Design for the Base of a Mirror

Artist/Maker Elihu Vedder (American, 1836–1923)

Dateca. 1900

MediumChalk, crayon and graphite on blue-green paper

DimensionsOverall: 12 1/16 × 19 1/2 in. (30.6 × 49.5 cm)

Credit LinePeter and Barbara Smith Goodman (OC 1949) Fund for American Art

Object number1982.88

Status

Not on view

Provenance(Kennedy Galleries, New York); purchased 1982 by Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OHExhibition History

New Acquisitions, 1981-1983

Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (July 1, 1983 - October 9, 1983 )

Focus on Permanent Collection: Art Nouveau

Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (June 22, 1993 - September 19, 1993 )

Collections

Americas

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