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1923

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1988

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Drawing, Textile Design: Himmelobst (Heavenly Fruit)

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Felice Rix-Ueno and made for Wiener Werkstätte. It is dated 1923 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

11.4 × 16.5 cm (4 1/2 × 6 1/2 in.) Mat: 55.9 × 40.6 cm (22 × 16 in.)

It has the following markings

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

It is inscribed

Inscribed in blue crayon, upper right: 31

Cite this object as

Drawing, Textile Design: Himmelobst (Heavenly Fruit); Designed by Felice Rix-Ueno (Austrian, 1893–1967, active Japan 1935–1967); Made for Wiener Werkstätte (Austria); brush and gouache on paper; 11.4 × 16.5 cm (4 1/2 × 6 1/2 in.) Mat: 55.9 × 40.6 cm (22 × 16 in.); Museum purchase from Smithsonian Collections Acquisition and Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Funds; 1988-62-950

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