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1998

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2000

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Drawing, Twelve 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 on graph paper collaged on white 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

27.9 x 44.0 cm (11 x 17 5/16 in. )

It is signed

Signed and dated in rollerball pen in black, lower ?: Karim/ Aug. 98-

It is inscribed

Inscribed in rollerball pen in black ink, left hand graph paper: [arrow pointing left and down] chrome [underlined]/ [arrow pointing up to left] translucent [underlined]/vacuum/forming [underlined]; center: task; upper right corner: [arrow pointing up] hole; lower left corner: Classicon

Cite this object as

Drawing, Twelve Table Lamp Designs, for Classicon; Designed by Karim Rashid (Canadian, b. Egypt, 1960); Made for Classicon; rollerball pen in black ink on graph paper collaged on white paper; 27.9 x 44.0 cm (11 x 17 5/16 in. ); Gift of Karim Rashid; 2000-50-7

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