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1936

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1996

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Drawing, Design for a Bowl

This is a Drawing. It is dated 1936 and we acquired it in 1996. 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

37.1 x 23.2cm (14 5/8 x 9 1/8in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in black ink, lower center: COUPE; lower right: J.P./36/1.

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for a Bowl; France; pen and black ink, white chalk, graphite on cream tracing paper; 37.1 x 23.2cm (14 5/8 x 9 1/8in.); Gift of John Finguerra in memory of his brother Jim Finguerra; 1995-164-22

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