Sketch for a cantilever chair

People:

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (draughtsman)

Title:

Sketch for a cantilever chair

Date:

ca. 1937

Description:

- Sketches DR1987:0276 and DR1987:0277 depicting cantilever chairs, are fixed to the same cardboard mount.

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 drawing(s)

Stage and Purpose:

conceptual drawing

Technique and media:

Pen and black ink

Dimensions:

secondary support: 48.8 x 36.3 cm sheet: 21.3 x 20.3 cm

Reference number:

DR1987:0276

Drawing Type:

sketch

Method of Projection:

pictorial drawing

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- The sheet is fixed to the back of a cardboard mount with DR1987:0277. A vertical line of writing at r. edge of sheet has been partly torn off.

Inscription:

inscribed and dated - by the draughtsman, in pen and black ink, u.l. to u.r.: with illegible inscriptions; and in green pencil, c.: "16 mai" inscribed and dated - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the secondary support, verso, u.l.: "Concoidal or Pleated / c. 1937"; and l.l.: "Concoidal or Pleated Chairs / c. 1937" numbered - by the dealer, in graphite, on the secondary support, verso, u.l.: "MR87 095" [gallery inventory number for DR1987:0276]; and l.l.: "MR87.096" [gallery inventory number for DR1987:0277]

Subject:

interior design

Subject Descriptive Terms:

chairs
Modern Movement

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

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