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Object Timeline

1907

  • Work on this object began.

1917

  • Work on this object ended.

1991

  • We acquired this object.

2013

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2021

Drawing, Cour Carrée (Courtyard Square), ca. 1912

This is a Drawing. It was designed by André Vera and Paul Vera. It is dated ca. 1912 and we acquired it in 1991. Its medium is pen and black ink, graphite on off-white paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase from Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program Fund.

Its dimensions are

28.5 × 31.1 cm (11 1/4 × 12 1/4 in.) Image: 20.3 × 23 cm (8 in. × 9 1/16 in.) Mat: 35.6 × 45.7 cm (14 × 18 in.)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Cour Carrée (Courtyard Square), ca. 1912; Designed by André Vera and Paul Vera; France; pen and black ink, graphite on off-white paper; 28.5 × 31.1 cm (11 1/4 × 12 1/4 in.) Image: 20.3 × 23 cm (8 in. × 9 1/16 in.) Mat: 35.6 × 45.7 cm (14 × 18 in.); Museum purchase from Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program Fund; 1991-58-3

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