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Design for Indiana Tower

Object Details

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.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Designer
Cesar Pelli, Argentine-American, 1926 – 2019
Date
1981
Credit Line
Museum purchase through bequest of Erskine Hewitt
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.)
Type
architecture
Object Name
Drawing
Type
Drawing

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