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Office of:
Donald Deskey Associates, New York, New York, USA  Search this
Draftsman:
Earl E. Hoyt Jr., American, born 1936  Search this
Client:
Union Carbide Corporation, Houston, Texas, USA, founded 1917  Search this
Medium:
Cello-Tak, black and gray marker, pen and black ink, graphite on white wove paper laid down
Dimensions:
29.3 x 49.5 cm (11 9/16 x 19 1/2 in.)
support 30.5 x 50.8
Type:
architecture
Drawing
Object Name:
Drawing
Made in:
New York, NY, USA
Date:
1962
Catalogue Status:
Research in Progress
Description:
Design for prefabricated house. Exterior perspective shows two figures in process of constructing modular structure. At center, four-module building with wide, flat-angled roof; individual modules capped by separate roof units, one of which is being passed from the figure on the ground to the one on the roof (dressed in red and yellow, respectively). In the foreground, infrastructure including water main and electricity tower positioned among additional housing components. At right, additional electrical towers recede into distance and are interspersed by green objects (a vehicle with figure and a barn in the far distance). At right, another modular structure positioned near additional tower. House in blue Cello-Tak with surrounding landscape and sky in hues of salmon or orange-pink.
Credit Line:
Gift of Donald Deskey
Accession Number:
1988-101-1713
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
Data Source:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq41da9b1a0-f6e9-403c-a290-8b33ef1c4db2
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:chndm_1988-101-1713