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1914

  • Work on this object began.

1917

  • Work on this object ended.

1988

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

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Drawing, Textile Design: Nihilit

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Maria Jungwirth and made for Wiener Werkstätte. It is dated 1914–17 and we acquired it in 1988. Its medium is brush and gouach, 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

12.4 × 7.3 cm (4 7/8 × 2 7/8 in.) Mat: 45.4 × 31.8 cm (17 7/8 × 12 1/2 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in pen and black ink, lower right: DESSIN: "NIHILIT"

Cite this object as

Drawing, Textile Design: Nihilit; Designed by Maria Jungwirth (Austrian, 1894 - 1968); Made for Wiener Werkstätte (Austria); brush and gouach, graphite on paper; 12.4 × 7.3 cm (4 7/8 × 2 7/8 in.) Mat: 45.4 × 31.8 cm (17 7/8 × 12 1/2 in.); Museum purchase from Smithsonian Collections Acquisition and Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Funds; 1988-62-313

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