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1990

  • Work on this object began.

1992

  • We acquired this object.

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Sketch, Design for King Lear, Scene II: Study with Tall Chair, Low Bed, and Notes

This is a Sketch. It is dated 1990 and we acquired it in 1992. Its medium is graphite on white paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of the Advisory Council and bequest of Mary Hearn Greims and from Sarah Cooper-Hewitt Fund.

Its dimensions are

Sheet: 29.6 x 20.9 cm (11 5/8 x 8 1/4 in.) Image (irregular): 6.8 x 7.7 cm (2 11/16 x 3 1/16 in.)

Cite this object as

Sketch, Design for King Lear, Scene II: Study with Tall Chair, Low Bed, and Notes; USA; graphite on white paper; Sheet: 29.6 x 20.9 cm (11 5/8 x 8 1/4 in.) Image (irregular): 6.8 x 7.7 cm (2 11/16 x 3 1/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of the Advisory Council and bequest of Mary Hearn Greims and from Sarah Cooper-Hewitt Fund; 1992-90-9

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Design USA: Contemporary Innovation.

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