Drawing, Design No. 3 for an Ark Curtain, 1950

This is a Drawing. It is dated 1950 and we acquired it in 1993. Its medium is brush and gouache, watercolor, gold, silver paint on brown 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: 53.7 × 45.7 cm (21 1/8 in. × 18 in.)

It is signed

Signed in pen and black ink, lower right corner: T.G.

It is inscribed

Imprinted label affixed to lower right corner of mat: Pond Farm Workshop (upper right); Trude Guermonprez Textile Design / Guerneville California (upper left) Typed on label: Design No. 3/A silk dubble [sic] weave in tones of blue and purple. / The kandelabras [sic] are thin sheet metal shapes inser- / ted into the fabric. The letters of the word ["word" is crossed out] / Israel and tapestry - inlay w [overtyped with "i"] th goldthread [sic] black / and colored silk./ For this curtain are planned four pannels [sic], 36" wide. Many, but / shallow folds will bring out the shiny and the saturated shades of/silk in light and shadow. The letters of the word Israel are so big,/that some movement of the fabric will not interfere with their legi- / bility. / $1185.60 (under text at left); T.G. (under text at right)

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