In Flight

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• Fonds: Melvin Charney fonds, 1947-2012
•    Series: Projects, 1955-2012
•      Project: In Flight, 1989-1994

People

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

Title

In Flight

Dates of creation

1989-1994

Level of archival description

Project

Extent and Medium

• 0.03 l.m. of textual records
• 27 drawings (including 15 reprographic copies)
• 17 photographic materials

Scope and Content

The project series documents the series of photography based works and an executed installation entitled "In Flight" and it includes conceptual drawings.

Reference Number

AP041.S1.1989.D3

Arrangement

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

Language of material

English, French

Related units of description

• Material related to this project can also be found in the file DR2012:0012:106:016 under the project series AP041.S1.1990.D3.

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  • Reference Number: DR2007:0084:017
  • Title: Sketches and studies, In Flight
  • Dates of creation: 1990-1994
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 1

  People:

  • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 file(s)

  Extent and Medium:

  • 6 drawings

  Dimensions:

  sheet (smallest): 21.5 × 13.8 cm sheet (largest): 43.2 × 27.8 cm

  Credit line:

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

  Objects that have been catalogued:

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    • DR2007:0084:017:005
    • In flight... Selavy, study no. 4
    • Form: drawings
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  • Reference Number: DR2012:0012:063:006
  • Title: Press clippings, photographs, collages and reference material, In Flight
  • Dates of creation: 1968, 1978-1979, 1992-1998
  • Form: textual records, photographs
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

  Description:

  File containing newspaper clippings in English (predominant), French, and German, magazine clippings, photocopies and printouts of images, transparencies, and a copy of the 22 March 1968 edition of Life magazine. Contents are believed to be reference materials for the In flight series.
  
  Original folder inscribed in graphite: IN FLIGHT SERIES/1990* NEWS IMAGES

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 textual record(s)

  Extent and Medium:

  • 0.02 l.m.of textual records
  • 16 negatives
  • 13 reprographic copies
  • 6 drawings

  Credit line:

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

  Folder Number:

  041-009-001

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  • Reference Number: DR2012:0012:095:002
  • Title: Notes, photocopies of installation sketches, and a photograph, In Flight
  • Dates of creation: 1990
  • Form: drawings, textual records
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

  Description:

  File containing documents in English, including notes, photocopies of installation sketches, and a photograph related to the In flight series.
  
  Original folder inscribed in graphite: "IN FLIGHT.... 1989-90"

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 file(s)

  Extent and Medium:

  • 0.01 l.m. of textual records
  • 15 reprographic copies
  • 1 photograph

  Dimensions:

  sheet (smallest): 20 × 25,1 cm (7 7/8 × 9 7/8 in.) sheet (largest): 27,7 × 42,9 cm (10 7/8 × 16 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