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1924

  • Work on this object began.

1926

  • Work on this object ended.

2017

2018

  • We acquired this object.

2025

  • You found it!

Drawing, Design for Firescreen, Knight on Horse

This is a Drawing. It was designed by William Hunt Diederich. It is dated ca. 1925 and we acquired it in 2018. Its medium is pen and ink, color pencil, graphite on tracing paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Deedee Wigmore. It is credited Gift of D. Wigmore Fine Art.

Its dimensions are

81.3 × 127 cm (32 × 50 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in ink, center right: cut out blu part/ the yellow lines are only to be run over with a soft tool/ [...] bend over to hold design on screen; Inscribed in graphite, lower right: go over hand

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for Firescreen, Knight on Horse; Designed by William Hunt Diederich (American, b. Hungary, 1884–1953); pen and ink, color pencil, graphite on tracing paper; 81.3 × 127 cm (32 × 50 in.); Gift of D. Wigmore Fine Art; 2018-16-37

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