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Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Design for a Match or Spill Holder. Verso: Match or Spill Holder

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Hablot Knight Browne, called Phiz
1815-1882

Design for a Match or Spill Holder. Verso: Match or Spill Holder

4 1/2 x 7 7/16 inches (114 x 189 mm)
Graphite on paper.
1986.2496

Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.

Notes
Signed with the artist's initials.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Inscriptions/Markings
In pencil above sketch, "Model For Matches Or 'Spills'"; "M1" at upper right; "Over" at foot; "Matches or spills" on verso.
Summary

Sketch for a design for a match or "spill" holder or vase in the form of a half naked woman leaning against a rock. Another rendition of the design, in reverse orientation, on verso.

Associated names
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department