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1970

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1976

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Drawing, Design for Woven Textile: These Were the Years of Our Summer, Now the Days Are Grey

This is a Drawing. It is dated 1970s and we acquired it in 1993. Its medium is pastel, graphite on white paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Gift of Mr. Eric and Mrs. Sylvia Elsesser, The Trude Guermonprez Archives.

Its dimensions are

H x W: 30.5 × 45.1 cm (12 in. × 17 3/4 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in pastel in lower right corner: THESE/WERE THE/YEARS OF/OUR SUMMER/NOW THE DAYS/ARE GREY

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for Woven Textile: These Were the Years of Our Summer, Now the Days Are Grey; USA; pastel, graphite on white paper; H x W: 30.5 × 45.1 cm (12 in. × 17 3/4 in.); Gift of Mr. Eric and Mrs. Sylvia Elsesser, The Trude Guermonprez Archives; 1993-121-111

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