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1926

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1946

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1981

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Drawing, Decorative Composition with Nude in Fountain Landscape

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Alexandra Exter. It is dated ca. 1936 and we acquired it in 1981. Its medium is brush and gouache, graphite on heavy, textured white board. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Simon Lissim. It is credited Bequest of Simon Lissim.

  • Textile (USA)
  • rayon, silk.
  • Museum purchase from Pauline Cooper Noyes Fund.
  • 1990-165-1

Its dimensions are

38.7 x 29.0 cm (15 1/4 x 11 7/16 in. ), sheet 35.9 x 26.0 cm (14 3/16 x 10 1/4 in.), image

Cite this object as

Drawing, Decorative Composition with Nude in Fountain Landscape; Designed by Alexandra Exter (Ukrainian, 1882–1949); Russia; brush and gouache, graphite on heavy, textured white board; 38.7 x 29.0 cm (15 1/4 x 11 7/16 in. ), sheet 35.9 x 26.0 cm (14 3/16 x 10 1/4 in.), image; Bequest of Simon Lissim; 1981-37-14

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