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1964

  • Work on this object began.

1984

  • Work on this object ended.

1993

  • We acquired this object.

2013

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2024

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Drawing (USA)

This is a Drawing. It is dated ca. 1974 and we acquired it in 1993. Its medium is graphite, red color pencil, brush and blue ink on tracing paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Gift of Mr. Eric and Mrs. Sylvia Elsesser, The Trude Guermonprez Archives.

Its dimensions are

H x W: 42.9 × 35.2 cm (16 7/8 × 13 7/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in red color pencil in upper right margin: use print/for mountain/across [double "s" underlined] warp/for portrait with warp; 40" for portrait/leave 4[?] for/brocade/w./twill follow/mountain pattern/thread on /6...for/twill./[upward arrow] warp/45" for hang./plus tie on/length; in lower right margin: print/on/5" fringe; in graphite in lower right margin: [a square with arrow pointing under square to: 2 1/4"; in graphite, squares are numbered in upper and left margins: 2.5 [to] 40.

Cite this object as

Drawing (USA); graphite, red color pencil, brush and blue ink on tracing paper; H x W: 42.9 × 35.2 cm (16 7/8 × 13 7/8 in.); Gift of Mr. Eric and Mrs. Sylvia Elsesser, The Trude Guermonprez Archives; 1993-121-110

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