Perspective for Cross Wall House

People:

Alfred Caldwell (architect)
Alfred Caldwell (draughtsman)

Title:

Perspective for Cross Wall House

Date:

ca. 1946

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 drawing(s)

Stage and Purpose:

presentation drawing (proposal)

Technique and media:

Pen and black ink

Dimensions:

sheet: 51.1 x 76.5 cm

Reference number:

DR1983:1093

Drawing Type:

line drawing
mechanical drawing (tool-aided drawing)
freehand drawing

Method of Projection:

perspective drawing
exterior perspective

Point of View:

exterior view

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Pinholes at corners. The drawing was originally covered with cellophane on the recto and along the edges of the verso. Brown paper was adhered with masking tape to the cellophane on the verso. Both were removed for conservation reasons; the brown paper is stored with the drawing. Slides of the recto and verso of the object were taken prior to the removal of the cellophane covering and are held in the Conservation Department's files.

Inscription:

numbered and inscribed - by unknown hands, in graphite, verso, u.c.: "99"; and "280 % breit"; and in blue ballpoint pen, l.r.: "6" stamped - in red ink, verso, l.r.: "ZOLL / I-68" [within circle; sideways]

Subject:

architecture
landscape architecture

Credit line:
Centre Canadien d'Architecture/Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal; Don d'Alfred Caldwell/Gift of Alfred Caldwell

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