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1923

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1988

  • We acquired this object.

2015

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Drawing, Textile Design: Fixstern (Fixed Star)

This is a Drawing. It was made for Wiener Werkstätte. It is dated 1923 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 × 6.4 cm (4 3/4 × 2 1/2 in.) Mat: 31.6 × 45.1 cm (12 7/16 × 17 3/4 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: "Fixstern"

Cite this object as

Drawing, Textile Design: Fixstern (Fixed Star); Made for Wiener Werkstätte (Austria); brush and gouache on paper; 12.1 × 6.4 cm (4 3/4 × 2 1/2 in.) Mat: 31.6 × 45.1 cm (12 7/16 × 17 3/4 in.); Museum purchase from Smithsonian Collections Acquisition and Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Funds; 1988-62-852

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