Sketches of tombstones and a sarcophagus in a Jewish cemetery

People:

Le Corbusier (draughtsman)

Title:

Sketches of tombstones and a sarcophagus in a Jewish cemetery

Date:

between May and October 1911

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 drawing(s)

Stage and Purpose:

record drawing
travel sketches

Technique and media:

Drawing in graphite with ink on wove paper

Dimensions:

sheet: 12.2 x 20.3 cm

Reference number:

DR1989:0016 R/V

Drawing Type:

line drawings
sketches

Method of Projection:

pictorial drawings

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- This single sheet of paper is dirty and worn on three sides with the l.l. and l.r. corners rounded, which suggests that the sheet was cut from a sketchbook. Sketches are on recto and notes are on verso.

Inscription:

inscribed and numbered - possibly by the draughtsman, in pen and brown ink, l.l.: "Cimetierre [sic] juif (2 Feuilles [illegible] AM. BM."; l.r.: "165" inscribed - by the draughtsman, in graphite, throughout: with measurements inscribed - by the draughtsman, in graphite, verso, throughout: with notes

Subject:

architecture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

sarcophagus
cemetery
funerary art

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

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