Drawing, "Design for Double Woven Cloth", ca. 1926
This object is resting in our storage facility.
We acquired this object in 2011
Rectangular sheet consisting of large square blocks of blues, purples, steel gray, and salmon, bordered on all sides by smaller blocks of color and short lines of black ink, creating a staccato rhythm.
This drawing is brush and watercolor, pen and black ink on wove paper, mounted on off-white mat board. Its dimensions are: 17.9 x 22.4 cm (7 1/16 x 8 13/16 in.); mount: 20.8 x 25.3 cm (8 3/16 x 9 15/16 in.).
Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund. Its provenance is Gunta Stölzl, Switzerland, ca. 1927-1983; Monika Stadler, Groningen, The Netherlands, 1983-2010 (Purchase) We acquired this object in 2011.
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