Pen, Tokyo, Mexico, 2017
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
2017
Pen in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (museum number LOAN:AMERICASFOUNDATION.1491-2024), made in Tokyo, Mexico, dated 2017. The museum's brief description reads: Pen sold at David Bowie Is exhibition, Warehouse Terrada G1 Building, Tokyo, 2017.
Museum description: Pen sold at David Bowie Is exhibition, Warehouse Terrada G1 Building, Tokyo, 2017. A white click-top plastic biro pen, with gold metal top and clip. The pen has orange text printed along the side, and there is writing engraved on the clip. The museum records it as Moulded plastic pen with painted and printed body Cast metal parts with engravings Ink contained within, measuring Length 14 cm; Width 1.3 cm.
These details come from the museum's own record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- plastic, metal, paint, printing, ink
- Dimensions
- Length 14 cm; Width 1.3 cm
Technical characteristics
- Technique
- Moulded plastic pen with painted and printed body Cast metal parts with engravings Ink contained within
- Place recorded
- Tokyo, Mexico
Design
- Inscriptions recorded
- DAVID BOWIE IS STILL GETTING EDUCATED; BIC CLICK MEXICO
Identification
- Museum object name
- Pen
- Museum object number
- LOAN:AMERICASFOUNDATION.1491-2024
- Museum system number
- O1782214
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
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