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1910

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1945

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1995

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Drawing, Design for a Monogram: D. C.

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Jean Elysée Puiforcat. It is dated ca. 1920–40 and we acquired it in 1995. Its medium is pen and brush and black ink, graphite on cream illustration board. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Mr. John Finguerra. It is credited Gift of John Finguerra in memory of his brother Jim Finguerra.

Its dimensions are

11 X 15.4 cm (4 5/16 X 6 1/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite at lower right corner: D. C.; at upper right corner: 450; at upper center: 39 m/m; on verso at center: Puiforcat [in script].

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for a Monogram: D. C.; Designed by Jean Elysée Puiforcat (French, 1897–1945); France; pen and brush and black ink, graphite on cream illustration board; 11 X 15.4 cm (4 5/16 X 6 1/16 in.); Gift of John Finguerra in memory of his brother Jim Finguerra; 1995-164-83

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