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Drawing, Design for Monorail Cargo System, MacArthur Airport, Long Island, NY

This is a Drawing. It was created by Russell Heston and from the office of Donald Deskey Associates and drafted by Russell Heston and made for (as the client) MacArthur Airport. It is dated 1968 and we acquired it in 1988. Its medium is graphite, white conte crayon on tracing paper, lined. 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

48 x 63.1 cm (18 7/8 x 24 13/16 in.)

It is signed

Signed in graphite, lower right: Heston

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for Monorail Cargo System, MacArthur Airport, Long Island, NY; Russell Heston (American, b. 1929); Office of Donald Deskey Associates; Client: MacArthur Airport; USA; graphite, white conte crayon on tracing paper, lined; 48 x 63.1 cm (18 7/8 x 24 13/16 in.); Gift of Donald Deskey; 1988-101-1512

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