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1960

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1976

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1993

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Drawing, Design for Woven Textile with Wave Pattern

This is a Drawing. It is dated 1960s–70s and we acquired it in 1993. Its medium is brush and watercolor, graphite on tracing paper overlaid on white 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: 30.5 × 22.5 cm (12 in. × 8 7/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite on design, along lower edge: a series of numbers in all boxes [referring to weaving pattern]; along upper, lower margins and two side margins: series of numbers [referring to weaving pattern]; in margin, below image: number jottings.

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for Woven Textile with Wave Pattern; USA; brush and watercolor, graphite on tracing paper overlaid on white paper; H x W: 30.5 × 22.5 cm (12 in. × 8 7/8 in.); Gift of Mr. Eric and Mrs. Sylvia Elsesser, The Trude Guermonprez Archives; 1993-121-82

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