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Drawing, Studies for Ornamental Garden with Fountain and Sculpture
This is a Drawing. It was designed by André Vera and Paul Vera and drafted by André Vera and Paul Vera. It is dated 1912–19 and we acquired it in 1991. Its medium is pen and black ink, brush and watercolor, white gouache, black crayon on cream tracing paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.
It is credited Museum purchase from Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program Fund.
Its dimensions are
27.4 × 23.4 cm (10 13/16 × 9 3/16 in.) Mat: 45.7 × 35.6 cm (18 × 14 in.)
It is inscribed
Inscribed in graphite, center right: bassin tub-/statue se cournant d'eau/goulottes-pour boire sous un/dais de treillage blanc
Cite this object as
Drawing, Studies for Ornamental Garden with Fountain and Sculpture; Designed by André Vera (French, active Paris, 1881–1971), Paul Vera (French, active Paris, 1882–1957); France; pen and black ink, brush and watercolor, white gouache, black crayon on cream tracing paper; 27.4 × 23.4 cm (10 13/16 × 9 3/16 in.) Mat: 45.7 × 35.6 cm (18 × 14 in.); Museum purchase from Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program Fund; 1991-58-28
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition The Modernist French Garden: Design by the Vera Brothers.
