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1917

  • Work on this object began.

1937

  • Work on this object ended.

1974

  • We acquired this object.

1991

2015

2024

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Drawing, Upholstered Armchair

This is a Drawing. It is dated ca. 1927 and we acquired it in 1974. Its medium is gouache over graphite support: thick white wove paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Simon Lissim. It is credited Gift of Simon Lissim.

Its dimensions are

31.2 x 24.1 cm (12 5/16 x 9 1/2 in.) Mat: 45.7 x 35.6 cm (18 x 14 in.)

It has the following markings

Marks: CHAPRON-COQUELIN Stamps: in black ink, verso, top: CLASSE 13 / admission provisoire

It is inscribed

inscribed in graphite, lower right: JB; illegible erased graphite inscription, lower right.

Cite this object as

Drawing, Upholstered Armchair; France; gouache over graphite support: thick white wove paper; 31.2 x 24.1 cm (12 5/16 x 9 1/2 in.) Mat: 45.7 x 35.6 cm (18 x 14 in.); Gift of Simon Lissim; 1974-17-2

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition The Cooper-Hewitt Collections: A Design Resource.

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