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Drawing, Design for Sideboard

This is a Drawing. It was from the office of Donald Deskey. It is dated ca. 1936 and we acquired it in 1988. Its medium is graphite 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

Sheet: 23.3 × 33.1 cm (9 3/16 × 13 1/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Later stamp in black ink, center right [upside down]: DONALD DESKEY / ASSOCIATES

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite: dimensions

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for Sideboard; Office of Donald Deskey (American, 1894–1989); graphite on tracing paper; Sheet: 23.3 × 33.1 cm (9 3/16 × 13 1/16 in.); Gift of Donald Deskey; 1988-101-1962

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