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1959

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2000

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Print, Textile Design: Pumpkin Seeds, no. 715

This is a Print. It was designed by Alexander Hayden Girard and from the office of Herman Miller Furniture Company. It is dated 1959 and we acquired it in 2000. Its medium is mimeograph, blueprint on white wove paper, graphite. 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

21.4 x 68.6 cm (8 7/16 x 27 in. ) 15.2 x 31.8 cm (6 x 12 1/2 in.)

It is signed

Printed in ink, lower right below design: ALEXANDER GIRARD 2/4/59

It is inscribed

Printed in ink, upper margin: HALF FULL SIZE REPEAT / 24"; and at left below design: NOTE: / "SEEDS" ARE TO BE COLOR PRINTED / SERIES 715 "PUMPKIN SEEDS"; Verso: in graphite, upper left corner: XII-2

Cite this object as

Print, Textile Design: Pumpkin Seeds, no. 715; Designed by Alexander Hayden Girard (American, 1907–1993); Office of Herman Miller Furniture Company (United States); mimeograph, blueprint on white wove paper, graphite; 21.4 x 68.6 cm (8 7/16 x 27 in. ) 15.2 x 31.8 cm (6 x 12 1/2 in.); Gift of Alexander H. Girard; 1969-165-290

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