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1988

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Drawing, Design for Solar Energy Exhibit

This is a Drawing. It was from the office of Donald Deskey Associates and project headed by George Levaras and drafted by Deller. It is dated 1960 and we acquired it in 1988. Its medium is brush and gouache, pen and ink on illustration board. 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.

  • Solar Roadways Panels
  • glass, circuit boards, solar cells, cables.
  • Courtesy of Solar Roadways Dayton.
  • MOBILITY.013

Its dimensions are

50.4 x 75.9 cm (19 13/16 x 29 7/8 in.)

It is signed

Signed in black ink, lower right: DELLER '60

It is inscribed

Inscribed in blue ball point pen, lower left-center: (solar [crossed out] energy [above] exhibit) / (Lavaras)[?]; in pen and ink, lower right: SOLAR ENERGY EXHIBIT; in graphite, lower right: 1960

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for Solar Energy Exhibit; Project headed by George Levaras; Office of Donald Deskey Associates; Drafted by Deller; USA; brush and gouache, pen and ink on illustration board; 50.4 x 75.9 cm (19 13/16 x 29 7/8 in.); Gift of Donald Deskey; 1988-101-1611

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