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Drawing, Assembly Perspective for Polaroid Automatic 100

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Henry Dreyfuss and from the office of Henry Dreyfuss and made for (as the client) Polaroid Corporation. It is dated 1962 and we acquired it in 1972. Its medium is black, red crayon, pen and black ink, green pastel, blue ball point pen on tracing paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Henry Dreyfuss. It is credited Gift of Henry Dreyfuss.

Its dimensions are

45.7 x 60.8 cm (18 x 23 15/16 in.)

It is signed

Signed in graphite, lower right: DEW, CB for Henry Dreyfuss Associates

It is inscribed

Inscribed in pen and black ink, over all: description of parts and assembly instructions.

Cite this object as

Drawing, Assembly Perspective for Polaroid Automatic 100; Designed by Henry Dreyfuss (American, 1904–1972); Client: Polaroid Corporation (United States); USA; black, red crayon, pen and black ink, green pastel, blue ball point pen on tracing paper; 45.7 x 60.8 cm (18 x 23 15/16 in.); Gift of Henry Dreyfuss; 1972-88-357

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition The Cooper-Hewitt Collections: A Design Resource.

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