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  • We acquired this object.

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Drawing, Proposed Design for the First Lutheran Church, Boston, MA

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Pietro Belluschi. It is dated 1958 and we acquired it in 1962. Its medium is graphite, brush and black ink on tracing paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Pietro Belluschi. It is credited Gift of Pietro Belluschi.

Its dimensions are

13.5 x 21.1 cm (5 5/16 x 8 5/16 in.)

It is signed

Signed in graphite, lower right: P. Belluschi

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, lower right: First Lutheran

Cite this object as

Drawing, Proposed Design for the First Lutheran Church, Boston, MA; Designed by Pietro Belluschi (American, b. Italy, 1899 - 1994); USA; graphite, brush and black ink on tracing paper; 13.5 x 21.1 cm (5 5/16 x 8 5/16 in.); Gift of Pietro Belluschi; 1962-35-11

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