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1958

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2000

  • We acquired this object.

2013

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2025

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Collage, Textile Design: Shower, nos. 500-505

This is a Collage. It was designed by Alexander Hayden Girard and from the office of Herman Miller Furniture Company. It is dated 1958 and we acquired it in 2000. Its medium is colored tissue and wove paper, graphite on white bond paper. 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

32.1 x 34.9 cm (12 5/8 x 13 3/4 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, verso upper left corner: XI-1

Cite this object as

Collage, Textile Design: Shower, nos. 500-505; Designed by Alexander Hayden Girard (American, 1907–1993); Office of Herman Miller Furniture Company (United States); USA; colored tissue and wove paper, graphite on white bond paper; 32.1 x 34.9 cm (12 5/8 x 13 3/4 in.); Gift of Alexander H. Girard; 1969-165-260

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