See digitized items (1)
Print this page
Une histoire
1975-1978
Project
UNE HISTOIRE is a project consisting of photographs, photomontages, drawings and a wooden sculpture. A photograph of a worker’s house near a pulp mill in Trois-Rivières became the focus of the series. In an attempt to understand the architecture of that house, and how industrialization was being reflected in the architecture of Québec, Charney went to visit the house in 1974, only to find it had already been torn down. Charney photographed its surroundings and tried to reproduce its likeness in drawings. Unsatisfied with the results, he built a wooden sculpture (UNE HISTOIRE…Le trésor de Trois-Rivières, 1975), a replica of the house, in an attempt to fully “know” and understand the structure.
Source: Melvin Charney: Oeuvres 1970-1979. Montréal Musée d’art contemporain. (p. 29-36)
Material in this series was likely kept in it's original order when it was first processed upon it's arrival at CCA.
English, French, German
Sort by:
1 file(s)
sheet (smallest): 13.6 × 27.8 cm sheet (largest): 21.5 × 27.8 cm
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dr. Dara Alexandra Charney/
Gift of Dr. Dara Alexandra Charney
Photographs of the installation, photographs mounted on a rigid cardboard related to "Une histoire... scénarisation". Each is numbered in order, 1A to 10A and 1B to 10B. Also includes a plan on how to mount on the cardboard.
1 File
sheet (smallest): 20 x 25.5 cm sheet (largest): 40 x 27 cm
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Melvin Charney/
Gift of Melvin Charney
1 File
sheet: 40,1 × 27 cm
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Melvin Charney/
Gift of Melvin Charney
© Melvin Charney
Objects that have been catalogued:
1 File
sheet: 27,8 x 21,5 cm
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Melvin Charney/
Gift of Melvin Charney
Consists of four panels. Originally held in a box labelled: PHOTO PANELS/DOCUMENTATION: UNE HISTOIRE. Also includes self-stick notes inscribed in graphite: A TORONTO CONSTRUCTION PANELS
1 panel(s)
sheets: 40,4 × 50,5 × 0,5 cm
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
Objects that have been catalogued:
Six panels related to the Une histoire... project. Originally held in a box labelled: PHOTO PANELS - UNE HISTOIRE...
1 panel(s)
sheets: 40,3 × 50,5 × 0,5 cm
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
1 photographic material(s)
sheet: 39 × 48,9 cm (15 3/8 × 19 1/4 in.)
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Dara Charney/
Gift of Dara Charney
Sign up to get news from us
Thank you for signing up. You'll begin to receive emails from us shortly.
We’re not able to update your preferences at the moment. Please try again later.
You’ve already subscribed with this email address. If you’d like to subscribe with another, please try again.
This email was permanently deleted from our database. If you’d like to resubscribe with this email, please contact us
Please complete the form below to buy:
[Title of the book, authors]
ISBN: [ISBN of the book]
Price [Price of book]
Thank you for placing an order. We will contact you shortly.
We’re not able to process your request at the moment. Please try again later.
Your folder is empty.
