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Drawing, Design for Wainscotting for the Exposition des Arts Decoratifs (No. 1)

This is a Drawing. It was architect: Hector Guimard. It is dated ca. 1925 and we acquired it in 1950. Its medium is pen and black ink, graphite on tracing paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Gift of Mme. Hector Guimard.

Its dimensions are

26.4 x 12.4 cm (10 3/8 x 4 7/8 in.), irregular

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for Wainscotting for the Exposition des Arts Decoratifs (No. 1); Architect: Hector Guimard ((French, 1867–1942)); pen and black ink, graphite on tracing paper; 26.4 x 12.4 cm (10 3/8 x 4 7/8 in.), irregular; Gift of Mme. Hector Guimard; 1950-66-81

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