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1934

  • Work on this object began.

1935

  • Work on this object ended.

1988

  • We acquired this object.

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Drawing, Design for Chest of Drawers, Helena Rubinstein Apartment, 625 Park Avenue, New York, NY

This is a Drawing. It was from the office of Donald Deskey and made for (as the client) Helena Rubinstein. It is dated ca. 1934 and we acquired it in 1988. Its medium is graphite, red color pencil on tracing 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

34 × 41.4 cm (13 3/8 × 16 5/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Later stamp in black ink, upper left: DONALD DESKEY / ASSOCIATES

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, lower right: SCALE 1"—1'–0"; in red color pencil, lower right: P; in graphite, lower right: 7401 / "A" [circled]

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for Chest of Drawers, Helena Rubinstein Apartment, 625 Park Avenue, New York, NY; Office of Donald Deskey (American, 1894–1989); Client: Helena Rubinstein (American, b. Poland, 1872 - 1965); USA; graphite, red color pencil on tracing paper ; 34 × 41.4 cm (13 3/8 × 16 5/16 in.); Gift of Donald Deskey; 1988-101-1795

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