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• Fonds: Victor Prus fonds, 1945-1992
•    Series: Professional work in Canada, 1952-1993
•      Sub-series: Projects, 1953-1992
•        Project: New Orleans Museum of Art, 1983

People

• Victor Prus (creator)
• Victor Prus (archive creator)

Title

New Orleans Museum of Art

Dates of creation

1983

Level of archival description

File 73

Extent and Medium

• 50 drawings
• 2 flats
• 1 textual record

Scope and Content

File documents Victor Prus's unrealized project for the New Orleans Museum of Art, Louisiana, in 1983. The file contains conceptual, design development, presentation and working drawings, flats and a textual record.

Reference Number

AP163.S2.SS1.D73

Arrangement

Material in this project series was kept in its original order when it was first processed upon its arrival at CCA.

Location

New Orleans Louisiana United States

Language of material

Documents are in English.

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  • Reference Number: ARCH265186
  • Title: Floor plans, elevations and plans for the New Orleans Museum of Art
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Victor Prus (architect)
  • Victor Prus (archive creator)

  Description:

  This group consists chiefly of floor plans, elevations and plans for the New Orleans Museum of Art, in New Orleans. There are also several sketches.
  
  

  Quantity / Object type:

  37 drawing(s)

  Stage and Purpose:

  • working drawings

  Extent and Medium:

  • 37 drawings

  Technique and media:

  Graphite and coloured pencil on tracing paper; graphite and black ink on translucent paper; black ink, graphite and collage on plastic film; diazotype with graphite and colored pencil

  Dimensions:

  sheet (smallest): 15.2 × 53.7 cm sheet (largest): 76.4 × 106.2 cm

  Credit line:

  Victor Prus fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  Gift of Victor Prus/Don de Victor Prus
  
  

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  • Reference Number: ARCH265516
  • Title: Elevations and plans for the New Orleans Museum of Art
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Victor Prus (architect)
  • Victor Prus (archive creator)

  Description:

  This group consists of elevations and plans for the New Orleans Museum of Art, in New Orleans. There are also three sketches.

  Quantity / Object type:

  18 drawing(s)

  Stage and Purpose:

  • working drawings

  Extent and Medium:

  • 18 drawings

  Technique and media:

  Black ink on paper; graphite and coloured pencil on tracing paper; photocopies

  Dimensions:

  sheet (smallest): 4.7 × 10.4 cm sheet (largest): 45.4 × 57.6 cm

  Credit line:

  Victor Prus fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  Gift of Victor Prus/Don de Victor Prus
  
  

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  • Reference Number: ARCH265647
  • Title: Plans and elevations for the New Orleans Museum of Art
  • Form: drawings
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  People:

  • Victor Prus (architect)
  • Victor Prus (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  7 reprographic copy(ies)

  Stage and Purpose:

  • presentation drawings (proposals)

  Extent and Medium:

  • 7 reprographic copies

  Technique and media:

  Photocopies

  Dimensions:

  sheet (smallest): 27.9 × 28.4 cm sheet (largest): 28 × 43.3 cm

  Credit line:

  Victor Prus fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  Gift of Victor Prus/Don de Victor Prus
  
  

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  • Reference Number: ARCH265648
  • Title: Floor plans and elevations for the New Orleans Museum of Art
  • Form: drawings
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  People:

  • Victor Prus (architect)
  • Victor Prus (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  2 flat(s)

  Extent and Medium:

  • 2 reprographic copies

  Technique and media:

  Flat and flat with goldenrod masking paper

  Dimensions:

  sheet (smallest): 27.9 × 28.4 cm sheet (largest): 30 × 24.7 cm

  Credit line:

  Victor Prus fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  Gift of Victor Prus/Don de Victor Prus
  
  

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  • Reference Number: ARCH265649
  • Title: Poster for the New Orleans Museum of Art design competition in New Orleans, Louisiana
  • Form: textual records
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Victor Prus (architect)
  • Victor Prus (archive creator)

  Description:

  Poster of the two phases design competition for the expansion of the New Orleans Museum of Art.

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 textual record(s)

  Extent and Medium:

  • 1 ephemera

  Technique and media:

  Reprographic copy on paper

  Dimensions:

  sheet: 55.8 × 43.4 cm

  Credit line:

  Victor Prus fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  Gift of Victor Prus/Don de Victor Prus