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1923

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1988

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Drawing, Textile Design: Philanthrop

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Franz von Zülow and made for Wiener Werkstätte. It is dated 1923 and we acquired it in 1988. Its medium is graphite on tracing 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

25.4 × 12.1 cm (10 × 4 3/4 in.) Mat: 71.8 × 54.6 cm (28 1/4 × 21 1/2 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped in red ink, lower right: WIENER / WERK / STÄTTE

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, lower right: Dessin: Philanthrop / Entwurf Zülow Stickerei

Cite this object as

Drawing, Textile Design: Philanthrop; Designed by Franz von Zülow ((Austrian, 1883–1963)); Made for Wiener Werkstätte (Austria); graphite on tracing paper; 25.4 × 12.1 cm (10 × 4 3/4 in.) Mat: 71.8 × 54.6 cm (28 1/4 × 21 1/2 in.); Museum purchase from Smithsonian Collections Acquisition and Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Funds; 1988-62-1408

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