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1911

  • Work on this object began.

1913

  • Work on this object ended.

1988

  • We acquired this object.

2019

2025

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Drawing, Textile Design: Ariel

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Dagobert Peche and made for Wiener Werkstätte. It is dated 1911–13 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

11.7 × 16.8 cm (4 5/8 × 6 5/8 in.) Mat: 45.7 × 29.5 cm (18 in. × 11 5/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in pen and black ink, upper left: ARIEL; in blue crayon upper right: 333

Cite this object as

Drawing, Textile Design: Ariel; Designed by Dagobert Peche (Austrian, 1887–1923, active Vienna, 1911–1923); Made for Wiener Werkstätte (Austria); brush and gouache on paper; 11.7 × 16.8 cm (4 5/8 × 6 5/8 in.) Mat: 45.7 × 29.5 cm (18 in. × 11 5/8 in.); Museum purchase from Smithsonian Collections Acquisition and Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Funds; 1988-62-760

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