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Drawing, Design for a Stereo Cabinet
This is a Drawing. It was designed by Wendell Castle. It is dated 1973 and we acquired it in 2005. Its medium is pen and black ink; black marker; brush and red-brown wash; graphite on white strathmore illustration board with tracing paper overlay, annotated in graphite.. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.
This object was
donated by
Irwin R. Berman and Linda Berman.
It is credited Gift of Linda and Irwin R. Berman.
![Here we have a realistic, technical drawing of a simple standing radio. It rendered on a cream paper and has minimal, neutral colors: dark wood for shading and side wall, light gray for front and speaker face, and a blue-gray for the shadow underneath. The radio itself is boxy and stands on four squared legs tapering in thickness from the bottom up. The front panel is angled inward and has a large speaker face starting from the middle and goes down in shaded, horizontal lines. Above the speaker are buttons evenly spaced in pairs on the left and right of unreadable logo text. Above those is a blank, rectangular screen with simple border. In the corner of the drawing is a stamp that says [ROUGH SKETCH] in serif font, and below in smaller letters [Henry Dreyfuss, 501 Madison Avenue, NYC]. In even smaller letters are the words [DRAWING NO.] and [DATE], both with lines to fill in. On the blank lines are penciled in, [589] next to drawing number, and [5-10-48, W.W.] next to the date. Penciled in the top left corner and bottom right corner is a very small [29.00].](https://images.collection.cooperhewitt.org/119016_9d73f8a2f72a350a_n.jpg "Drawing, Design for a Radio, May 10, 1948")
- Drawing, Design for a Radio, May 10, 1948
- graphite, brown, white, yellow color pencil on tracing paper.
- Gift of John Bruce.
- 1993-65-16
Its dimensions are
Overall: 24 x 21.6 cm (9 7/16 x 8 1/2 in.) paper: 30.5 x 21.6 cm (12 x 8 1/2 in.)
It has the following markings
Verso of illustration board shows portion of Manufacturer's printed logo
It is signed
Lower right corner of illustration board in graphite: WC 73
It is inscribed
On recto of tracing paper in graphite: outline of stereo cabinet is delineated with rectangular sections for amp, storage and changer indicated. Each section noted in script. At left, linear dimension indicated with 30"; at right, linear dimension indicated with 38"; across sheet below image linear dimension indicated with 38".
Cite this object as
Drawing, Design for a Stereo Cabinet; Designed by Wendell Castle (American, 1932 - 2018); USA; pen and black ink; black marker; brush and red-brown wash; graphite on white strathmore illustration board with tracing paper overlay, annotated in graphite.; Overall: 24 x 21.6 cm (9 7/16 x 8 1/2 in.) paper: 30.5 x 21.6 cm (12 x 8 1/2 in.); Gift of Linda and Irwin R. Berman; 2005-9-2
