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1927

  • Work on this object began.

1928

  • Work on this object ended.

1975

  • We acquired this object.

2014

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2025

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Drawing, Design for Brochure Cover, Saks Fifth Avenue, New York, NY

This is a Drawing. It was created by Donald Deskey and drafted by Donald Deskey and made for (as the client) Saks Fifth Avenue, New York, NY. It is dated 1927–28 and we acquired it in 1975. Its medium is brush and black ink, stencilled, graphite on buff wove paper . It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was featured in our Object of the Week series in a post titled A Window Into the 1920s.

This object was donated by Donald Deskey. It is credited Gift of Donald Deskey.

Its dimensions are

43.3 x 32 cm (17 1/16 x 12 5/8 in.) Mat: 45.7 x 55.9 cm (18 x 22 in.)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for Brochure Cover, Saks Fifth Avenue, New York, NY; Donald Deskey (American, 1894–1989); Client: Saks Fifth Avenue, New York, NY (United States); USA; brush and black ink, stencilled, graphite on buff wove paper ; 43.3 x 32 cm (17 1/16 x 12 5/8 in.) Mat: 45.7 x 55.9 cm (18 x 22 in.); Gift of Donald Deskey; 1975-11-64

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