Wallpaper, 'Thoroughly Moderne' Pattern
Decorative Arts and Design
MEDIUM
Silkscreen printed paper
DATES
Designed and made 1980
DIMENSIONS
33 1/4 x 29 3/4 in. (84.5 x 75.6 cm)
(show scale)
MARKINGS
On the proper right selvage, printed in brick-red (from bottom to top), "Join/an exclusive Sarah-Shirah paper/up/Trim/Join/an exclusive Sara-Si[rah]"; on the proper left selvage, printed in brick-red (from top to bottom), "Join/10 20/Trim/Thoroughly Moderne/Join"; on the back of the proper bottom left, stamped with black "Sara Shira Ltd./fine wallcoverings and fabrics/DESIGN [in script] TM-100-57/LOT # [in script] 0767/RUN#/YDS./ROLLS [in script] 2"; on the back of the proper bottom left, stamped with black "Sara Shira Ltd./fine wallcoverings and fabrics/DESIGN [in script] TM-100-57/LOT # [in script] 0767/RUN#/YDS./ROLLS [in script] 2"
ACCESSION NUMBER
1996.36.2
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Sandra Kalkstein
MUSEUM LOCATION
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CAPTION
Raphael Kalkstein. Wallpaper, 'Thoroughly Moderne' Pattern, Designed and made 1980. Silkscreen printed paper, 33 1/4 x 29 3/4 in. (84.5 x 75.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Sandra Kalkstein, 1996.36.2. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.1996.36.2_mark2.jpg)
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