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1950

  • Work on this object began.

1970

  • Work on this object ended.

1998

  • We acquired this object.

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Drawing, Gold Grasses on Yellow Ground

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Tommi Parzinger. It is dated 1950–70 and we acquired it in 1998. Its medium is brush and gold paint, pen and blue ink, graphite on heavy cream paper with printed yellow ground. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Gift of Donald Cameron.

Its dimensions are

Sheet: 53.2 x 45.7 cm (20 15/16 x 18 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamp in red on verso, center, within horizontal rectangle with rounded corners: TOMMI PARZINGER/30 E 23 ST [crossed out, inscribed in pen and blue ink: 320 E 57th] NEW YORK CITY/DESIGN FOR: /inscribed in graphite: Design: No 3

It is inscribed

Inscribed on verso in pen and blue ink within stamp: 320 E 57th; Design: No. 3 Lower right in graphite: Tommi Parzinger

Cite this object as

Drawing, Gold Grasses on Yellow Ground; Designed by Tommi Parzinger (American, b. Germany, 1903–1981); brush and gold paint, pen and blue ink, graphite on heavy cream paper with printed yellow ground; Sheet: 53.2 x 45.7 cm (20 15/16 x 18 in.); Gift of Donald Cameron; 1998-19-140

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