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1999

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Drawing, Five Floor Lamp Designs, including "Venus" Lamp, for Kovacs Lighting, USA

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Karim Rashid and made for Kovacs Lighting, USA. It is dated 1999 and we acquired it in 2000. Its medium is rolleball pen in black ink, collaged tape on paper. 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

35.6 x 43.2 cm (14 x 17 in. )

It is signed

Signed in rollerball pen in black ink, center right: Karim

It is inscribed

Inscribed in rollerball pen in black ink, center left: [arrow pointing up and down] Task underlined]/Floor/Venus [underlined] Note: Date 'July 98-" and "for Classicon" are concealed by paper tape.

Cite this object as

Drawing, Five Floor Lamp Designs, including "Venus" Lamp, for Kovacs Lighting, USA; Designed by Karim Rashid (Canadian, b. Egypt, 1960); Made for Kovacs Lighting, USA; rolleball pen in black ink, collaged tape on paper; 35.6 x 43.2 cm (14 x 17 in. ); Gift of Karim Rashid; 2000-50-6

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