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1977

  • Work on this object began.

1978

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

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Drawing, Carnegie Mansion Embellishment

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Ivan Chermayeff and made for Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. It is dated 1977 and we acquired it in 1978. Its medium is brush and acrylic paint, print on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Gift of Ivan Chermayeff.

It is signed

Signed in graphite, lower right: Ivan Chermayeff. '77

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, lower left: Beauty w/ Fires

Cite this object as

Drawing, Carnegie Mansion Embellishment; Designed by Ivan Chermayeff (American, b. England, 1932 - 2017); Made for Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum (United States); brush and acrylic paint, print on paper; Gift of Ivan Chermayeff; 1978-30-1

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