Concept diagrams of the exterior cladding for the Palace of the League of Nations competition, Geneva, Switzerland

People:

Le Corbusier (role unspecified)

Title:

Concept diagrams of the exterior cladding for the Palace of the League of Nations competition, Geneva, Switzerland

Date:

December 1929

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 drawing(s)

Stage and Purpose:

competition drawing

Technique and media:

Drawing in ink with graphite on paper

Dimensions:

sheet: 27.0 x 21.1 cm

Reference number:

DR1985:0621

Document Type:

lecture notes

Method of Projection:

perspective drawing
view (visual work)

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

One of five loose sheets of embossed stationery

Inscription:

inscribed - e/ (black ink, top right corner), trois (deleted ingraphite) 4 types de murs:/a/le pan de verre/b/le mixte/ou/c/le plein/ensymphonie avec la nature/la pureté de la [?] sur la ciel/la - " - [pureté] desprismes brillants de glace/ou du pierre/la lumiere dans les batiments/l'arabesque de la circulation et/la diversité de vues (top left to bottom),[plus] esprit de verité = signe de l'esprit = signes des temps moderne(graphite, across bottom of sheet), A48 (graphite, bottom right corner, verso,second hand), (2.2 cm circle formed by COMPAGNIE DE NAVIGATION SUD-ATLANTIQUEencircling plumed bird, embossed in blue ink, right margin)

Location:

Geneva; Switzerland;

Subject Descriptive Terms:

assembly hall

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

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