Interior view of the gas passage showing the technician's kitchen

People:

Rembrand van Ryn (photographer)
Adolf Meyer (architect)

Title:

Interior view of the gas passage showing the technician's kitchen

Date:

after 1928

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions:

comp.: 12.5 x 17.1 cm secondary support: 37.8 x 41.6 cm sheet: 13.6 x 17.8 cm

Reference number:

PH1984:0281

Point of View:

interior views

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- There are two magazine photos adhered to surface illustrating the building, outlined in blue paint. Dimensions are only given for the central photograph.

Inscription:

inscribed - by an unknown hand, in pen and blue ink, on the mount, u.l.: "Arch. Adolf Meyer, Ffm. KAISERHOF STRASSE, [with title] 26 // 27 / Beschriftung und Transparente: [stylized "M" monogram] / Fotos: Rembrand van Ryn Ffm." [Architect Adolf Meyer, Ffm. Kaiserhof street. [title] 26 // 27. Inscription and transparency: stylized "M" monogram. Photographs: Rembrand van Ryn Ffm]; and l.r.: ",,Der Wink'' AUFLAGE: 120 000 / Magazin der Hausfrau. O. E.Sutter, Ffm. MESSE - Amt" [,,The Wink'', circulation 120 000 women's magazine. O.E.Sutter, Ffm. Main office.] imprinted - in the image, u.r.: "Eingang / zur neuen / Gaslehrküche" [Entrance to the new kitchen for gas technicians]; c.: "GASLEHRKÜCHE" [The kitchen for gas technicians]; and l.l: "DIE NEUE GAS-PASSAGE / von der Grossen Gallusstrasse aus (Rembr. van Ryn.)" [A view of the new ,,Gas-Passage'' from Grossen Gallus street (Remb. Van Ryn)] labelled - in typeface, on a label affixed to the mount, l.r.: "Herausgeber: Frankfurter Gasgesellschaft Kaiserstr.10, Frankfurter Kohle-u: Koks - G.m.b.H.. / Große Gallusstr. 1, Vereinigte Installationsgeschäfte Frankfurter Gasgesellschaft und Karl / Winterstein G.m.b.H. Kaiserstr. 10 / Schriftleitung: Otto Ernst Sutter u. Dr. Rudolf Wiehler" [Publisher: Frankfurt gas union Kaiser street 10, Frankfurt coal: Koks - G.m.b.H., Große Gallus street. Collective of electrical companies, Frankfurt gas union and Kurl Wintersein GmbH. Kaiser street. 10 Editor: Otto Ernst Sutter u. Dr. Rudolf Wiehler.] stamped - in black ink, on the mount, verso, c.: ",,Heimatmuseum of Modern Art'' / SCHMELZ / near / 6239 / GERMANY"

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

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