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1954

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1988

  • We acquired this object.

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Drawing, Design for Half Moon Bay Hotel, Montega Bay, Jamaica

This is a Drawing. It was architect: Stanley C. Reese and Donald Deskey and drafted by Stanley C. Reese and from the office of Donald Deskey Associates and made for (as the client) Half Moon Bay Hotel. It is dated 1954 and we acquired it in 1988. Its medium is pastel crayon on illustration 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

41.6 x 75.4 cm (16 3/8 x 29 11/16 in.)

It is signed

Signed in graphite, lower right: S C Reese .

It is inscribed

Inscribed in printed text on adhesive label, lower left: HALF MOON, HOTE[torn, missing]

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for Half Moon Bay Hotel, Montega Bay, Jamaica; Architect: Stanley C. Reese, Donald Deskey (American, 1894–1989); Office of Donald Deskey Associates; Client: Half Moon Bay Hotel; USA; pastel crayon on illustration board; 41.6 x 75.4 cm (16 3/8 x 29 11/16 in.); Gift of Donald Deskey; 1988-101-1624

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