This object has not been digitized yet.

 

Object Timeline

1935

  • Work on this object began.

1975

  • We acquired this object.

2025

  • You found it!

Drawing, Jascha Heifetz Apartment: Game Room and Bar, 1935

This is a Drawing. It was from the office of Donald Deskey and made for (as the client) Jascha Heifetz. It is dated 1935 and we acquired it in 1975. Its medium is graphite on tracing paper, ruled border in graphite . 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

32.2 x 39.1 cm (12 11/16 x 15 3/8 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamps: Stamp in black ink at lower right: DONALD DESKEY/630 FIFTH AVENUE/NEW YORK CITY

It is inscribed

Lower left corner: Game Room and Bar/for/Mr. Jascha Heifetz; measurements and descriptions throughout; On verso in graphite: Heifetz Bar [underlined].

Cite this object as

Drawing, Jascha Heifetz Apartment: Game Room and Bar, 1935; Office of Donald Deskey (American, 1894–1989); Client: Jascha Heifetz (1901–1987); USA; graphite on tracing paper, ruled border in graphite ; 32.2 x 39.1 cm (12 11/16 x 15 3/8 in.); Gift of Donald Deskey; 1975-11-238

If you would like to cite this object in a Wikipedia article please use the following template:

<ref name=CH>{{cite web |url=https://www-4.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18486219/ |title=Drawing, Jascha Heifetz Apartment: Game Room and Bar, 1935 |author=Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum |accessdate=7 February 2025 |publisher=Smithsonian Institution}}</ref>