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1950

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1959

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2008

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Drawing, Design for Ornament

This is a Drawing. It was architect: Josef Hoffmann. It is dated 1950s and we acquired it in 2008. Its medium is pen and dark gray, graphite on cream wove paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Gift of Marilyn Walter Grounds.

  • Inkwell
  • brass, glass.
  • Gift of George R. Kravis II.
  • 2018-22-55

Its dimensions are

21 x 29.7 cm (8 1/4 x 11 11/16 in.)

It is signed

Signed in gray ink, center right: JH

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for Ornament; Architect: Josef Hoffmann (Austrian, b. Moravia, 1870–1956); Austria; pen and dark gray, graphite on cream wove paper; 21 x 29.7 cm (8 1/4 x 11 11/16 in.); Gift of Marilyn Walter Grounds; 2008-20-16

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