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Drawing, Design for a Tractor, February 2, 1959
This is a Drawing. It was designed by Henry Dreyfuss Associates and made for (as the client) Deere & Company. It is dated February 2, 1959 and we acquired it in 1972. Its medium is brush and black ink, green, gouache, green and yellow crayons, graphite on tracing paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.
This object was
donated by
Henry Dreyfuss.
It is credited Gift of Henry Dreyfuss.
- Spade Blade (Japan), Before 1855
- cast iron.
- Collected by Commodore Matthew C. Perry in 1853-54, Department of....
- 15.2012.37
Its dimensions are
45.8 x 64.5 cm (18 1/16 x 25 3/8 in.) dims. irregular Mat: 55.9 x 71.1 cm (22 x 28 in.)
It is inscribed
Inscribed in black crayon, upper right (partially erased): YELLOW/DEER/ GRA[---]BACK;at lower right corner: JD C14-1/JR 2-2-59; at lower center: GRAY/ENGINE/ FRAME/FRONT/+/SCREEN/SIDE/NO.
Cite this object as
Drawing, Design for a Tractor, February 2, 1959; Designed by Henry Dreyfuss Associates (United States); USA; brush and black ink, green, gouache, green and yellow crayons, graphite on tracing paper; 45.8 x 64.5 cm (18 1/16 x 25 3/8 in.) dims. irregular Mat: 55.9 x 71.1 cm (22 x 28 in.); Gift of Henry Dreyfuss; 1972-88-375
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition The Cooper-Hewitt Collections: A Design Resource.
