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1950

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1976

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1993

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Drawing, Design for a Woven Textile with Dome or Planet Shapes

This is a Drawing. It is dated 1950–76 and we acquired it in 1993. Its medium is crayon on coated tracing 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: 30.4 × 40.6 cm (11 15/16 in. × 16 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed (sideways) in graphite on verso, lower left corner: Mo: Janice 9 - 2:30/Tru 10 -11:30 1 - 2:30/Tue: Janice 9 - 2:30/Trude 10 - 2:30/Thurs Janice 9 - 12:30 - 1:30/Trude 9:30 - 10:30 - 1:30

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for a Woven Textile with Dome or Planet Shapes; USA; crayon on coated tracing paper; H x W: 30.4 × 40.6 cm (11 15/16 in. × 16 in.); Gift of Mr. Eric and Mrs. Sylvia Elsesser, The Trude Guermonprez Archives; 1993-121-98

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