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Erik Magnussen, designer

Design for a Vase, ca. 1927

Description

Maker

  • Gorham Manufacturing Company, 1831-present, American
  • Erik Magnussen, 1884-1961, Danish

Title

Design for a Vase

Year

ca. 1927

Medium

Pencil and colored crayon on tracing paper

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • tracing paper,
  • graphite,
  • coloring,
  • colored

Dimensions

53.3 x 38.7 cm (21 x 15 3/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

In Pencil: "C/YG" at center of base, "EM. 46" to right of base. "E/YF" in orange colored crayon in lower right corner.On backside in pencil, that shows through to front, "5 1/4 [*] Templat / 022 1/2" across vase. various numbers along right side of base and shaft.

Type

  • Design,
  • Architectural and Design Works on Paper

Credit

Gift of Lenox, Incorporated

Object Number

2005.118.45.924

Use

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