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Model for Asahi Building, Tokyo, Japan

Designer Philippe Starck French
1987
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Model for Asahi Building, Tokyo, Japan
  • Designer: Philippe Starck (French, born Paris 1949)
  • Date: 1987
  • Medium: Polished aluminum
  • Dimensions: 5 × 7 1/2 × 3 3/4 in., 4.5 lb. (12.7 × 19.1 × 9.5 cm, 2 kg)
  • Classification: Architectural Models
  • Credit Line: Gift of the artist, 1994
  • Object Number: 1994.249.1
  • Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art
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