Object Details
Designer
Cesar Pelli, Argentine-American, 1926 – 2019
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Presentation drawing of a tall, obelisk-shaped tower with many floors of arched windows illuminating the structure. In front of the building, a curved plaza lined with trees and dotted with small figures; a pool of water in the foreground, in which a partial reflection of the scene above is visible. Additional buildings and trees in the background. Gradated sky with light emanating from the peak of the tower.
Credit Line
Museum purchase through bequest of Erskine Hewitt
Date
1981
Accession Number
1985-63-8
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
architecture
Object Name
Drawing
Type
Drawing
Medium
Charcoal, graphite on paper
Dimensions
70.3 x 48.6 cm (27 11/16 x 19 1/8 in.)
Mat: 71 x 55.8 cm (27 15/16 x 21 15/16 in.)
made in
USA
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Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
chndm_1985-63-8