Pattern of arabesque-petalled blossoms in orange and white with yellow dots and red circles, with leaves and stems in red in the interstices on a light orange background.

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Object Timeline

1910	Work on this object began.
1911	Work on this object ended.
1988	We acquired this object.
2013	We photographed this object. We photographed this object.
2015	We photographed this object.
2018	We exhibited this object.
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Drawing, Textile Design: Akropolis (Acropolis), 1910–11

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Lotte Frömel-Fochler and made for Wiener Werkstätte. It is dated 1910–11 and we acquired it in 1988. Its medium is brush and gouache on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase from Smithsonian Collections Acquisition and Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Funds.

A large grid of bright colors: yellow, pink, purple, orange and reds. Text in white, lower right: The wise man looks into space / and does not regard the small as too little, / nor the great as too big; / for he knows that there is no limit to dimensions.

Poster, The wise man looks into space..., ca. 1978
lithograph and embossing on paper.
Gift of Various Donors.
1981-29-15

Silhouetted yellow elephant and striped red and yellow elephant on maroon ground with blocks of surrounding red text.

Poster, The Bronx Zoo: Elephant, 1970–81
screenprint on paper.
Gift of Various Donors.
1981-29-393

Poster, Mobil Showcase Presents, ca. 1977
lithograph on paper.
Gift of Various Donors.
1981-29-394

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Poster, The Hebrew Bible in Christian, Jewish and Muslim Art: The Michael M....
offset lithograph on white wove paper.
Gift of Tamar Cohen and Dave Slatoff.
1993-31-81

Silhouettes of women's faces, alternately facing left then right, forming a column-like motif. The silhouette is composed of thin stripes in brilliant shades of red, purple and yellow. Printed on a white ground.

Sidewall, Beauty, 1972
flexograph printed on paper.
Gift of Marilyn Hapgood.
1992-191-2

Selection of geometric, floral, rope twist stripe. All shown in multiple colorways, some flocked. Each design shown in at least one intense colorway.

Sample Book, Rainbow Collection, 1976
screen printed, flocking, paper, vinyl.
Gift of Various Donors.
1980-78-6-1/34

Its dimensions are

7.5 x 21.3 cm (2 15/16 x 8 3/8 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped in red ink, lower right: WIENER / WERK / STÄTTE

It is inscribed

Inscribed in blue crayon, upper right: 39

Cite this object as

Drawing, Textile Design: Akropolis (Acropolis), 1910–11; Designed by Lotte Frömel-Fochler (Austrian, 1884 - 1972); Austria; brush and gouache on paper; 7.5 x 21.3 cm (2 15/16 x 8 3/8 in.); Museum purchase from Smithsonian Collections Acquisition and Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Funds; 1988-62-153

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Saturated: The Allure and Science of Color.

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2Du3p/
Accession Number 1988-62-153
Object ID 18629971