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1929

  • Work on this object began.

1972

  • We acquired this object.

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Drawing, Composition in Pink and Blue-Green

This is a Drawing. It was created by Hans Pfeiffer. It is dated 1929 and we acquired it in 1972. Its medium is brush and watercolor on wove paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

Its dimensions are

Sheet: 19.7 x 16.3 cm (7 3/4 x 6 7/16 in.) Mount: 31 x 21 cm (12 3/16 x 8 1/4 in.)

It is signed

in graphite, lower right: HP29

It is inscribed

in blue ball-point pen, on verso: 2549 (inscr. in circle) / H. Pfeiffer Aquarelle 1929

Cite this object as

Drawing, Composition in Pink and Blue-Green; Hans Pfeiffer (b. Kassel, Germany, active France, 1907 - 1994); Germany; brush and watercolor on wove paper; Sheet: 19.7 x 16.3 cm (7 3/4 x 6 7/16 in.) Mount: 31 x 21 cm (12 3/16 x 8 1/4 in.); 1972-27-2

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