Bookjacket by Alvin Lustig for "Nightwood" by Djuna Barnes, New Directions Books

Object Details

Date
1947
Designer
Alvin Lustig, (American, 1915–1955)
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
The cover has a purple background with one large solid white abstract shape and smaller black designs layered over the purple background. Two black lines intersect over the white shape, forming an X. The title and author are written on the cover.
Design on dark purple ground. Features spine and front cover. One left side, spine contains in vertical sans-serif caps, book title in white and book author in black. Below, publisher logo: white square containing thin sans-serif "NC" alongside two vertical black bars forming "11." On right, front cover contains long white amorphous shape running height of page on left. Shape has long hole on right side. Superimposed over shape are a black vertical "scribble" and a thin "X" shape with arms that extend to upper right and left corners of page and intersect two more round "scribble" forms. At right center, title "NIGHTWOOD" is written in white sans-serif caps. Author's name is written in white sans-serif lowercase within round "scribble" design in lower right corner. Along left side of cover is vertical signature in white: "lustig."
A white border of unprinted paper runs along left side of design. Contains rectangular sprocket or binding holes.
made in
USA
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Credit Line
Gift of Tamar Cohen and Dave Slatoff
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Accession Number
1993-31-165-14
Type
graphic design
Object Name
Book Cover
Type
Book Cover
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Copyright Notice
© Elaine Lustig Cohen
Medium
Lithograph in purple and black ink on white shiny wove paper
Dimensions
H x W: 19 x 16.2 cm (7 1/2 x 6 3/8 in.)
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4110ddf7a-d18c-4313-97df-73128b441468
Record ID
chndm_1993-31-165-14