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1964

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Drawing, Design for a Woven Hanging, Hummingbirdcages

This is a Drawing. It is dated 1964 and we acquired it in 1993. Its medium is crayon, graphite on white wove paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Gift of Mr. Eric and Mrs. Sylvia Elsesser, The Trude Guermonprez Archives.

Its dimensions are

H x W: 25.4 × 21.9 cm (10 in. × 8 5/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite in margin, upper right: Hummingbird cages. 1964; in margin, lower left: 28 x 41 (partially cut off and written over other partially erased numbers); in margin, lower center: 28 wide/41 long; in margins along right and lower edges: numbers marking scale; in green crayon lower right: ...single... (rest of inscription partially rubbed off)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for a Woven Hanging, Hummingbirdcages; USA; crayon, graphite on white wove paper; H x W: 25.4 × 21.9 cm (10 in. × 8 5/8 in.); Gift of Mr. Eric and Mrs. Sylvia Elsesser, The Trude Guermonprez Archives; 1993-121-69

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