Object Details
- Office of
- Donald Deskey Associates, New York, New York, USA
- Draftsman
- Earl E. Hoyt Jr., American, born 1936
- Client
- Union Carbide Corporation, Houston, Texas, USA, founded 1917
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Design for a prefabricated school shown in exterior perspective. At center, four modules comprise structure, which is labeled “ROOM 7” on a placard on right façade (which consists of vertical panels of pink, red, orange, and yellow). Five-sided roof caps overhang slightly, protecting double-door entry at center and windows with horizontal slats receding toward rear. One figure stands just inside the door while two small children approach from left; another two are about to mount stairs leading to entryway. At left, another prefab structure shown in distance; at right, bicycle seen parked in front of masonry foundation. Pink, red, orange, yellow, light yellow, and green Cello-Tak layered over original drawing.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Donald Deskey
- 1962
- Accession Number
- 1988-101-1719
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- architecture
- Object Name
- Drawing
- Type
- Drawing
- Medium
- Cello-Tak, black and gray marker, pen and black ink on white wove paper laid down on black-backed white illustration board
- Dimensions
- 29.2 x 49.6 cm (11 1/2 x 19 1/2 in.)
- support 30.5 x 50.8
- made in
- New York, NY, USA
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1988-101-1719
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq44ce8b6f0-f194-4bab-bcfa-090fc0226617
