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1945

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1995

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Drawing, Design for a Soup Tureen (Elevation)

This is a Drawing. It is dated 1945 and we acquired it in 1995. Its medium is pen and black, green ink, graphite on cream tracing paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Gift of John Finguerra in memory of his brother Jim Finguerra.

Its dimensions are

31.6 x 38.9cm (12 7/16 x 15 5/16in.)

It has the following markings

Stamp in black ink, upper right: 448

It is inscribed

Inscribed in black ink, lower center: SOUPIERE/MILIEU DE TABLE; lower right: JEAN PUIFORCAT/45.

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for a Soup Tureen (Elevation); Mexico; pen and black, green ink, graphite on cream tracing paper; 31.6 x 38.9cm (12 7/16 x 15 5/16in.); Gift of John Finguerra in memory of his brother Jim Finguerra; 1995-164-31

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