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Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Piazza Prints Inc., New York, NY, founded 1946
- Designer
- Saul Steinberg, (American, born Romania, 1914–1999)
- Description
- A humorous fantasy on railroad stations and trains. Arranged at random are European glass-roofed railroad stations. A small engine at left draws a car, obviously English, which bears the legend "Second Class." Printed in colors with black outline on white ground.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Harvey Smith
- 1950–51
- Accession Number
- 1950-126-3-a/c
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- transportation
- Wallcoverings
- Object Name
- Sidewall
- Type
- Sidewall
- Medium
- Screen printed on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (a): 68.5 x 76 cm (26 15/16 x 29 15/16 in.)
- H x W (b): 106 x 76 cm (41 3/4 x 29 15/16 in.)
- H x W (c): 71.5 x 76 cm (28 1/8 x 29 15/16 in.)
- made in
- New York, New York, USA
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Wallcoverings Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1950-126-3-a_c
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4931f2975-9599-4a30-a3b2-71446f084464
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