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1919

  • Work on this object began.

1988

  • We acquired this object.

2025

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Drawing, Textile Design: Donnerwetter (Thunderstorm), 1919

This is a Drawing. It was made for Wiener Werkstätte. It is dated 1919 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

6.4 × 12.7 cm (2 1/2 in. × 5 in.) Mat: 31.8 × 45.1 cm (12 1/2 × 17 3/4 in.)

It has the following markings

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

It is inscribed

Inscribed in pen and black ink, bottom center: "DESSIN: "DONNERWETTER"; in blue crayon, upper right: 131

Cite this object as

Drawing, Textile Design: Donnerwetter (Thunderstorm), 1919; Made for Wiener Werkstätte (Austria); brush and gouache on paper; 6.4 × 12.7 cm (2 1/2 in. × 5 in.) Mat: 31.8 × 45.1 cm (12 1/2 × 17 3/4 in.); Museum purchase from Smithsonian Collections Acquisition and Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Funds; 1988-62-954

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