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1943

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1995

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Drawing, Design for a Teapot

This is a Drawing. It is dated 1943 and we acquired it in 1995. Its medium is pen and black, red ink, graphite on cream tracing paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Gift of John Finguerra in memory of his brother Jim Finguerra.

Its dimensions are

43.2 x 23.6 cm (17 x 9 5/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamp in black ink, center right: 161

It is inscribed

Inscribed in black ink, lower center: TETERA/DIAMETRE 13 cmsHAUTEUR 12 cms; lower right: JEAN PUIFORCAT/43

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for a Teapot; Mexico; pen and black, red ink, graphite on cream tracing paper; 43.2 x 23.6 cm (17 x 9 5/16 in.); Gift of John Finguerra in memory of his brother Jim Finguerra; 1995-164-63

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