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1969

  • Work on this object began.

1988

  • We acquired this object.

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Drawing, On-Site Manufacture of Foam-Constructed Prefabricated Apartment House

This is a Drawing. It was created by Russell Heston and from the office of Donald Deskey Associates and drafted by Russell Heston. It is dated 1969 and we acquired it in 1988. Its medium is brush and watercolor, brush and gouache, brush and oil paint and graphite on illustration board. 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

56 × 76 cm (22 1/16 × 29 15/16 in.) Mat: 71 × 91 cm (27 15/16 × 35 13/16 in.)

It is signed

In black ink, lower right: R Heston 69'

Cite this object as

Drawing, On-Site Manufacture of Foam-Constructed Prefabricated Apartment House; Russell Heston (American, b. 1929); Office of Donald Deskey Associates; USA; brush and watercolor, brush and gouache, brush and oil paint and graphite on illustration board; 56 × 76 cm (22 1/16 × 29 15/16 in.) Mat: 71 × 91 cm (27 15/16 × 35 13/16 in.); Gift of Donald Deskey; 1988-101-1473

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