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1912

  • Work on this object began.

1917

  • Work on this object ended.

1988

  • We acquired this object.

2015

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Drawing, Textile Design: Zaunkönig (Wren), 1912–17

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Reni Schaschl-Schuster and made for Wiener Werkstätte. It is dated 1912–17 and we acquired it in 1988. Its medium is brush and gouache on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase from Smithsonian Collections Acquisition and Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Funds.

Its dimensions are

5.1 × 20 cm (2 in. × 7 7/8 in.) Mat: 31.4 × 45.2 cm (12 3/8 × 17 13/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped in red ink, lower right: WIENER / WERK / STÄTTE

It is inscribed

Inscribed in pen and black ink, lower right: Dessin: "Zaunkönig"

Cite this object as

Drawing, Textile Design: Zaunkönig (Wren), 1912–17; Designed by Reni Schaschl-Schuster (Austrian, 1895 - 1979); Made for Wiener Werkstätte (Austria); brush and gouache on paper; 5.1 × 20 cm (2 in. × 7 7/8 in.) Mat: 31.4 × 45.2 cm (12 3/8 × 17 13/16 in.); Museum purchase from Smithsonian Collections Acquisition and Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Funds; 1988-62-1129

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