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American Decorative Arts
Designer: Alvin Lustig, American, 1915–1955
Manufacturer: Laverne Originals, American, 1934–1948

Length of Fabric, “Incantation” Pattern

1947

Linen

33 1/2 × 22 1/2 in. (85.09 × 57.15 cm)
John C. Waddell Collection, Gift of John C. Waddell, B.A. 1959
2010.158.18
Geography: 
Manufactured in New York, New York
Status: 
Not on view
Culture: 
American
Period: 
20th century
Classification: 
Textiles
Provenance: 

John C. Waddell, New York, 1993–2010; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

Bibliography: 

John Stuart Gordon et al., A Modern World: American Design from the Yale University Art Gallery, 1920–1950 (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2011), 385, no. 269.

“Acquisitions,” https://artgallery.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/Pub_Bull_acquisitions_2011.pdf (accessed March 1, 2012).

Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of such records is ongoing.