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Drawing, Textile Design: Tropical Flowers

This is a drawing. It was designed by Raoul Dufy and manufactured by Bianchini-Férier, Inc.. It is dated 1912–13 and we acquired it in 1985. Its medium is printed proof, six colors with graphite oultine of repeat. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment and Friends of Drawings and Prints Funds.

  • Textile, Elephants
  • patterned weave, jacquard loom; silk.
  • Lent by The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1926.557.
  • 48.2016.17
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Its dimensions are

69.5 x 46.4 cm (27 3/8 x 18 1/4 in.), irregular

Cite this object as

Drawing, Textile Design: Tropical Flowers; Designed by Raoul Dufy (French, 1877–1953); Manufactured by Bianchini-Férier, Inc. (France); France; printed proof, six colors with graphite oultine of repeat; 69.5 x 46.4 cm (27 3/8 x 18 1/4 in.), irregular; Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment and Friends of Drawings and Prints Funds; 1985-50-6

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