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1924

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1988

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Drawing, Textile Design: Fidelio, 1924

This is a Drawing. It was made for Wiener Werkstätte. It is dated 1924 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

12.1 × 12.9 cm (4 3/4 × 5 1/16 in.) Mat: 31.8 × 45.4 cm (12 1/2 × 17 7/8 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: "FIDELIO"

Cite this object as

Drawing, Textile Design: Fidelio, 1924; Made for Wiener Werkstätte (Austria); brush and gouache on paper; 12.1 × 12.9 cm (4 3/4 × 5 1/16 in.) Mat: 31.8 × 45.4 cm (12 1/2 × 17 7/8 in.); Museum purchase from Smithsonian Collections Acquisition and Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Funds; 1988-62-370

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