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1934

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Drawing, Design for a Metal Wall Mounted Soap Dish, September 6, 1934

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Henry Dreyfuss. It is dated September 6, 1934 and we acquired it in 2000. Its medium is graphite, blue crayon on tracing paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Gift of Industrial Designers Society of America.

Its dimensions are

28.5 x 22.2 cm (11 1/4 x 8 3/4 in. )

It has the following markings

Stamped in black ink, lower right: ROUGH SKETCH/RETURN TO/HENRY DRYFUSS 501 MADISON AVENUE, N.Y.C.; lower left: DRAWING NO./DATE

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, lower left with drawing no.: 56; dated, lower left: 9/6/34

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for a Metal Wall Mounted Soap Dish, September 6, 1934; Designed by Henry Dreyfuss (American, 1904–1972); USA; graphite, blue crayon on tracing paper; 28.5 x 22.2 cm (11 1/4 x 8 3/4 in. ); Gift of Industrial Designers Society of America; 2000-11-5

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