From Laugier to Popova

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• Fonds: Melvin Charney fonds, 1947-2012
•    Series: Projects, 1955-2012
•      Project: From Laugier to Popova, 1985

People

• Melvin Charney (architect)
• Melvin Charney (draughtsman)
• Denis Farley (photographer)
• Madame Rosshandler (photographer)
• Melvin Charney (archive creator)

Title

From Laugier to Popova

Dates of creation

1985

Level of archival description

Project

Extent and Medium

• 53 drawings
• 23 photographic materials
• 0.01 l.m. of textual records

Scope and Content

This project documents the project "From Laugier to Popova" an installation conceived for the exhibition Aurora Borealis at the Centre internationale d'art contemporain de Montréal, Montreal. The project was realized. The project series includes a presentation drawing and photographs of the completed installation.

Reference Number

AP041.S1.1985.D2

Arrangement

Material in this series was likely kept in it's original order when it was first processed upon it's arrival at CCA.

Location

Montréal Island of Montréal Québec Canada

Inventory

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  • Reference Number: DR1986:0001-0001
  • Title: From Laugier to Popova... a construction in parts
  • Dates of creation: 1985
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Melvin Charney (archive creator)
  • Melvin Charney (artist)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 File

  Extent and Medium:

  • 1 drawing

  Dimensions:

  sheet: 114.7 x 171.0 cm

  Physical Description:

  Framed.

  Immediate source of acquisition or transfer:

  • Purchased from Melvin Charney. This drawing was previously part of the Prints & Drawings collection and acquired separately. It was transferred in the Melvin Charney fonds in 2023 during a reprocessing of the archive for a project of database migration. The CCA decided that all material created by Melvin Charney and donated or purchased from Charney and his family should all be arranged and described under the Melvin Charney fonds to facilitate access.

  Credit line:

  Melvin Charney fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  Acheté de Melvin Charney /
  Purchased from Melvin Charney
  

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  • Reference Number: DR2012:0012:023
  • Title: Plans and isometric drawings titled "Une construction a la cité
  • Dates of creation: May 1985
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Melvin Charney (architect)
  • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

  Description:

  Consists of plans and isometric drawings titled "Une construction a la cité... a portrait in parts". Material was originally housed in a tube labelled "Laugier a la cité, 1985".

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 roll(s)

  Extent and Medium:

  • 3 drawings

  Dimensions:

  sheet (smallest): 91.7 × 117 cm sheet (largest): 106.6 × 170 cm

  Physical Description:

  Rolled.

  Credit line:

  Melvin Charney fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
  Don de Dara Charney/
  Gift of Dara Charney
  

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  • Reference Number: DR2012:0012:095:004
  • Title: Copies of drawings and photographs of the installation, From Laugier to Popova
  • Dates of creation: 1985
  • Form: textual records, photographs
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Denis Farley (photographer)
  • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

  Description:

  File containing 35mm film negatives, photographs, and transparencies related to the From Laugier to Popova project. Original folder inscribed in graphite: Building Displacements From Laugier to Popova

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 file(s)

  Extent and Medium:

  • 23 photographic materials
  • 0.01 l.m. of textual records

  Dimensions:

  sheet (smallest): 5,7 × 8,3 cm sheet (largest): 20,1 × 25,1 cm

  Credit line:

  Melvin Charney fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
  Don de Dara Charney/
  Gift of Dara Charney
  

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  • Reference Number: DR2012:0012:095:005
  • Title: Site plan and sketches, From Laugier to Popova
  • Dates of creation: 1985
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

  Description:

  File containing documents in English, including notes, a printout of a site plan, and sketches related to the From Laugier to Popova project. Original folder inscribed in graphite: LAUGIER A LA CITE...... / PHOTOS, SKETCHES, NOTES 1985.

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 file(s)

  Extent and Medium:

  • 49 drawings
  • 1 reprographic copies

  Dimensions:

  sheet (smallest): 7,2 × 14,4 cm (2 13/16 × 5 11/16 in.) sheet (largest): 21,3 × 27,7 cm (8 3/8 × 10 7/8 in.)

  Credit line:

  Melvin Charney fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
  Don de Dara Charney/
  Gift of Dara Charney