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1935

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1996

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Drawing, Design for a Cup

This is a Drawing. It is dated December 1935 and we acquired it in 1996. Its medium is pen and black ink, graphite on cream tracing paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Gift of John Finguerra in memory of his brother Jim Finguerra.

Its dimensions are

24.9 x 19.8cm (9 13/16 x 7 13/16in.)

It has the following markings

Stamp in gray ink, upper right: Ank. 5-Dec. 1935/R...

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite on bowl: 1 b; foot: 1 b.

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for a Cup; France; pen and black ink, graphite on cream tracing paper; 24.9 x 19.8cm (9 13/16 x 7 13/16in.); Gift of John Finguerra in memory of his brother Jim Finguerra; 1995-164-24

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