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Design for a Screen
Greta Magnusson Grossman (American (born in Sweden), 1906–1999)
1952
Object Place: Los Angeles, California
Medium/Technique
Graphite, watercolor, and ink on paper
Dimensions
Framed: 49.5 × 69.9 cm (19 1/2 × 27 1/2 in.)
Sheet: 59.7 × 35.6 cm (23 1/2 × 14 in.)
Sheet: 59.7 × 35.6 cm (23 1/2 × 14 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of R & Company
Accession Number2020.216
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsDrawings
InscriptionsStamped in black ink with graphite additions, u.r.: GRETA MAGNUSSON GROSSMAN/INDUSTRIAL DESIGNER/ Screen panel, walnut frame, black piano wire, laq. ball for Glenn of California/ DATE: 29 April 1952/ DRAWING NR: 1354/ SCALE: 3" = 1'; numerous other inscriptions and measurements in graphite throughout.
Provenance1999, by inheritance to the artist's stepdaughter, Linda Anselm, Doylestown, Pennsylvania; 2007, sold by Linda Anselm to R & Company, New York; 2020, gift of R & Company to the MFA. (Accession date: June 17, 2020)