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Drawing, Textile Design: Cartago (Carthago) (Carthage)

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Max Snischek and attributed to Erna Kopřiva and made for Wiener Werkstätte. It is dated 1929 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

13.3 × 21 cm (5 1/4 × 8 1/4 in.) Mat: 46.4 × 29.8 cm (18 1/4 × 11 3/4 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in pen and black ink, upper left: CARTAGO; in blue crayon, upper right: 295

Cite this object as

Drawing, Textile Design: Cartago (Carthago) (Carthage); Designed by Max Snischek (Austrian, 1891 – 1968); Attributed to Erna Kopřiva (Austrian, b. 1894, active early 20th century); Made for Wiener Werkstätte (Austria); brush and gouache on paper; 13.3 × 21 cm (5 1/4 × 8 1/4 in.) Mat: 46.4 × 29.8 cm (18 1/4 × 11 3/4 in.); Museum purchase from Smithsonian Collections Acquisition and Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Funds; 1988-62-1241

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