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Drawing, The Vertical House

This is a Drawing. It was architect: Warren A. James and from the office of Warren A. James & Associates. It is dated 1994 and we acquired it in 1995. Its medium is graphite on white paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of Cortland Field Bishop, George A. Hearn, Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt, and Mary Turlay Robinson.

Its dimensions are

10.1 X 14 cm (4 X 5 1/2 in.)

It is signed

Signed, bottom center: "W. James."

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite on verso, bottom left: "The Vertical House;" bottom right: "II.94."

Cite this object as

Drawing, The Vertical House; Architect: Warren A. James; Office of Warren A. James & Associates; USA; graphite on white paper; 10.1 X 14 cm (4 X 5 1/2 in.); Museum purchase through gift of Cortland Field Bishop, George A. Hearn, Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt, and Mary Turlay Robinson; 1995-46-2

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