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Drawing, South Elevation of a Split-Level House to be Erected in Palo Alto, California

This is a Drawing. It is dated October 1957 and we acquired it in 1962. Its medium is graphite, color crayon on tracing paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Gift of Pietro Belluschi.

Its dimensions are

27.6 x 35 cm (10 7/8 x 13 3/4 in.)

It is signed

Signed in graphite, lower right: P. Belluschi.

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite lower right: South elevation / Scheme 7 / Oct. '57.

Cite this object as

Drawing, South Elevation of a Split-Level House to be Erected in Palo Alto, California; USA; graphite, color crayon on tracing paper; 27.6 x 35 cm (10 7/8 x 13 3/4 in.); Gift of Pietro Belluschi; 1962-35-15

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