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Drawing, Design for a Soup Tureen

This is a Drawing. It is dated ca. 1920–40 and we acquired it in 1995. Its medium is pen and black ink 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

29.7 x 34.3cm (11 11/16 x 13 1/2in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in black ink, lower left: Soupiere (underlined); lower right: aluminum.

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for a Soup Tureen; France; pen and black ink on cream tracing paper; 29.7 x 34.3cm (11 11/16 x 13 1/2in.); Gift of John Finguerra in memory of his brother Jim Finguerra; 1995-164-46

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