Object Timeline

1933

  • Work on this object began.

1934

  • Work on this object ended.

2003

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

  • You found it!

Drawing, Design for Daybed

This is a Drawing. It is dated 1933–34 and we acquired it in 2003. Its medium is graphite, color pencil on tracing paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.

  • Daybed (USA)
  • birch-faced plywood, tulip poplar, nickel-plated steel.
  • Gift of Virginia Bayer.
  • 2014-27-1-a/e

Its dimensions are

Sheet: 30 x 44.9 cm (11 13/16 x 17 11/16 in.)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for Daybed; graphite, color pencil on tracing paper; Sheet: 30 x 44.9 cm (11 13/16 x 17 11/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 2003-15-12

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