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Curious “E” Symbol

Eames
Institute

    • Schocken Department Store, Stuttgart, Germany

    Charles Eames

    1929

    Charles married his first wife, Catherine Dewey Woermann, in 1929. Their honeymoon took them on a tour of Europe to see classic and modern architecture across England, France, Belgium, and Germany. Charles recorded their travels in a series of sketches. He later turned some of these into etchings, including this image featuring early modernist architect Erich Mendelsohn's 1926 Schocken department store.

    • Medium:Charcoal and watercolor on paper
    • Dimensions:13 x 10 3/8 in. (33 x 26.4 cm)
    • Item:A.2019.2.001