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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 This item is not on view
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)
IMAGE detail, CUR.1996.36.2_mark2.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2012
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Raphael Kalkstein. <em>Wallpaper, 'Thoroughly Moderne' Pattern</em>, 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)