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Office of:
Donald Deskey Associates, New York, New York, USA  Search this
Draftsman:
Tom Aldrich  Search this
Client:
Union Carbide Corporation, Houston, Texas, USA, founded 1917  Search this
Medium:
Cello-Tak, black marker, pen and black ink on white wove paper laid down on illustration board
Dimensions:
H x W: 29.1 × 49.6 cm (11 7/16 × 19 1/2 in.)
Mat: 40.6 × 55.9 cm (16 × 22 in.)
Type:
architecture
Drawing/collage
Object Name:
Drawing/collage
Made in:
New York, NY, USA
Date:
1962
Catalogue Status:
Research in Progress
Description:
Design showing construction of prefabricated structure, likely a house. Exterior perspective shows five workmen in the process of erecting prefabricated, modular house seen in the foreground. Left wall and rear module constructed; floor platform bare and awaiting additional walls and five-sided roof caps. At right, a constructed house with zig-zagging roof line positioned in landscape, which consists of some bushes and deciduous and coniferous trees against sloping hills/mountains. Green and blue Cello-Tak layered over original drawing.
Credit Line:
Gift of Donald Deskey
Accession Number:
1988-101-1717
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
Data Source:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq481888ee9-889d-44dc-89dd-310438f379d6
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:chndm_1988-101-1717