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1926

  • Work on this object began.

1958

  • We acquired this object.

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2024

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Drawing, Design for Oval Flower Cup

This is a Drawing. It was manufactured by J. & L. Lobmeyr. It is dated 1926 and we acquired it in 1958. Its medium is graphite on tracing paper, lined. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Gift of Frederick G. Weisser.

  • Object ID #18424121
  • mouth-blown crystal ("muslin glass").
  • Museum purchase through gift of Georgiana L. McClellan.
  • 1958-98-4-a,b

Its dimensions are

51.4 x 44.7 cm (20 1/4 x 17 5/8 in. )

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, upper center: Nº 15; lower edge: Oval Flower Cup

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for Oval Flower Cup; Manufactured by J. & L. Lobmeyr (Austria); graphite on tracing paper, lined; 51.4 x 44.7 cm (20 1/4 x 17 5/8 in. ); Gift of Frederick G. Weisser; 1958-77-10

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Glass of the Avant-Garde: From Vienna Secession to Bauhaus.

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