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Drawing, Design for New York City Streelight Pole with Emergency Call Boxes and Speaker
This is a drawing. It was engineered by Alexander Lurkis and from the office of Donald Deskey Associates and made for (as the client) N.Y.C. Dept of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity. It is dated 1961 and we acquired it in 1988. Its medium is white chalk, red and teal pastel crayon, brush and paint, graphite, gray paper on black 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.
![A drawn design on cream paper for a telephone booth in three-quarter view on a diagonal. On three of the walls there are four square windows bordered in dark blue. The opening to enter is on the fourth wall, with a red rectangular pillar adjacent to it with a blue bell inside a blue circle printed on it, and the word [PHONE] written vertically and horizontally in white capital letters above and to the side of the logo. The design is surrounded by sketches outlining measurements, notations, and variations on the phone booth plan in brown color pencil and graphite.](https://images.collection.cooperhewitt.org/329194_7b883751e0587163_n.jpg "Drawing, Design for Telephone Booth")
- Drawing, Design for Telephone Booth
- chalk, graphite, color pencil on yellow tracing paper.
- Gift of John Bruce.
- 1993-65-24
Its dimensions are
64.8 x 48.2 cm (25 1/2 x 19 in.) Mat: 71.1 x 55.9 cm (28 x 22 in.)
It has the following markings
Gray adhesive label printed in white ink, lower right: DONALD DESKEY ASSOCIATES 575 Madison Avenue, New York 22, N.Y.
Cite this object as
Drawing, Design for New York City Streelight Pole with Emergency Call Boxes and Speaker; Engineered by Alexander Lurkis (American, 1908 - 2008); Office of Donald Deskey Associates; Client: N.Y.C. Dept of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity; USA; white chalk, red and teal pastel crayon, brush and paint, graphite, gray paper on black illustration board; 64.8 x 48.2 cm (25 1/2 x 19 in.) Mat: 71.1 x 55.9 cm (28 x 22 in.); Gift of Donald Deskey; 1988-101-1667
