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1998

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2000

  • We acquired this object.

2015

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Drawing, Alternative Lamp Designs, for Artemide

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

It is credited Gift of Karim Rashid.

Its dimensions are

26.5 x 37.8 cm (10 7/16 x 14 7/8 in. )

It is signed

Signed and dated in rollerball pen and black ink, WHERE?: Rashid./Feb. 6/98-/Paris [underlined]

It is inscribed

Inscribed in black ink, right side: "Abstract of lamp shade/Rashid/ Feb.6/98./ Paris" and along right side: "Classicon"

Cite this object as

Drawing, Alternative Lamp Designs, for Artemide; Made for Artemide S.p.A. (Italy); rollerball pen in black ink and felt-tip pen in black ink on two joined sheets of white paper; 26.5 x 37.8 cm (10 7/16 x 14 7/8 in. ); Gift of Karim Rashid; 2000-50-2

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