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1962

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1988

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2024

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Drawing, Design for Modular Wall System: Truss Brace Detail

This is a Drawing. It was from the office of Donald Deskey Associates and drafted by Earl E. Hoyt Jr. and made for (as the client) Union Carbide Corporation. It is dated February 28, 1962 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

35.3 x 42.8 cm (13 7/8 x 16 7/8 in.)

It is signed

Signed in graphite, lower right: 2/28/62 E. HOYT

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, lower right: 2/28/62 E. HOYT; in graphite: components

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for Modular Wall System: Truss Brace Detail; Office of Donald Deskey Associates; Drafted by Earl E. Hoyt Jr. (American, born 1936); Client: Union Carbide Corporation (United States); USA; graphite on tracing paper; 35.3 x 42.8 cm (13 7/8 x 16 7/8 in.); Gift of Donald Deskey; 1988-101-1586

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