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Group of drawings

Object/Work Catalog Level: group

Type:
           models
           design drawings
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  Components/Parts-Quantity: 152
Type:
items
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Classification Terms:
           prints and drawings
           American art
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Titles or Names Text: Pei's Drawings and Models for the East Building, National Gallery of Art
    Preference: preferred
    Type: descriptive
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Creation Creator Description: I. M. Pei & Partners (American, established 1955); chief architect: I. M. Pei (American, born in China in 1917) Free text
  Identity: I. M. Pei & Partners
Role: architectural firm

Identity: Pei, I. M.
Role:
chief architect
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  Creation Date: 1968-1978 (inclusive dates)
Earliest: 1968  Latest: 1978
Date Qualifier: inclusive
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Measurements Dimensions Description: 152 items; various dimensions Free text
Materials and Techniques Description: various Free text
Subject Matter Indexing Terms:
        architecture
        East Building, National Gallery of Art (Washington, DC, United States)
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Descriptive Note Text: 152 design drawings and models for the East Building project that I. M. Pei & Partners gave to the archives of the National Gallery of Art in 1986. Free text
Related Works Relationship Type: depicts
Related Object/Work Label/Identification:
East Building, National Gallery of Art (Washington, DC, United States); Pei, I. M. (American, born 1917 in China); completed in 1978
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Current Location Repository Name/Geographic Location: Archives, National Gallery of Art (Washington, DC, United States)
Repository Number: unavailable
Authority   Free text
Revised 28 August 2006