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1928

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1988

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Drawing, Textile Design: Nelson (Nelsen), 1928

This is a Drawing. It was made for Wiener Werkstätte. It is dated 1928 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

5.7 × 1.3 cm (2 1/4 × 1/2 in.) Mat: 55.9 × 45.7 cm (22 × 18 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in pen and black ink, upper left: NELSEN; in blue crayon, upper right: 392

Cite this object as

Drawing, Textile Design: Nelson (Nelsen), 1928; Made for Wiener Werkstätte (Austria); brush and gouache on paper; 5.7 × 1.3 cm (2 1/4 × 1/2 in.) Mat: 55.9 × 45.7 cm (22 × 18 in.); Museum purchase from Smithsonian Collections Acquisition and Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Funds; 1988-62-560

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