Design for a Tractor
Object Details
- Designer
- John H. Walters, American, active 20th century
- Office of
- Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, Michigan, USA
- Description
- Design for a Ford tractor, a vehicle intended for agricultural, farming, or construction purposes. Two small wheels at front, larger wheels and ribbed tires at rear. Blue metal frame with a series of horizontal grills at front, a blue seat and lower body behind. Ford Motor Company logo in red letters at lower side of body. Black shadow cast below the vehicle. Black framing line at lower margin, short black framing line at upper left.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Alexandra and Paul Herzan
- April 13, 1939
- Accession Number
- 2017-39-1
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- transportation
- Object Name
- Drawing
- Type
- Drawing
- Medium
- Color pencil, white gouache, and graphite on tan tracing paper
- Dimensions
- Sheet (approx.): 30 × 47 cm (11 13/16 × 18 1/2 in.)
- Frame (approx.): 45.7 × 62.9 × 3.2 cm (18 × 24 3/4 × 1 1/4 in.)
- made in
- Dearborn, MI, USA
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_2017-39-1
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq45f19a72d-9ebe-42fd-87c2-32af4b3a5e30
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