Design for an Iron Door Designer: Lee Schoen (American, 1907–1994)

1927–29

American Decorative Arts

By appointment, Duffy Study Room
Medium

Graphite

Dimensions

27 1/8 × 17 3/4 in. (68.9 × 45.1 cm)

Credit Line

John C. Waddell Collection, Gift of John C. Waddell, B.A. 1959

Accession Number

2010.158.13

Geography

Made in New York, New York

Culture

American

Period

20th century

Classification

Drawings

Disclaimer

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Provenance
Alan Moss Studios, New York, by 1983–89; John C. Waddell, New York, 1989–2010; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography
  • "Acquisitions," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin: Online Supplement (accessed March 1, 2012), 25
  • John Stuart Gordon et al., A Modern World: American Design from the Yale University Art Gallery, 1920–1950 (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2011), 155, no. 95
  • Alastair Duncan, American Art Deco (New York: Thames and Hudson, 1986), 97, ill
Object copyright
Not Assigned
Additional information

Marks

"DRAWN BY / LEE SCHOEN," in lower right\r\n

Inscriptions

"EUGENE SCHOEN INC. / 115 EAST 60th STREET," incorporated into drawing; "THREE INCE SCALE DETAIL OF THE / IRON DOOR AT 115 EAST 60 ST," along bottom edge

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