Alexander Girard
"Cutout" Sample

"Cutout" Sample
"Cutout" Sample
"Cutout" Sample
DesignerAmerican, 1907–1993
RetailerAmerican, established 1923
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • "Cutout" Sample
Datedesigned 1954
MediumScreenprinted cotton
Dimensions23 × 23 in. (58.4 × 58.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Mrs. Edmund J. Kahn, by exchange, and Kerry Inman and Denby Auble
Object number2015.238
Not on view

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Object Type
Provenance[Isabel Lichtenstein Interiors]; eBay; [Purchased by Cora Ginsburg LLC, Feburary 2007]; purchased by MFAH, 2015.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Original Herman Miller paper label on each of the 5 swatches.
Original paper label on the sample: Isabel Lichtenstein’s / interiors for moderns

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