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1950

  • Work on this object began.

1959

  • Work on this object ended.

2008

  • We acquired this object.

2013

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2025

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Drawing, Design for Ornament (Couple)

This is a Drawing. It was architect: Josef Hoffmann. It is dated 1950s and we acquired it in 2008. Its medium is pen and blue ink, 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.

Its dimensions are

29.7 x 20.9 cm (11 11/16 x 8 1/4 in.)

It is signed

Signed in pen and blue ink, upper right: JH

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for Ornament (Couple); Architect: Josef Hoffmann (Austrian, b. Moravia, 1870–1956); Austria; pen and blue ink, graphite on cream wove paper; 29.7 x 20.9 cm (11 11/16 x 8 1/4 in.); Gift of Marilyn Walter Grounds; 2008-20-21

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