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Title: Jay Doblin's People Chair with an unidentified aluminum chair, ca. 1960
Date: 1960
Description: Photograph of Jay Doblin's People Chair (right), along with another aluminum chair prototype (left), creator unknown. Doblin, then Dean of the...
Show morePhotograph of Jay Doblin's People Chair (right), along with another aluminum chair prototype (left), creator unknown. Doblin, then Dean of the Institute of Design, designed the People Chair as part of a campaign sponsored by the Alcoa Corporation. It is assumed that the unidentified chair was also designed for this competition. Photographer unknown. Date of photograph is unknown. Date listed is approximate.
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Collection: Institute of Design records, 1942-2001

Title: Marnie Averitt and Jay Doblin in Sparky the Electric Auto, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1961-1963
Date: 1961-1963
Description: Photograph of Marnie Averitt and Institute of Design Dean Jay Doblin in Sparky, an electric car developed by Averitt, an ID graduate student....
Show morePhotograph of Marnie Averitt and Institute of Design Dean Jay Doblin in Sparky, an electric car developed by Averitt, an ID graduate student. In 1961, Averitt received a design award for Sparky from Alcoa, sponsor of the student design competition at ID. Photographer unknown. Date of photograph is unknown. Date listed is approximate.
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Collection: Institute of Design records, 1942-2001

Title: Takatsugu Sugiyama's Ribbon Chair, with Sugiyama and Jay Doblin in the background, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1960
Date: 1960
Description: Photograph of Institute of Design student Takatsugu Sugiyama's Ribbon Chair, with Sugiyama and ID Dean Jay Doblin in the background. The chair...
Show morePhotograph of Institute of Design student Takatsugu Sugiyama's Ribbon Chair, with Sugiyama and ID Dean Jay Doblin in the background. The chair is most likely inside of S.R. Crown Hall, with Sugiyama and Doblin outside, on the other side of one of the building's glass panes. The chair consists of a single sheet of aluminum, rolled into a ribbon shape and bound to an aluminum base. The chair was designed in response to a call from the Alcoa company in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, asking for ID students to design chairs out of a single sheet of aluminum. Sugiyama's design was recognized and awarded by Alcoa. Photographer unknown. Date of photograph is unknown. Date listed is approximate. Pencil inscription on verso reads "Alcoa (Pitts.)."
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Collection: Institute of Design records, 1942-2001

Title: Takatsugu Sugiyama and Jay Doblin with Sugiyama's Ribbon Chair on the steps of S.R. Crown Hall, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1960
Date: 1960
Description: Photograph of Institute of Design student Takatsugu Sugiyama and ID Dean Jay Doblin on the steps of S.R. Crown Hall, Illinois Institute of...
Show morePhotograph of Institute of Design student Takatsugu Sugiyama and ID Dean Jay Doblin on the steps of S.R. Crown Hall, Illinois Institute of Technology, with Sugiyama's Ribbon Chair. The chair consists of a single sheet of aluminum, rolled into a ribbon shape and bound to an aluminum base. The chair was designed in response to a call from the Alcoa company in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, asking for ID students to design chairs out of a single sheet of aluminum. Sugiyama's design was recognized and awarded by Alcoa. Photographer unknown. Date of photograph is unknown. Date listed is approximate.
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Collection: Institute of Design records, 1942-2001

Title: Takatsugu Sugiyama and his Ribbon Chair, Jay Doblin and an unidentified man in the background, S.R. Crown Hall, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1960
Date: 1960
Description: Photograph of Institute of Design student Takatsugu Sugiyama and his Ribbon Chair, with ID Dean Jay Doblin and an unidentified man in the...
Show morePhotograph of Institute of Design student Takatsugu Sugiyama and his Ribbon Chair, with ID Dean Jay Doblin and an unidentified man in the background, S.R. Crown Hall, Illinois Institute of Technology. The Ribbon Chair consists of a single sheet of aluminum, rolled into a ribbon shape and bound to an aluminum base. The chair was designed in response to a call from the Alcoa company in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, asking for ID students to design chairs out of a single sheet of aluminum. Sugiyama's design was recognized and awarded by Alcoa. Photographer unknown. Date of photograph is unknown. Date listed is approximate.
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Collection: Institute of Design records, 1942-2001

Title: Jay Doblin with unidentified Institute of Design students, S.R. Crown Hall, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1955-1965
Date: 1955-1965
Description: Photograph of Institute of Design Dean Jay Doblin and unidentified ID students on the lower level of S.R. Crown Hall, Illinois Institute of...
Show morePhotograph of Institute of Design Dean Jay Doblin and unidentified ID students on the lower level of S.R. Crown Hall, Illinois Institute of Technology. Photographer unknown. Date of photograph is unknown. Date range listed is approximate.
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Collection: Institute of Design records, 1942-2001

Title: Jay Doblin in Japan, ca. 1959
Date: 1959
Description: Photograph of Institute of Design Dean Jay Doblin in a Japan, likely taken ca. 1959, when Doblin was invited to Japan by the Ministry of...
Show morePhotograph of Institute of Design Dean Jay Doblin in a Japan, likely taken ca. 1959, when Doblin was invited to Japan by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) to assess and consult on the state of Japanese design. Photographer unknown. Date of photograph is unknown. Date listed is approximate.
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Collection: Institute of Design records, 1942-2001

Title: Jay Doblin with unidentified Institute of Design students and a car chassis, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1955-1965
Date: 1955-1965
Description: Photograph of Institute of Design Dean Jay Doblin with unidentified ID students and a car chassis, Illinois Institute of Technology....
Show morePhotograph of Institute of Design Dean Jay Doblin with unidentified ID students and a car chassis, Illinois Institute of Technology. Photographer unknown. Date of photograph is unknown. Date range listed is approximate.
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Collection: Institute of Design records, 1942-2001

Title: Jay Doblin
Description: Photograph of Jay Doblin. Doblin was Dean of the Institute of Design from 1955 until 1969. After his departure as Dean, Doblin remained on the...
Show morePhotograph of Jay Doblin. Doblin was Dean of the Institute of Design from 1955 until 1969. After his departure as Dean, Doblin remained on the faculty at ID until his death in 1989. Photographer unknown. Date of photograph is unknown.
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Collection: Institute of Design records, 1942-2001

Title: Exhibition announcement for the exhibit Pioneers of Abstract art at the Sidney Mishkin Gallery, Baruch College, New York, NY, 1996, recto
Creator: Sidney Mishkin Gallery
Date: 1996
Description: Exhibition annoucement postcard for the exhibit Pioneers of Abstract art at the Sidney Mishkin Gallery, Baruch College, New York, NY,...
Show moreExhibition annoucement postcard for the exhibit Pioneers of Abstract art at the Sidney Mishkin Gallery, Baruch College, New York, NY, September 20-October 17, 1996. The exhibit commemorated the 60th anniversary of American Abstract Artists group, and included work from founding and current members, including Mary Henry's Verklaerte Nacht (acrylic on canvas, 1996). The recto of the card includes a detail of the frontispiece of the original 1937 American Abstract Artists portfolio.
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Collection: Mary Dill Henry Papers, 1913-2021

Title: Exhibition announcement for the exhibit Pioneers of Abstract art at the Sidney Mishkin Gallery, Baruch College, New York, NY, 1996, verso
Creator: Sidney Mishkin Gallery
Date: 1996
Description: Exhibition annoucement postcard for the exhibit Pioneers of Abstract art at the Sidney Mishkin Gallery, Baruch College, New York, NY,...
Show moreExhibition annoucement postcard for the exhibit Pioneers of Abstract art at the Sidney Mishkin Gallery, Baruch College, New York, NY, September 20-October 17, 1996. The exhibit commemorated the 60th anniversary of American Abstract Artists group, and included work from founding and current members, including Mary Henry's Verklaerte Nacht (acrylic on canvas, 1996). The recto of the card includes a detail of the frontispiece of the original 1937 American Abstract Artists portfolio.
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Collection: Mary Dill Henry Papers, 1913-2021

Title: Exhibition announcement for the exhibit Pioneers of Abstract art at the Sidney Mishkin Gallery, Baruch College, New York, NY, 1996
Creator: Sidney Mishkin Gallery
Date: 1996
Description: Exhibition annoucement postcard for the exhibit Pioneers of Abstract art at the Sidney Mishkin Gallery, Baruch College, New York, NY,...
Show moreExhibition annoucement postcard for the exhibit Pioneers of Abstract art at the Sidney Mishkin Gallery, Baruch College, New York, NY, September 20-October 17, 1996. The exhibit commemorated the 60th anniversary of American Abstract Artists group, and included work from founding and current members, including Mary Henry's Verklaerte Nacht (acrylic on canvas, 1996). The recto of the card includes a detail of the frontispiece of the original 1937 American Abstract Artists portfolio.
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Collection: Mary Dill Henry Papers, 1913-2021

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