Drawing, "Design for Streamline Sleeper Car with Two Seat Compartment", January 16, 1935
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We acquired this object in 2012
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- Object ID: 18794727
- Accession Number: 2012-1-2
- Acquired: 2012
- Short URL: http://cprhw.tt/o/2Ek22/
- Drawing, "Design for Streamline Sleeper Car with Two Seat Compartment", January 16, 1935. Raymond Loewy .January 16, 1935. Airbrush and watercolor, gouache, brush and metallic paint, graphite on paperboard. Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund. 2012-1-2.
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- Designed by Raymond Loewy
- Client: Pennsylvania Railroad
This drawing is airbrush and watercolor, gouache, brush and metallic paint, graphite on paperboard with the following markings: Loewy office label affixed to verso
. Its dimensions are: 29.2 x 41.3 cm (11 1/2 x 16 1/4 in.).
It is signed Signed in pen and white gouache, lower right: Loewy "35"
and inscribed On label, verso: Raymond Fernand Loewy/580 Fifth Avenue, New York City/Two Seat Compartment (fixed), RL./Drawing no. 26/date 1/16/35
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This drawing is dated January 16, 1935.
Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund. Its provenance is Pennsylvania Railroad; Robert Watson, Philadelphia, PA; Sale Barry Slosberg Auctions, Philadelphia, PA, 9/2005, lot 2055; David Repp, Pacifica, CA; Hampton Wayt, Aiken, SC in 2008 (Purchase) We acquired this object in 2012.
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