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1911

  • Work on this object began.

1914

  • Work on this object ended.

1988

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

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Drawing, Textile Design: Nero

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Leopold Blonder and made for Wiener Werkstätte. It is dated 1911–14 and we acquired it in 1988. Its medium is brush and gouache, graphite 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 × 21 cm (2 1/2 × 8 1/4 in.) Mat: 55.9 × 40.6 cm (22 × 16 in.)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Textile Design: Nero; Designed by Leopold Blonder (Austrian, 1893 - 1932); Made for Wiener Werkstätte (Austria); brush and gouache, graphite on paper; 6.4 × 21 cm (2 1/2 × 8 1/4 in.) Mat: 55.9 × 40.6 cm (22 × 16 in.); Museum purchase from Smithsonian Collections Acquisition and Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Funds; 1988-62-20

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