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Drawing, Design for a Grotesque

This is a Drawing. It is dated 16th–19th century and we acquired it in 1940. Its medium is pen and ink on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase from the Mary Hearn Greims Fund.

It has the following markings

Stamp in black ink, upper left: Cooper Union Museum for the Arts of Decoration

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for a Grotesque; pen and ink on paper; Museum purchase from the Mary Hearn Greims Fund; 1940-21-25

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