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Drawing, Textile Design: Bees in White on Brown

This is a Drawing. It was created by Julia Black. We acquired it in 1977. Its medium is brown wash, corrections in white gouache support: white wove paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Gift of Miss Julia Black.

Its dimensions are

45.3 x 46.5 cm (17 13/16 x 18 5/16 in.) Mat: 55.9 x 71.1 cm (22 x 28 in.)

It is inscribed

in pen and black ink, verso: 2995 / Julia Black

Cite this object as

Drawing, Textile Design: Bees in White on Brown; Julia Black (1894); USA; brown wash, corrections in white gouache support: white wove paper; 45.3 x 46.5 cm (17 13/16 x 18 5/16 in.) Mat: 55.9 x 71.1 cm (22 x 28 in.); Gift of Miss Julia Black; 1977-37-4

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition The Cooper-Hewitt Collections: A Design Resource.

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