The Book Jacket Art of Chip Kidd

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Me (1991)
"There was a lot of trial and error as Carol and I struggled with which image to choose from Hepburn's lifelong career to represent her...At some point it just dawned on us: type. Straightforward, not fancy, no-nonsense, free of glitz, how Hepburnian. In retrospect it's just so obvious, but at the time it was a radical ideal for such a high-profile book."

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