Decorative Design with Clown, Elephant, and Ballerina
Object Details
- Designer
- Fortunato Depero, Italian, 1892 – 1960
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Vertical rectangle. Three figures sketched in outline: a clown with hands and legs splayed on top; elephant with umbrella, in middle; ballerina in dress before large circular frame, at bottom. Sheet is mounted to paper with two framing lines around edges.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Elaine Lustig Cohen
- ca. 1930
- Accession Number
- 2000-20-19
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- graphic design
- Object Name
- Drawing
- Type
- Drawing
- Medium
- Pen and black ink, brush and blue-gray wash on cream paper, mounted
- Dimensions
- H x W: 26.5 × 12.5 cm (10 7/16 × 4 15/16 in.)
- made in
- Italy
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_2000-20-19
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq456c889fa-689a-4397-9d66-9d151e266729
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