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Design for the Central Dome of the Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City

Designer Unidentified
ca. 1909–12
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 690

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Design for the Central Dome of the Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City
  • Artist: Louis C. Tiffany (American, New York 1848–1933 New York)
  • Designer: Unidentified designer
  • Maker: Tiffany Studios (1902–32)
  • Date: ca. 1909–12
  • Geography: Made in New York, United States; Country of Origin United States
  • Culture: American
  • Medium: Transparent and opaque watercolor, metallic paint, carbon transfer, and graphite on paper
  • Dimensions: 32 1/8 × 23 in. (81.6 × 58.4 cm)
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Walter Hoving and Julia T. Weld Gifts and Dodge Fund, 1967
  • Object Number: 67.654.59
  • Curatorial Department: The American Wing
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