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Collection of 5 Sample fabrics

Designed for: Knoll International (American, founded in 1938)
Wolf Bauer (German, born 1939)
American
1967

Medium/Technique screen-printed cotton velvet
Dimensions Length x width ("Stones" [blue]): 67.3 × 62.2 cm (26 1/2 × 24 1/2 in.)
Length x width ("Delta" [red/orange]): 66 × 59.1 cm (26 × 23 1/4 in.)
Length x width ("Fragment"): 66.7 × 61.6 cm (26 1/4 × 24 1/4 in.)
Length x width ("Stones" [black]): 66.7 × 61 cm (26 1/4 × 24 in.)
Length x width ("Delta" [blue/green]): 68.6 × 69.2 cm (27 × 27 1/4 in.)
Credit Line Museum purchase with funds donated by Suzanne Werber Dworsky
Accession Number2019.1944.1-5
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsTextiles

DescriptionGroup of five small printed cotton velvet sample fabrics, designed by Wolf Bauer for Knoll International in 1967-1969. Patterns include "Stones", "Delta", and "Fragment" in different colorways.
ProvenanceMarch 2018, sold at auction, state of Texas, to Cora Ginsburg LLC, New York, NY; 2019, sold by Cora Ginsburg LLC to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 25, 2019)