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Drawing, Design for Tablecloth with Green and Yellow Squares on Black Ground, 1911

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Vlastislav Hofman. It is dated 1911 and we acquired it in 2000. Its medium is brush and green and yellow watercolor, graphite on heavy cream paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

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

Its dimensions are

H x W: 18.4 × 14.6 cm (7 1/4 × 5 3/4 in.)

It is signed

Signed and dated in graphite, lower right; on verso, lower center: Vl. Hofman / 1911

It is inscribed

Color notations in graphite on recto: ul [to denote green]; b [to denote yellow]; on verso: [small boxes/ornamental alphabet].

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for Tablecloth with Green and Yellow Squares on Black Ground, 1911; Designed by Vlastislav Hofman (Czech, 1884–1964); brush and green and yellow watercolor, graphite on heavy cream paper; H x W: 18.4 × 14.6 cm (7 1/4 × 5 3/4 in.); Gift of Elaine Lustig Cohen; 2000-20-5

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