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1942

  • Work on this object began.

1995

  • We acquired this object.

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2024

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Drawing, Design for a Pen Holder

This is a Drawing. It is dated 1942 and we acquired it in 1995. Its medium is pen and black ink, yellow color pencil, 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

29.8 x 20cm (11 3/4 x 7 7/8in.)

It has the following markings

Stamp: in black ink, upper right: 173.

It is inscribed

Inscribed in black ink, lower center: STYLOPHORE/CLOUTÉ VERMEIL/BOULE - 10 o - PLOMBÉE/LIBRE/; in graphite: PIQUIÉRE SELLIER; in black ink: 12 cms x 12 cms/HAUTEUR TOTALE 5 cms, 7; lower right: JEAN PUIFORCAT/42.

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for a Pen Holder; Mexico; pen and black ink, yellow color pencil, graphite on cream tracing paper; 29.8 x 20cm (11 3/4 x 7 7/8in.); Gift of John Finguerra in memory of his brother Jim Finguerra; 1995-164-7

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