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Drawing, Design for Diorama: Bristol-Myers Company, New York World's Fair 1939–40

This is a Drawing. It was drafted by Donald Deskey and from the office of Donald Deskey and made for (as the client) Bristol-Myers Company. It is dated ca. 1939 and we acquired it in 1975. Its medium is brush and gouache, white conte crayon on heavy black wove paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Donald Deskey. It is credited Gift of Donald Deskey.

Its dimensions are

46 x 66 cm (18 1/8 x 26 in.) Mat: 71.1 x 91.4 cm (28 x 36 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite on verso: Bristol Meyer

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for Diorama: Bristol-Myers Company, New York World's Fair 1939–40; Office of Donald Deskey (American, 1894–1989); Client: Bristol-Myers Company; USA; brush and gouache, white conte crayon on heavy black wove paper; 46 x 66 cm (18 1/8 x 26 in.) Mat: 71.1 x 91.4 cm (28 x 36 in.); Gift of Donald Deskey; 1975-11-69

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