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1901

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1925

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1999

  • We acquired this object.

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Drawing, Design for Decorated Paper: Dark Gray Squares with Scalloped Edges

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 black-gray watercolor on off-white coated wove 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: 41.4 × 41.9 cm (16 5/16 × 16 1/2 in.)

It has the following markings

On verso, lower right (above inscription), Wiener Werkstätte stamp in purple.

It is inscribed

On verso, inscribed in graphite, lower right: M1.50 / KW 1165; and lower left: 1165/(3)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for Decorated Paper: Dark Gray Squares with Scalloped Edges; Made for Wiener Werkstätte (Austria); brush and black-gray watercolor on off-white coated wove paper; H x W: 41.4 × 41.9 cm (16 5/16 × 16 1/2 in.); Gift of Tamar Cohen; 1999-6-10

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