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1945

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1995

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Drawing, Design for a Cup

This is a Drawing. It is dated 1945 and we acquired it in 1995. Its medium is pen and black ink, white chalk, graphite on cream tracing paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Gift of John Finguerra in memory of his brother Jim Finguerra.

Its dimensions are

31.1 x 26.4cm (12 1/4 x 10 3/8in.)

It has the following markings

Stamp in black ink, upper right: 377

It is inscribed

Inscribed in black ink, lower center: VASE; lower right: JEAN PUIFORCAT/45.; center right: FIL TORSADE [twisted bands].

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for a Cup; Mexico; pen and black ink, white chalk, graphite on cream tracing paper; 31.1 x 26.4cm (12 1/4 x 10 3/8in.); Gift of John Finguerra in memory of his brother Jim Finguerra; 1995-164-21

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