Object Timeline

1960

  • Work on this object began.

1965

  • Work on this object ended.

1988

  • We acquired this object.

2018

2025

  • You found it!

Drawing, Design for Safety Reflector Lens Kit

This is a Drawing. It was drafted by Earl E. Hoyt Jr. and from the office of Donald Deskey Associates and made for (as the client) Union Carbide Corporation. It is dated 1960–1965 and we acquired it in 1988. Its medium is graphite, red color pencil on newsprint. 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

30.5 x 46 cm (12 x 18 1/8 in.)

It is signed

Signed in red color pencil, lower right: HOYT

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, upper right: REFLECTORS SNAP / INTO PLACE.; in red color pencil, center: [directional arrows] LIVING HINGE; in graphite, center right: ONE PIECE MOLD; in red color pencil, lower right: HOYT

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for Safety Reflector Lens Kit; Office of Donald Deskey Associates; Drafted by Earl E. Hoyt Jr. (American, born 1936); Client: Union Carbide Corporation (United States); USA; graphite, red color pencil on newsprint; 30.5 x 46 cm (12 x 18 1/8 in.); Gift of Donald Deskey; 1988-101-1563

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