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1930

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1939

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Drawing, Design for Textile: Overlapping Circles

This is a Drawing. It was from the office of Donald Deskey Associates. It is dated ca. 1934 and we acquired it in 1988. Its medium is brush and gouache, graphite on white 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

40.5 x 32 cm (15 15/16 x 12 5/8 in.) Mat: 55.9 x 40.6 cm (22 x 16 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, on verso: calculations

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for Textile: Overlapping Circles; Office of Donald Deskey Associates; USA; brush and gouache, graphite on white board; 40.5 x 32 cm (15 15/16 x 12 5/8 in.) Mat: 55.9 x 40.6 cm (22 x 16 in.); Gift of Donald Deskey; 1988-101-1497

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