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1950

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1993

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Drawing, Design for Woven Torah Cover with Repeating "Shin"

This is a Drawing. It is dated 1950 and we acquired it in 1993. Its medium is brush and gold, silver paint on colored 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: 23.5 × 13.3 cm (9 1/4 × 5 1/4 in.)

It is signed

Signed in blue ballpoint on mount beneath lower right corner of image: T. Guermonprez

It is inscribed

Inscribed in blue ballpoint pen on mount beneath lower left corner of drawing: FABRIC FOR / THORA (sic) MANTEL; beneath this, in pen and blue ink: material 48" wide; in blue ballpoint, on mount beneath lower right corner of drawing: 1 1/2" = 1'0"; verso: yellow label glued to upper left corner, printed with "Trude Guermonprez" / typed, Pond Farm / Guerneville, CA; inscribed in blue marking pen, lower right corner of label: Aug. 10th 1950

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for Woven Torah Cover with Repeating "Shin"; USA; brush and gold, silver paint on colored paper; H x W: 23.5 × 13.3 cm (9 1/4 × 5 1/4 in.); Gift of Mr. Eric and Mrs. Sylvia Elsesser, The Trude Guermonprez Archives; 1993-121-47

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