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1998

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2000

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Drawing, Alternative Table Lamp Designs, for Classicon

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Karim Rashid and made for Classicon. It is dated 1998 and we acquired it in 2000. Its medium is rollerball pen in black ink, felt-tip pen in black ink on two joined sheets of white paper and collage. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Karim Rashid. It is credited Gift of Karim Rashid.

Its dimensions are

40.3 x 30.5 cm (15 7/8 x 12 in. )

It is signed

Signed and dated in black felt-tip pen, lower half of left sheet: Karim. July 98--

It is inscribed

Inscribed in black rollerball pen, left hand sheet, lower left edge: Bone [underlined]; right-hand sheet, upper half: [arrow pointing right and down] stainless./ Glass [underlined]; lower half: hole to move around;/ [arrow pointing left and down] Glass. (vetro o plastico)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Alternative Table Lamp Designs, for Classicon; Designed by Karim Rashid (Canadian, b. Egypt, 1960); Made for Classicon; rollerball pen in black ink, felt-tip pen in black ink on two joined sheets of white paper and collage; 40.3 x 30.5 cm (15 7/8 x 12 in. ); Gift of Karim Rashid; 2000-50-1

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