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Object Timeline

1968

  • Work on this object began.

1969

  • Work on this object ended.

1993

  • We acquired this object.

2025

  • You found it!

Drawing, Design for Hebrew Text for Ark Curtain, Beth Am Synagogue, Los Altos, CA, 1968–69

This is a Drawing. It is dated 1968–69 and we acquired it in 1993. Its medium is brush and reddish-brown watercolor, black ink on white paper ruled in graphite. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Gift of Mr. Eric and Mrs. Sylvia Elsesser, The Trude Guermonprez Archives.

Its dimensions are

H x W: 117.2 × 88.8 cm (46 1/8 × 34 15/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite near right edge with color notations

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for Hebrew Text for Ark Curtain, Beth Am Synagogue, Los Altos, CA, 1968–69; USA; brush and reddish-brown watercolor, black ink on white paper ruled in graphite; H x W: 117.2 × 88.8 cm (46 1/8 × 34 15/16 in.); Gift of Mr. Eric and Mrs. Sylvia Elsesser, The Trude Guermonprez Archives; 1993-121-73-a

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