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1903

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1932

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1999

  • We acquired this object.

2016

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Drawing, Design for Decorated Paper: Blue Plaid

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 blue watercolor, gouache 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: 47.9 × 60.6 cm (18 7/8 × 23 7/8 in.)

It has the following markings

On verso (below inscription),lower right: Weiner Werkstätte stamp in purple

It is inscribed

On verso, inscribed in graphite, lower right: KW 1171 / M1.50; lower left: 1166 [above] 1633(3) [with horizontal line between them]

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for Decorated Paper: Blue Plaid; Made for Wiener Werkstätte (Austria); brush and blue watercolor, gouache on off-white coated wove paper; H x W: 47.9 × 60.6 cm (18 7/8 × 23 7/8 in.); Gift of Tamar Cohen; 1999-6-11

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