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Drawing, Garden Recess with Pond and Statue

This is a Drawing. It was designed by André Vera and Paul Vera. It is dated ca. 1912 and we acquired it in 1991. Its medium is pen and black ink, some scraping, graphite on off-white wove paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase from Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program Fund.

Its dimensions are

25.1 × 26.4 cm (9 7/8 × 10 3/8 in.) Image: 22.9 × 23.9 cm (9 in. × 9 7/16 in.) Mat: 35.6 × 45.7 cm (14 × 18 in.)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Garden Recess with Pond and Statue; Designed by André Vera (French, active Paris, 1881–1971), Paul Vera (French, active Paris, 1882–1957); France; pen and black ink, some scraping, graphite on off-white wove paper; 25.1 × 26.4 cm (9 7/8 × 10 3/8 in.) Image: 22.9 × 23.9 cm (9 in. × 9 7/16 in.) Mat: 35.6 × 45.7 cm (14 × 18 in.); Museum purchase from Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program Fund; 1991-58-8

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition The Modernist French Garden: Design by the Vera Brothers.

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