Design for a Screen

Greta Magnusson Grossman (American (born in Sweden), 1906–1999)

1952

Object PlaceLos Angeles, California

Medium/TechniqueGraphite, watercolor, and ink on paper

DimensionsFramed: 49.5 × 69.9 cm (19 1/2 × 27 1/2 in.)
Sheet: 59.7 × 35.6 cm (23 1/2 × 14 in.)

Credit LineGift of R & Company

Accession number2020.216

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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)