artist Loïs Mailou Jones
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Art
label: Topic
content: Design
label: Topic
content: Graphic design
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Books and Published Materials
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2016.26.5.15
objectType: label: Type
content: hardcover books
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Unknown - Restrictions Possible
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 10 7/8 × 8 1/4 × 13/16 in. (27.7 × 21 × 2.1 cm)