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1948

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Drawing, Design for Leaf Study

This is a Drawing. It is dated 1948 and we acquired it in 1993. Its medium is black crayon, graphite on cream 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: 56 × 43.2 cm (22 1/16 in. × 17 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite in margin, lower left: Tapestry/Leafstudy (sic); along lower edge of image, center: M; across lower margin: [5 downward-pointing arrows]; across lower margin: W, B, W, B [indicating color of ground in white or black]; across lower margin: 19, 21, 12, 14; lower left corner: 66: 2 = 33

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for Leaf Study; USA; black crayon, graphite on cream paper; H x W: 56 × 43.2 cm (22 1/16 in. × 17 in.); Gift of Mr. Eric and Mrs. Sylvia Elsesser, The Trude Guermonprez Archives; 1993-121-83

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