Avon Theater, 251 West 45th Street, New York, NY: Design for Alteration to Radio Broadcasting Facility for Columbia Broadcasting System
Object Details
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Drawing with rounded corners. Sketch for the alteration of the Avon theatre into a broadcasting theatre. Diagonal view from orchestra section under balcony. Signature and date at lower right.
- Data Source
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Architect
- William E. Lescaze, American, b. Switzerland, 1896–1969
- Date
- 1934
- Credit Line
- Gift of William E. Lescaze
- Medium
- Graphite on white tracing paper
- Dimensions
- irregular: 26.5 x 33.8 cm (10 7/16 x 13 5/16 in.)
- Mat: 35.6 × 45.7 cm (14 × 18 in.)
- Type
- architecture, interiors
- Object Name
- Drawing
- Type
- Drawing
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