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1923

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1988

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Drawing, Textile Design: Philanthrop

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Franz von Zülow and made for Wiener Werkstätte. It is dated 1923 and we acquired it in 1988. Its medium is brush and gouache, graphite on tracing 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

22.2 × 35.6 cm (8 3/4 × 14 in.) Mat: 71.8 × 54.6 cm (28 1/4 × 21 1/2 in.)

It has the following markings

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

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, lower right: Stickerei / Dessin: "Philanthrop" / Entwurf: Zülow

Cite this object as

Drawing, Textile Design: Philanthrop; Designed by Franz von Zülow ((Austrian, 1883–1963)); Made for Wiener Werkstätte (Austria); brush and gouache, graphite on tracing paper; 22.2 × 35.6 cm (8 3/4 × 14 in.) Mat: 71.8 × 54.6 cm (28 1/4 × 21 1/2 in.); Museum purchase from Smithsonian Collections Acquisition and Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Funds; 1988-62-1411

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