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1933

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1996

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Drawing, Design for Birtman Electric Company Century of Progress Exhibition, Chicago, IL, 1933

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Alfonso Iannelli and made for Birtman Electric Company and firm: Iannelli Studios Designers. It is dated 1933 and we acquired it in 1996. Its medium is brush and watercolor, graphite on paper mounted on paperboard. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Scott Elliott and Kelmscott Gallery. It is credited Gift of Scott C. Elliott, Kelmscott Gallery.

  • Object ID #18692609
  • brush and white gouache, black wash, graphite on tan paper.
  • Museum purchase from Drawings and Prints Council Fund.
  • 2001-10-1

Its dimensions are

18.6 × 28.8 cm (7 5/16 × 11 5/16 in.) Mount: 36.7 × 44.2 cm (14 7/16 × 17 3/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in pen and black ink, on board below sheet: PRELIMINARY DESIGN EXHIBIT FOR BIRTMAN ELECTRIC CO. CENTURY OF PROGRESS IANNELLI STUDIO DESIGNERS

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for Birtman Electric Company Century of Progress Exhibition, Chicago, IL, 1933; Designed by Alfonso Iannelli (Italian, active USA, 1888–1965); Made for Birtman Electric Company; Firm: Iannelli Studios Designers; USA; brush and watercolor, graphite on paper mounted on paperboard; 18.6 × 28.8 cm (7 5/16 × 11 5/16 in.) Mount: 36.7 × 44.2 cm (14 7/16 × 17 3/8 in.); Gift of Scott C. Elliott, Kelmscott Gallery; 1996-61-1

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