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1911

  • Work on this object began.

1914

  • Work on this object ended.

1988

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

  • You found it!

Drawing, Textile Design: Diskus (Discus)

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Leopold Blonder and made for Wiener Werkstätte. It is dated 1911–14 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 × 19.4 cm (2 in. × 7 5/8 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 blue crayon, upper right: 4

Cite this object as

Drawing, Textile Design: Diskus (Discus); Designed by Leopold Blonder (Austrian, 1893 - 1932); Made for Wiener Werkstätte (Austria); brush and gouache on paper; 5.1 × 19.4 cm (2 in. × 7 5/8 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; 1988-62-33

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