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Drawing, Design for a Teapot

This is a Drawing. It is dated ca. 1936 and we acquired it in 1995. Its medium is 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

22.8 x 29 cm (9 x 11 7/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, upper left: bec larg de l'anse; right center: 21 mm 1/2, within area of handle: X; center of base: X

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for a Teapot; France; graphite on cream tracing paper; 22.8 x 29 cm (9 x 11 7/16 in.); Gift of John Finguerra in memory of his brother Jim Finguerra; 1995-164-54

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