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Furniture Designs, 1929-1932: Writing desk (cancelled) 1:10 by Walter Gropius — VisualArtsDB

Furniture Designs, 1929-1932: Writing desk (cancelled) 1:10

Furniture Designs, 1929-1932: Writing desk (cancelled) 1:10

1929–1932

Medium: Graphite on paper
Dimensions: 44 x 62.3 cm (17 5/16 x 24 1/2 in.)
Genre: Drawings
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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