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Gorham Manufacturing Company

Design for the Detroit News Ballooning Trophy

Maker

Gorham Manufacturing Company (American, 1831-present)

Title

Design for the Detroit News Ballooning Trophy

Year

1925

Medium

  • pencil,
  • watercolor,
  • ink and gouache on cardboard

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • pencil,
  • watercolor,
  • ink and gouache on cardboard

Materials

graphite, ink, cardboard, gouache, watercolor

Dimensions

66.7 x 46.4 cm (26 1/4 x 18 1/4 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

"DETROIT NEWS / BALLOONING / TROPHY" on trophy's plaque. "82725 B" in pencil at bottom center of drawing. "Gorham Co" in pencil to lower right of drawing. Very faint letters, possibly "XBX" to lower right of drawing. Sticker on lower left corner of backside printed with "THIS DRAWING is the exclusive / property of the GORHAM MANUFACTURING COMPANY. It / has been specially executed and the sole / right is reserved by the GORHAM / MANUFACTURING COMPANY to / estimate thereon. Whether the estimate / is accepted or rejected the drawing / must be returned to the GORHAM / MANUFACTURING COMPANY / Providence, R. I."

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Lenox, Incorporated

Object Number

2005.118.96

Type

  • Architectural and Design Works on Paper

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Gorham Manufacturing Company (American, 1831-present)
Design for the Detroit News Ballooning Trophy, 1925
Pencil, watercolor, ink and gouache on cardboard
66.7 x 46.4 cm (26 1/4 x 18 1/4 inches)
Gift of Lenox, Incorporated 2005.118.96

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