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1944

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1964

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2000

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Collage, Design for Textile: Cutout, no. 640

This is a Collage. It was designed by Alexander Hayden Girard and from the office of Herman Miller Furniture Company. It is dated ca. 1954 and we acquired it in 2000. Its medium is cut tissue paper mounted on white tracing paper mounted to cardboard, brush and white and gray gouache, graphite. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Alexander Hayden Girard. It is credited Gift of Alexander H. Girard.

Its dimensions are

H x W: 43.8 × 38.7 cm (17 1/4 × 15 1/4 in.) Mat: 64.8 × 50.3 cm (25 1/2 × 19 13/16 in.) Frame H x W x D: 67.6 × 53 × 5.4 cm (26 5/8 × 20 7/8 × 2 1/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, verso upper left corner: V-2

Cite this object as

Collage, Design for Textile: Cutout, no. 640; Designed by Alexander Hayden Girard (American, 1907–1993); Office of Herman Miller Furniture Company (United States); USA; cut tissue paper mounted on white tracing paper mounted to cardboard, brush and white and gray gouache, graphite; H x W: 43.8 × 38.7 cm (17 1/4 × 15 1/4 in.) Mat: 64.8 × 50.3 cm (25 1/2 × 19 13/16 in.) Frame H x W x D: 67.6 × 53 × 5.4 cm (26 5/8 × 20 7/8 × 2 1/8 in.); Gift of Alexander H. Girard; 1969-165-234

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