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1959

  • Work on this object began.

1965

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

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Drawing, Background Sketch for Television Commercial

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Richard Jackson. It is dated 1959 and we acquired it in 1965. Its medium is brush and watercolor, white gouache, pen and black ink on illustration board. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Richard Jackson. It is credited Gift of Richard Jackson.

Its dimensions are

37.3 × 51 cm (14 11/16 × 20 1/16 in.)

It is signed

Signed in graphite, lower right: Richard Jackson / 1959

It is inscribed

Verso: Telivison Comercal New York Cemecial Bank Filmed at Filways 1961 [sic]

Cite this object as

Drawing, Background Sketch for Television Commercial; Designed by Richard Jackson; USA; brush and watercolor, white gouache, pen and black ink on illustration board; 37.3 × 51 cm (14 11/16 × 20 1/16 in.); Gift of Richard Jackson; 1965-22-1

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