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Design for a Box with Green and Yellow Squares on Black Ground

Vlastislav Hofman1911

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

Perspective design for a box as seen from above. Green and yellow squares irregularly placed on black ground; on edges of box, trianglular areas alternating in green and black on yellow ground over four legs.

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  • Title: Design for a Box with Green and Yellow Squares on Black Ground
  • Creator: Vlastislav Hofman
  • Creator Lifespan: 1884/1964
  • Date Created: 1911
  • Physical Dimensions: w146 x h184 cm
  • Type: Drawing
  • Rights: Gift of Elaine Lustig Cohen
  • Medium: Brush and black ink, green and yellow watercolor, graphite on heavy cream paper
  • Signed: Signed and dated in graphite, lower right; on verso, lower center: Vl. Hofman / 1911
  • Inscribed: Color notations in graphite on recto: ul [to denote green]; b [to denote yellow]; on verso: [small boxes/ornamental alphabet].
  • Dimensions: 18.4 x 14.9 cm (7 1/4 x 5 3/4 in.)
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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