Design for an Art Deco Radio
Object Details
- Date
- n. d.
- Designer
- John Vassos, American, b. Romania, 1898 - 1985
- Lynn Brodton, American, active mid-twentieth century
- Client
- Radio Corporation of America, American, founded 1919
- Description
- Horizontal rectangle. On black ground, design for a red oblong-shaped radio shown obliquely in profile. Ridged red grills cover the entire sides of the case, with two round knobs on front at lower center. Above, a thin silver band possibly indicates the speaker. To the upper left and lower right of the design, curving bands of shining red lines suggest movement or sound.
- made in
- USA
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
- Credit Line
- Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund
- Data Source
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Accession Number
- 2017-1-1
- Type
- industrial design
- Object Name
- Drawing
- Type
- Drawing
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Medium
- Brush and gouache, white color pencil on black illustration board
- Dimensions
- 31.8 × 47.6 cm (12 1/2 × 18 3/4 in.)
- Record ID
- chndm_2017-1-1
Horizontal rectangle. On black ground, design for a red oblong-shaped radio shown obliquely in profile. Ridged red grills cover the entire sides of the case, with two round knobs on front at lower center. Above, a thin silver band possibly indicates the speaker. To the upper left and lower right of the design, curving bands of shining red lines suggest movement or sound.