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1901

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1925

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1999

  • We acquired this object.

2016

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Drawing, Design for Decorated Paper: Purple, Red, Black Stripes

This is a Drawing. It was made for Wiener Werkstätte. It is dated early 20th century and we acquired it in 1999. Its medium is brush and watercolor, gouache on off-white wove coated paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Tamar Cohen. It is credited Gift of Tamar Cohen.

Its dimensions are

H x W: 35.6 × 41.8 cm (14 in. × 16 7/16 in.)

It has the following markings

On verso, to right of center (above inscription): partly legible Wiener Werkstätte stamp printed in purple ink.

It is inscribed

Verso, inscribed in graphite to right of center: 3/109/51 ; at lower left corner: 1165 [above] 1632(3) [with horizontal line between them]

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for Decorated Paper: Purple, Red, Black Stripes; Made for Wiener Werkstätte (Austria); brush and watercolor, gouache on off-white wove coated paper; H x W: 35.6 × 41.8 cm (14 in. × 16 7/16 in.); Gift of Tamar Cohen; 1999-6-7

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