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1936

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1995

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Drawing, Design for a Cup

This is a Drawing. It is dated 1936 and we acquired it in 1995. Its medium is pen and black ink, graphite on cream tracing paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Gift of John Finguerra in memory of his brother Jim Finguerra.

Its dimensions are

33.6 x 22.7 cm (13 1/4 x 8 15/16 in.), irregular

It is inscribed

Inscribed in black ink, lower center: COUPE; lower right: J.P./36/(square root sign) 2.

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for a Cup; France; pen and black ink, graphite on cream tracing paper; 33.6 x 22.7 cm (13 1/4 x 8 15/16 in.), irregular; Gift of John Finguerra in memory of his brother Jim Finguerra; 1995-164-27

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