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1950

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1970

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Drawing, Design for a Lamp Base

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Tommi Parzinger. It is dated 1950–70 and we acquired it in 1998. Its medium is brush and gouache, graphite on tracing paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Gift of Donald Cameron.

Its dimensions are

Sheet: 58.8 x 23 cm (23 1/8 x 9 1/16 in.)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for a Lamp Base; Designed by Tommi Parzinger (American, b. Germany, 1903–1981); brush and gouache, graphite on tracing paper; Sheet: 58.8 x 23 cm (23 1/8 x 9 1/16 in.); Gift of Donald Cameron; 1998-19-81

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