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Drawing, Textile Design: Stylized Forms

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Donald Deskey and from the office of Donald Deskey. It is dated ca. 1930s and we acquired it in 1975. Its medium is brush and brown and cream gouache, graphite on off-white wove 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

21.9 x 13 cm (8 5/8 x 5 1/8 in.) matted with -153 Mat: 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite on verso: DONALD DESKEY/501 MADISON AV./N.Y.C.

Cite this object as

Drawing, Textile Design: Stylized Forms; Designed by Donald Deskey (American, 1894–1989); USA; brush and brown and cream gouache, graphite on off-white wove paper; 21.9 x 13 cm (8 5/8 x 5 1/8 in.) matted with -153 Mat: 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.); Gift of Donald Deskey; 1975-11-154

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