![A drawn design on cream paper for a telephone booth in three-quarter view on a diagonal. On three of the walls there are four square windows bordered in dark blue. The opening to enter is on the fourth wall, with a red rectangular pillar adjacent to it with a blue bell inside a blue circle printed on it, and the word [PHONE] written vertically and horizontally in white capital letters above and to the side of the logo. The design is surrounded by sketches outlining measurements, notations, and variations on the phone booth plan in brown color pencil and graphite.]( https://images.collection.cooperhewitt.org/329194_7b883751e0587163_b.jpg
"Drawing, Design for Telephone Booth")
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Drawing, Design for Telephone Booth
This is a Drawing. It was designed by Henry Dreyfuss. It is dated ca. 1950–60 and we acquired it in 1993. Its medium is chalk, graphite, color pencil on yellow tracing paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.
This is one of a group of drawings proposed for acquisition that document work by the Dreyfuss firm during the postwar years, for clients including Royal Typewriter (1944–45), New York Central Railroad (mid-1940s), RCA (1946–55), National Supply Co. (1949–58), and Cities Service (1951–62).
A number of the finished drawings correspond to prototypes or other documentation held in Cooper-Hewitt’s Dreyfuss archives, including those for RCA radio/phonograph and television consoles, and two beautiful drawings for Bell Telephone Laboratories of public phone booths.
It is credited Gift of John Bruce.
- Drawing, Design for a Tractor Instrument Panel
- color pencil and graphite on cream tracing paper.
- Gift of Henry Dreyfuss.
- 1972-88-361
- Drawing, Design for Convair 880 Airplane Lavatory
- airbrushed gouache, brush and gold paint, graphite on illustration board.
- Gift of Carleton Varney and Richard Hunnings.
- 1977-106-2
- Drawing, Design for New York City Streelight Pole with Emergency Call Boxes...
- white chalk, red and teal pastel crayon, brush and paint, graphite, gray....
- Gift of Donald Deskey.
- 1988-101-1667
Our curators have highlighted 2 objects that are related to this one.
- Drawing, Television cabinet
- graphite, red, white color pencil on tracing paper.
- Gift of John Bruce.
- 1993-65-18
- Drawing, Design for New York City Streelight Pole with Emergency Call Boxes
- white chalk, red and teal pastel crayon, brush and paint, graphite, gray....
- Gift of Donald Deskey.
- 1988-101-1668
Its dimensions are
42.5 × 35.2 cm (16 3/4 × 13 7/8 in.)
Cite this object as
Drawing, Design for Telephone Booth; Designed by Henry Dreyfuss (American, 1904–1972); USA; chalk, graphite, color pencil on yellow tracing paper; 42.5 × 35.2 cm (16 3/4 × 13 7/8 in.); Gift of John Bruce; 1993-65-24
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Saturated: The Allure and Science of Color.
