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1986

  • Work on this object began.

1993

  • We acquired this object.

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Drawing, Proposal for Pershing Square, Los Angeles: Overview of Modules

This is a Drawing. It was created by James Wines and architect: James Wines. It is dated 1986 and we acquired it in 1993. Its medium is pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was featured in our Object of the Week series in a post titled A Magic Carpet.

It is credited Gift of SITE.

Its dimensions are

27.8 x 35.2 cm (10 15/16 x 13 7/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in pen and brown ink at bottom: -Overview of Modules-including tropical and desert gardens, kiosk with trellis, automobile archeology, and aqua-auto fountain-

Cite this object as

Drawing, Proposal for Pershing Square, Los Angeles: Overview of Modules; Architect: James Wines (American, b. 1932); USA; pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on paper; 27.8 x 35.2 cm (10 15/16 x 13 7/8 in.); Gift of SITE; 1993-115-6

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