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Drawing, Design for a Brooch
This is a Drawing. It was designed by Eugène Samuel Grasset. It is dated ca. 1900 and we acquired it in 1954. Its medium is brush and gouache, watercolor, graphite on blue-gray wove paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.
This object was featured in our Object of the Week series in a post titled Grasset's Nymph.
This object was
donated by
Mrs. Henry B. du Pont.
It is credited Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. Henry B. du Pont.
Its dimensions are
17.6 x 22.7 cm (6 15/16 x 8 15/16 in.) Mat: 35.6 x 45.7 cm (14 x 18 in.)
It is signed
Lower right below image, monogram
It is inscribed
Inscribed in graphite, upper right: 6 1/2
Cite this object as
Drawing, Design for a Brooch; Designed by Eugène Samuel Grasset (Swiss, 1841 – 1917; active Paris, France 1871–1917); France; brush and gouache, watercolor, graphite on blue-gray wove paper; 17.6 x 22.7 cm (6 15/16 x 8 15/16 in.) Mat: 35.6 x 45.7 cm (14 x 18 in.) ; Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. Henry B. du Pont; 1954-41-1
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Rococo: The Continuing Curve 1730-2008.