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1950

  • Work on this object began.

1970

  • Work on this object ended.

1993

  • We acquired this object.

2013

2025

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Drawing, Design for Woven Textile with Large Flowers

This is a Drawing. It is dated ca. 1960 and we acquired it in 1993. Its medium is crayon on two joined sheets of graph paper. 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: 89 x 70.3 cm (35 1/16 x 27 11/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in red crayon along left edge: numbers from 1 (bottom) to 35 (top); across upper third of sheet: numbers from 1(left) to 28 (right); Verso: in graphite, lower left: mathematical notations, unreadable drawing

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for Woven Textile with Large Flowers; USA; crayon on two joined sheets of graph paper; H x W: 89 x 70.3 cm (35 1/16 x 27 11/16 in.); Gift of Mr. Eric and Mrs. Sylvia Elsesser, The Trude Guermonprez Archives; 1993-121-80

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