Photograph of a perspective drawing for a Palace of Soviets, Moscow

People:

Unknown (photographer)
Vladimir G. Gelfreikh (role unspecified)
Vladimir Alekseevich Shchuko (architect)
Boris Mikhailovich Iofan (role unspecified)

Title:

Photograph of a perspective drawing for a Palace of Soviets, Moscow

Date:

after 1934

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Stage and Purpose:

presentation drawing (proposal)

Technique and media:

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions:

comp.: 14.5 x 21.8 cm sheet: 14.9 x 22.2 cm

Reference number:

PH1998:0026:005

Drawing Type:

rendering

Method of Projection:

perspective drawing

Point of View:

exterior view

Inscription:

inscribed and dated - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the print, verso, t. to u.c.: "B. Iofan i dr." [B. Iofan and oth[ers].; underlined]; with title; and "1935 g[od]." [1935 y[ear].] stamped, numbered and dated - in purple ink, on the print, verso, l.c.: "[?] istorii i / [?] arkhitektury / [?] N 19 g"; and by an unknown hand, in graphite: "58/ / 135" and "50" [[?] history and / [?] architecture / [?] N 58/ / 135 1950 y[ear]; erased] stamped - in purple ink, on the print, verso, l.r.: "Akademiia Arkhit-[ektu]ry SSSR / Nauchno-Issledovatel'sk[ii]. / Kab[inet]. istorii i teorii arkhit[ektury]. / Inv[entornyi]. No" [Academy of Archit-[ectu]re USSR / Scientific-Resear[ch]. / Cab[inet]. of history and theory of archit[ecture]. / Inv[entory]. No; within rectangle] stamped and numbered - in purple ink, on the print, verso, l.r.: "Akademiia Arkhit-[ektu]ry SSSR / Nauchno- Issledovatel'sk[ii]. / Kab[inet]. istorii i teorii arkhit[ektury]. / Inv[entornyi]. No"; and by an unknown hand, in pen and purple ink: "303/5" [Academy of Archit-[ectu]re USSR / Scientific -Resear[ch]. / Cab[inet]. of history and theory of archit[ecture]. / Inv[entory]. No 303/5; within rectangle; crossed out]

Location:

Moscow; Russia (Federation);

Subject:

architecture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

assembly hall
auditorium
concert hall
dining hall
architectural drawing
theatre

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Howard Schickler et David Lafaille/
Gift of Howard Schickler and David Lafaille

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