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Book, Poems

This is a Book. It was written by Dunstan Thompson and designed by E. McKnight Kauffer and published by Simon and Schuster.

This object is not part of the Cooper Hewitt's permanent collection. It was able to spend time at the museum on loan from Barbara Jakobson as part of Underground Modernist: E. McKnight Kauffer.

It is dated 1943. Its medium is letterpress halftone. It is a part of the Exhibitions department.

It is credited Barbara Jakobson Collection.

Its dimensions are

H x W (closed): 22.2 × 16.3 cm (8 3/4 × 6 7/16 in.)

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Underground Modernist: E. McKnight Kauffer.

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