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Drawing, Design for a Tractor
This is a drawing. It was designed by Henry Dreyfuss Associates and drafted by James Roth and made for (as the client) John Deere. It is dated January 30, 1959 and we acquired it in 1972. Its medium is brush and black, green, and yellow wash, black, green, and yellow crayon, and graphite on tan tracing paper . It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.
This object was featured in our Object of the Week series in a post titled A redesigned tractor.
This object was
donated by
Henry Dreyfuss.
It is credited Gift of Henry Dreyfuss.
- Plowshare Blade (Japan)
- iron.
- Collected by Commodore Matthew C. Perry in 1853-54, Department of....
- 15.2012.38
- Farm Hack Tools
- USA.017
Its dimensions are
Mat (Mat): 56 × 71.1 cm (22 1/16 in. × 28 in.) H x W: 46.1 × 56.3 cm (18 1/8 × 22 3/16 in.)
It is inscribed
Inscribed in black color pencil, lower right: JD C14-1 / JR 1-30-59
Cite this object as
Drawing, Design for a Tractor; Designed by Henry Dreyfuss Associates (United States); Drafted by James Roth (American, 1922–2016); Client: John Deere (United States); USA; brush and black, green, and yellow wash, black, green, and yellow crayon, and graphite on tan tracing paper ; Mat (Mat): 56 × 71.1 cm (22 1/16 in. × 28 in.) H x W: 46.1 × 56.3 cm (18 1/8 × 22 3/16 in.); Gift of Henry Dreyfuss; 1972-88-379
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition The Cooper-Hewitt Collections: A Design Resource.
