Albums of photographs of projects by Michel Roux-Spitz

People:

Michel Roux-Spitz (architect)
Trosley (photographer)
Studio Chevojon (photographic studio)
Vizzavona (photographer)
Sylvestre (photographer)
Florentin (photographer)
Georges Buffotot (photographer)
Picard (photographer)
Photo Sergysels (photographer)
Baudet, Donon & Roussel (photographic studio)
Hardeg (photographer)

Title:

Albums of photographs of projects by Michel Roux-Spitz

Date:

1920-1936

Description:

The 16 albums PH1986:0900.01-.16 comprises 849 photographs and 34 prints of works by Michel Roux-Spitz. The majority of the photographs show projects in Paris and Lyon, France, although Versailles and Fontainebleau, France, Brussels, Belgium, and Rome, Italy also feature. Amongst others, the photographs include views of La Croix-Rousse train station, Villa Weitz, Église Saint-François d'Assise, Salle des Fêtes De La Croix-Rousse, Banque Libre, Manufactures de Glaces de Saint-Gobain, and a housing project in Lyon; Les Galeries Lafayette, Boutique Roger Bal, the atelier de Monsieur Roger Bal, Bijouterie Kepta, a post-office, the Ford Building, Bibliothèque Nationale, Hôtel Roland Bonaparte, and various other buildings in Paris; The Bibliothèque Nationale in Versailles; and other furniture, interiors, fountains, monuments, tombs, vases, models and studies.

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
16 album(s)

Technique and media:

Gelatin silver prints, prints (lithographs?) and red ink on tracing paper

Dimensions:

album (approx.): 37.4 x 33.3 x 6.8 cm

Reference number:

PH1986:0900.01-16

Point of View:

aerial view
exterior views
interior views

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Albums have green, red and gold moiré pattern coloured paper cover-boards and green and black leather bookbindings (one red and gold) with gold gilding and lettering. Photographs are glued to yellowish paper pages on which some of them have typewritten captions on glued white paper pieces.

Inscription:

labelled, imprinted, inscribed, signed and dated

Location:

Rome Italy

Subject:

architecture
interior design
ornament
sculpture

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

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