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Drawing, Study for Walled Garden with Sculpture, Benches, and a Row of Five Conical Trees, 1912–19

This is a Drawing. It was designed by André Vera and Paul Vera. It is dated 1912–19 and we acquired it in 1991. 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 Institution Collections Acquisition Program Fund.

Its dimensions are

21.1 × 25.4 cm (8 5/16 in. × 10 in.) Mat: 55.9 × 40.6 cm (22 × 16 in.)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Study for Walled Garden with Sculpture, Benches, and a Row of Five Conical Trees, 1912–19; Designed by André Vera (French, active Paris, 1881–1971), Paul Vera (French, active Paris, 1882–1957); France; graphite on tracing paper; 21.1 × 25.4 cm (8 5/16 in. × 10 in.) Mat: 55.9 × 40.6 cm (22 × 16 in.); Museum purchase from Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program Fund; 1991-58-31

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition The Modernist French Garden: Design by the Vera Brothers.

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