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1916

  • Work on this object began.

1918

  • Work on this object ended.

1988

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

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Drawing, Textile Design: Blattpflanze (Foliate Plant), 1916–18

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Wilhelm Foltin. It is dated 1916–18 and we acquired it in 1988. Its medium is brush and gouache on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase from Smithsonian Collections Acquisition and Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Funds.

Its dimensions are

6.5 × 20.6 cm (2 9/16 × 8 1/8 in.) Mat: 45.1 cm (17 3/4 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped in red ink, lower right: WIENER / WERK / STÄTTE

It is inscribed

Inscribed in pen and black ink, lower right: Dessin: "Blattpflanze"; in blue crayon, upper right: 52

Cite this object as

Drawing, Textile Design: Blattpflanze (Foliate Plant), 1916–18; Designed by Wilhelm Foltin (Austrian, 1890–1944); brush and gouache on paper; 6.5 × 20.6 cm (2 9/16 × 8 1/8 in.) Mat: 45.1 cm (17 3/4 in.); Museum purchase from Smithsonian Collections Acquisition and Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Funds; 1988-62-135

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