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1959

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1972

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Drawing, Design for a Tractor, Model 720

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Henry Dreyfuss Associates and made for (as the client) John Deere. It is dated January 29, 1959 and we acquired it in 1972. Its medium is brush and black, green, and yellow wash and black, green, and yellow crayon on tan 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.

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Its dimensions are

46.3 × 62.2 cm (18 1/4 × 24 1/2 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, lower right: JD C14-1 / JR 2-3-59

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for a Tractor, Model 720; Designed by Henry Dreyfuss Associates (United States); Client: John Deere (United States); USA; brush and black, green, and yellow wash and black, green, and yellow crayon on tan tracing paper; 46.3 × 62.2 cm (18 1/4 × 24 1/2 in.); Gift of Henry Dreyfuss; 1972-88-387

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