Design for a Skyscraper
Object Details
- Designer
- Ely Jacques Kahn, American, 1884–1972
- Office of
- Buchman and Kahn, New York, New York, USA
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Perspective design for a skyscraper. Smaller masses flank a tall shaft with a dome-like terminus above.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Ely Jacques Kahn.
- 1930
- Accession Number
- 1952-15-13
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Object Name
- Drawing
- Type
- Drawing
- Medium
- Graphite with fixative on tracing paper mounted on cardboard
- Dimensions
- 62.5 × 40 cm (24 5/8 × 15 3/4 in.)
- made in
- New York, New York, USA
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1952-15-13
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq44b9e22ca-7fc3-4f6f-ba29-cbd2ae67d691
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