Design for a monumental tower; verso: Dwellings

People:

Pol Gosset (architect)
Pol Gosset (draughtsman)

Title:

Design for a monumental tower; verso: Dwellings

Date:

1930s

Description:

- This drawing is one of four drawings for monumental structures by Pol Gosset, DR1987:0019 - DR1987:0022. All of the structures are enormous in scale and impractical in design, which suggests that they are designs for visionary architecture.

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 drawing(s)

Stage and Purpose:

design development drawing

Technique and media:

Graphite and black conté crayon with orange yellow watercolour; verso: photomechanical print

Dimensions:

sheet: 59.0 x 42.0 cm

Reference number:

DR1987:0021 R/V

Drawing Type:

line drawing
finished drawing

Method of Projection:

pictorial drawing
plan (drawing)

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- There is a photomechanical print on the verso of the sheet. The r. edge of the sheet has been trimmed irregularly.

Inscription:

inscribed - on the original, verso, u.l.: "IMMEUILES DE RAPPORT [sic] / Parc Monsouris / Rue Gazan"; u.r.: "POL GOSSET / ARCHITECTE E.D.B.A."; and throughout: with measurements, identification of rooms and streets

Subject:

architecture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

stairs
smokestack
apartments
Modern Movement
fantastic architecture
tower building

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

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