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1928

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1950

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Drawing, Design for Facade of a Building at 38 Rue Greuze

This is a Drawing. It was architect: Hector Guimard. It is dated 1928 and we acquired it in 1950. Its medium is graphite, pen and black ink on tracing paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Gift of Mme. Hector Guimard.

Its dimensions are

57 x 52.5 cm (22 7/16 x 20 11/16 in.), irregular

It is signed

Signed in black ink, lower right: Hector Guimard

It is inscribed

Inscribed in black ink, upper center: IMMEUBLE 38 RUE GREUZE/ FACADE; lower right: DRESSE PAR L'ARCHITECTE SOUSSIGNE/ PARIS, JANVIER 1928

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for Facade of a Building at 38 Rue Greuze; Architect: Hector Guimard ((French, 1867–1942)); France; graphite, pen and black ink on tracing paper; 57 x 52.5 cm (22 7/16 x 20 11/16 in.), irregular; Gift of Mme. Hector Guimard; 1950-66-53-2

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