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1920

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1940

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Drawing, Decorative Design with Clown, Elephant, and Ballerina

This is a Drawing. It is dated ca. 1930 and we acquired it in 2000. Its medium is pen and black ink, brush and blue-gray wash on cream paper, mounted. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Elaine Lustig Cohen. It is credited Gift of Elaine Lustig Cohen.

  • Tile (Iran)
  • glazed and lustered stonepaste.
  • Gift of Ruth Friedman in memory of Harry G. Friedman.
  • 1966-3-4

Its dimensions are

H x W: 26.5 × 12.5 cm (10 7/16 × 4 15/16 in.)

It is signed

Signed in graphite, lower right: F Depero

Cite this object as

Drawing, Decorative Design with Clown, Elephant, and Ballerina; pen and black ink, brush and blue-gray wash on cream paper, mounted; H x W: 26.5 × 12.5 cm (10 7/16 × 4 15/16 in.); Gift of Elaine Lustig Cohen; 2000-20-19

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