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Drawing, How do we know where we're going if we don't know where we've been?

This is a Drawing. It was created by Lynton Wells and made for Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. It is dated 1977 and we acquired it in 1978. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Gift of Lynton Wells.

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Drawing, How do we know where we're going if we don't know where we've been?; Lynton Wells; Made for Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum (United States); Gift of Lynton Wells; 1978-22-1

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