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Design

(American, 1911–2007)
1948
Medium/TechniqueWoodcut (black and red) on pink wove paper
DimensionsSheet: 24 x 26.5 cm (9 7/16 x 10 7/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of George S. Abrams
Accession number2010.1058
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsRecto, in graphite, l.l: 3/50; in graphite, l.c: "Design"; in graphite, l.r: F. Hillsmith '48
ProvenanceThe artist to Hyman Swetzoff, Swetzoff Gallery, Boston; about 1950-1967, sold by Swtzoff Gallery to George S. Abrams, Newton, MA; 2010, year-end gift of George S. Abrams to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 26, 2011)
CopyrightCourtesy of the Estate of Fannie Hillsmith and the Susan Teller Gallery, NY, NY.
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