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Drawing, Textile Design: Li-tai-po

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Julius Zimpel and made for Wiener Werkstätte. It is dated 1919 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

6.4 × 20.3 cm (2 1/2 × 8 in.) Mat: 31.6 × 45.1 cm (12 7/16 × 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: "Li-tai-po"

Cite this object as

Drawing, Textile Design: Li-tai-po; Designed by Julius Zimpel (Austrian, 1896 - 1925); Made for Wiener Werkstätte (Austria); brush and gouache on paper; 6.4 × 20.3 cm (2 1/2 × 8 in.) Mat: 31.6 × 45.1 cm (12 7/16 × 17 3/4 in.); Museum purchase from Smithsonian Collections Acquisition and Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Funds; 1988-62-1355

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