Two colored pencil drawings mounted on off-white mat. Drawing on the left depicts two stylized figures; drawing on the right bears a curled, abstracted design. Pencil inscriptions in the borders of both drawings, as well as one in the lower right hand corner of the mat.
collages (visual works)
paper (fiber product)
colored pencils
graphite pencils
Collage
Collage
Fritz Levedag van [illegible] Frau Maria Levedag / [illegible] 70. Geburtstag van Walter Gropius. (Handwritten German message in pencil from artist(s))
[Handwritten text] (Handwritten pencil inscription, possibly noting title and date of drawing)
[Handwritten text] (Handwritten text in pencil, possibly noting title and date of drawing)
Levedag, Fritz, 1899-1951 (Artist)
Levedag, Maria
11 13/16 x 16 1/2 (HxW) (inches)
Bequest of Ise Gropius
1984.54.86
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