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Drawing, Design for a Cruet Stand, 1936

This is a Drawing. It is dated 1936 and we acquired it in 1995. Its medium is pen and ink, white pastel, 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

38.3 x 43.5cm (15 1/16 x 17 1/8in.)

It has the following markings

Watermark: ANCNNES MANUFRES CANSON & MONTGOLFIER -- VIDALON - LES - ANNDNAY

It is inscribed

Inscribed in black ink, center right: COUPER LE PIED DES/PIECES DE MANIERE A CE/QUE LA PARTIE BOULE/REPOSE SUR LE FONS DU/PLATEAU.; lower right: J.P./36/2x1; below handle: CHARNIERE; lower left: "NIVEAU DU FONDS;" right: ENCASTREMENT DES PIECES; in yellow ink, lower right: ANSE CLISSE; in blue color pencil on verso: aboutonier (?).

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for a Cruet Stand, 1936; France; pen and ink, white pastel, graphite on cream tracing paper; 38.3 x 43.5cm (15 1/16 x 17 1/8in.); Gift of John Finguerra in memory of his brother Jim Finguerra; 1995-164-23

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