Light in August by William Faulkner
Object Details
- Graphic Designer
- Alvin Lustig, (American, 1915–1955)
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- A composite photographic image of two black fetish figures left and lower right against randomly placed explosions of white light on a black ground. Imprinted horizontally, in white against black, in lower right quadrant: light in august; along left edge (sideways): LIGHT IN AUGUST : WILLIAM FAULKNER; horizontally, lower left quadrant: william faulkner; lower right corner: lustig + barrows.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Susan Lustig Peck
- 1946
- Accession Number
- 2001-29-4
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Copyright Notice
- © Estate of Susan Lustig Peck
- Type
- graphic design
- Object Name
- Book cover
- Type
- Book cover
- Medium
- Photo offset lithograph on white coated paper
- Dimensions
- 21.7 x 17.1 cm (8 9/16 x 6 3/4 in. )
- made in
- USA
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_2001-29-4
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq44b1e3a5c-f2a9-4795-a850-d0f4373a20de
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