<I>A Method for Creative Design</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1927
name: label: Written by
content: Adolfo Best Maugard, Mexican, 1891 - 1964
label: Published by
content: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., American, founded 1915
label: Owned by
content: Loïs Mailou Jones, American, 1905 - 1998
notes: label: Description
content: Hardcover book by Adolfo Best-Maguard with 183 pages of text. The orange front cover has black text which reads [A METHOD FOR / CREATIVE / DESIGN / ADOLFO BEST-MAUGARD]. Below this is a black band that has cut outs showing the orange cover beneath in the shapes of Best-Maugard's seven "primary elements" of drawing: straight line, spiral, circle, semicircle, wavy line, "s" shape, and zigzag. The title and author are in black text on the upper spine. On the lower spine in black is [ALFRED A / KNOPF]. The center of the spine shows evidence of a removed sticker [740 / B46]. The back cover is blank with an embossed logo for BOR201 Books in the lower right corner. The interior of the front cover has a black and white book plate that has been adhered to the board. The bookplate has an image of Notre Dame and a woman painting and says [EX LIBRIS / Lois Mailou Jones / DKW]. There is a torn library book plate on the reverse back cover. There are handwritten inscriptions inside the book.
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
label: Movement
content: Harlem Renaissance (New Negro Movement)
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: 2016.26.5.3
objectType: label: Type
content: hardcover books
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © 1926, 1954 Alfred A. Knopf, Inc/Adolfo Best Maugard
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 8 3/16 × 5 5/8 × 3/4 in. (20.8 × 14.3 × 1.9 cm)