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1936

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Drawing, Design for a Hot Water Kettle

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

40 x 29 cm (15 3/4 x 11 7/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, upper right: bouilloire/ecart de l'anse

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for a Hot Water Kettle; France; graphite on cream tracing paper; 40 x 29 cm (15 3/4 x 11 7/16 in.); Gift of John Finguerra in memory of his brother Jim Finguerra; 1995-164-59

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