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1941

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1995

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Drawing, Design for a Soup Tureen

This is a Drawing. It is dated March 1941 and we acquired it in 1995. Its medium is pen and black ink, green color pencil, 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 47.6cm (12 7/16 x 18 3/4in.)

It has the following markings

Stamp in black ink, upper right: 67

It is inscribed

Inscribed in black ink, lower center: SOUPIERE; in graphite: A; in black ink: LONGUEUR; 36 cms/HAUTEUR TOTALE: 24 cms; lower right: JEAN PUIFORCAT/3.14; to right of lid handle: [arrow pointing left] onyx; to right of cover: [arrow pointing left downward] OVERTURE

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for a Soup Tureen; Mexico; pen and black ink, green color pencil, graphite on cream tracing paper; 31.6 x 47.6cm (12 7/16 x 18 3/4in.); Gift of John Finguerra in memory of his brother Jim Finguerra; 1995-164-41

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