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Drawing, Textile Design: Japanland

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Felice Rix-Ueno and made for Wiener Werkstätte. It is dated 1923 and we acquired it in 1988. Its medium is brush and gouache, graphite on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase from Smithsonian Collections Acquisition and Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Funds.

  • Mirror
  • japanned wood, mirrored plate glass.
  • Bequest of Mrs. John Innes Kane.
  • 1926-22-230

Its dimensions are

12.7 x 20 cm (5 x 7 7/8 in. )

It is inscribed

Inscribed in pen and black ink on mount, lower right corner: Dessin: "Japanland"; Stamped in red, lower right corner: WIENER/WERK/STÄTTE; Inscribed in blue crayon on mount, upper right corner: (can't see because of frame)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Textile Design: Japanland; Designed by Felice Rix-Ueno (Austrian, 1893–1967, active Japan 1935–1967); Made for Wiener Werkstätte (Austria); brush and gouache, graphite on paper; 12.7 x 20 cm (5 x 7 7/8 in. ); Museum purchase from Smithsonian Collections Acquisition and Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Funds; 1988-62-1036

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