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Object Timeline

1940

  • Work on this object began.

1944

  • Work on this object ended.

2000

  • We acquired this object.

2025

  • You found it!

Drawing, Textile Design: Acanthus and Urns, 1940–44

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Alexander Hayden Girard. It is dated 1940–44 and we acquired it in 2000. Its medium is brush and blue and mauve gouache, red color pencil on newsprint. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Alexander Hayden Girard. It is credited Gift of Alexander H. Girard.

Its dimensions are

84.5 x 76.2 cm (33 1/4 x 30 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in red color pencil, lower right: "Acanthus and Urns"

Cite this object as

Drawing, Textile Design: Acanthus and Urns, 1940–44; Designed by Alexander Hayden Girard (American, 1907–1993); brush and blue and mauve gouache, red color pencil on newsprint; 84.5 x 76.2 cm (33 1/4 x 30 in.); Gift of Alexander H. Girard; 1969-165-189

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