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1905

  • Work on this object ended.

1994

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2024

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Drawing, Design for a Necklace with Fish Motif

This is a Drawing. It was designed by René Lalique. It is dated 1900–05 and we acquired it in 1994. Its medium is graphite, brush and gouache, watercolor, pen and black ink on discolored wove paper, possibly treated with resin. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase from Sarah Cooper-Hewitt Fund.

Its dimensions are

28.3 x 22.1 cm (11 1/8 x 8 11/16 in. )

It has the following markings

B F K Rives along right edge

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, center right: grandeur pour un collier/ a enfiler fortes les tetes plus haut; lower right corner: 68 (encircled)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for a Necklace with Fish Motif; Designed by René Lalique (French, 1860–1945); France; graphite, brush and gouache, watercolor, pen and black ink on discolored wove paper, possibly treated with resin; 28.3 x 22.1 cm (11 1/8 x 8 11/16 in. ); Museum purchase from Sarah Cooper-Hewitt Fund; 1994-29-1

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