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1940

  • Work on this object began.

2000

  • We acquired this object.

2025

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Drawing, Textile Design: Chess Pieces, 1940

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Alexander Hayden Girard. It is dated 1940 and we acquired it in 2000. Its medium is brush and red and green watercolor, graphite on newsprint. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Alexander Hayden Girard. It is credited Gift of Alexander H. Girard.

Its dimensions are

45.9 x 104.8 cm (18 1/16 x 41 1/4 in. )

Cite this object as

Drawing, Textile Design: Chess Pieces, 1940; Designed by Alexander Hayden Girard (American, 1907–1993); brush and red and green watercolor, graphite on newsprint; 45.9 x 104.8 cm (18 1/16 x 41 1/4 in. ); Gift of Alexander H. Girard; 1969-165-175

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