PH2018:0005:029
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Photograph by Stefano Graziani of the following work: Painting Cabinet, Sir John Soane's Museum, London Questioning Pictures is a 36 photograph project commissioned by Fondazione Prada, Milan. Artist Stefano Graziani investigates archival and conservation systems in a number of museums. Through photographing museum objects, Graziani, focusing on the relationship between photographs, the museum objects and the power structures at play within institutions. The museums include the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) in Montréal, Canada; Sir John Soane’s Museum in London, UK; the Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland; Museum Insel Hombroich in Neuss, Germany; the Museo di Castelvecchio in Verona, Italy; and the Plaster Cast Gallery at Museo Canova in Possagno, Italy.
2017
Questioning Pictures: Photograph of Painting Cabinet, Sir John Soane's Museum, 2017
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PH2018:0005:029
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Photograph by Stefano Graziani of the following work: Painting Cabinet, Sir John Soane's Museum, London Questioning Pictures is a 36 photograph project commissioned by Fondazione Prada, Milan. Artist Stefano Graziani investigates archival and conservation systems in a number of museums. Through photographing museum objects, Graziani, focusing on the relationship between photographs, the museum objects and the power structures at play within institutions. The museums include the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) in Montréal, Canada; Sir John Soane’s Museum in London, UK; the Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland; Museum Insel Hombroich in Neuss, Germany; the Museo di Castelvecchio in Verona, Italy; and the Plaster Cast Gallery at Museo Canova in Possagno, Italy.
books, works of art, photographs
PH1982:0789.01:001-030
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Volume conists of 30 aquatints made after daguerreotype models. A second volume in the CCA's collection contains an additional 30 aquatints. These 60 prints are more typically found bound togther in a single volume. Further Excursions daguerriennes prints not held by the CCA, including additional aquatints as well as lithographs and Fizeau-process photogravures, are typically bound into a second volume. The CCA's first volume includes a plate list of all 60 plates held across our first and second volumes.
published 1841
Excursions daguerriennes: Vues et monuments les plus remarquables du globe
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PH1982:0789.01:001-030
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Volume conists of 30 aquatints made after daguerreotype models. A second volume in the CCA's collection contains an additional 30 aquatints. These 60 prints are more typically found bound togther in a single volume. Further Excursions daguerriennes prints not held by the CCA, including additional aquatints as well as lithographs and Fizeau-process photogravures, are typically bound into a second volume. The CCA's first volume includes a plate list of all 60 plates held across our first and second volumes.
books, works of art, photographs
published 1841
PH2007:0012:001-005
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Series shows a scale model of Tokyo at the Mori Building in Tokyo, Japan. Series is one of an edition of six. Commissioned by the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal, for "Tangent," 2002-2006.
2003
Tokyo/Mori Building, Japan, from the series "Scales"
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PH2007:0012:001-005
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Series shows a scale model of Tokyo at the Mori Building in Tokyo, Japan. Series is one of an edition of six. Commissioned by the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal, for "Tangent," 2002-2006.
2003
PH1983:0259
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- Alternate title "Le séchage de la morue, Gaspésie" is the title that appeared on the label copy in the CCA exhibition "Parcours de photographes visiteurs au Québec: Sipprell, Moser, Volkerding et Kawamata". Alternate title "Drying Cod, Garpé Peninsula" is the artist's title as indicated on the list of objects for the same exhibition (see Exhibition Files, s.v. "Four Photographers Visit Québec").
architecture
ca. 1929
View of sheds and codfish drying on racks, Gaspé Peninsula, Québec, Canada
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PH1983:0259
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- Alternate title "Le séchage de la morue, Gaspésie" is the title that appeared on the label copy in the CCA exhibition "Parcours de photographes visiteurs au Québec: Sipprell, Moser, Volkerding et Kawamata". Alternate title "Drying Cod, Garpé Peninsula" is the artist's title as indicated on the list of objects for the same exhibition (see Exhibition Files, s.v. "Four Photographers Visit Québec").
architecture
articles
Making Groundwork
Forces of Friction
6 October 2025
Forces of Friction
PH2018:0005:036
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Photograph by Stefano Graziani of the following work: Antonio Canova, Palamede, Gypsotheca e Museo Antonio Canova, Possagno Questioning Pictures is a 36 photograph project commissioned by Fondazione Prada, Milan. Artist Stefano Graziani investigates archival and conservation systems in a number of museums. Through photographing museum objects, Graziani, focusing on the relationship between photographs, the museum objects and the power structures at play within institutions. The museums include the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) in Montréal, Canada; Sir John Soane’s Museum in London, UK; the Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland; Museum Insel Hombroich in Neuss, Germany; the Museo di Castelvecchio in Verona, Italy; and the Plaster Cast Gallery at Museo Canova in Possagno, Italy.
2017
Questioning Pictures: Photograph of Palamede, sculpture by Antonio Canova
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PH2018:0005:036
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Photograph by Stefano Graziani of the following work: Antonio Canova, Palamede, Gypsotheca e Museo Antonio Canova, Possagno Questioning Pictures is a 36 photograph project commissioned by Fondazione Prada, Milan. Artist Stefano Graziani investigates archival and conservation systems in a number of museums. Through photographing museum objects, Graziani, focusing on the relationship between photographs, the museum objects and the power structures at play within institutions. The museums include the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) in Montréal, Canada; Sir John Soane’s Museum in London, UK; the Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland; Museum Insel Hombroich in Neuss, Germany; the Museo di Castelvecchio in Verona, Italy; and the Plaster Cast Gallery at Museo Canova in Possagno, Italy.
PH2018:0005:014
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Photograph by Stefano Graziani of the following work: Adolf Loos, Villa Muller, 1928, The City of Prague Museum Questioning Pictures is a 36 photograph project commissioned by Fondazione Prada, Milan. Artist Stefano Graziani investigates archival and conservation systems in a number of museums. Through photographing museum objects, Graziani, focusing on the relationship between photographs, the museum objects and the power structures at play within institutions. The museums include the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) in Montréal, Canada; Sir John Soane’s Museum in London, UK; the Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland; Museum Insel Hombroich in Neuss, Germany; the Museo di Castelvecchio in Verona, Italy; and the Plaster Cast Gallery at Museo Canova in Possagno, Italy.
2017
Questioning Pictures: Photograph of Villa Muller, inkjet print by Adolf Loos, 1928
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PH2018:0005:014
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Photograph by Stefano Graziani of the following work: Adolf Loos, Villa Muller, 1928, The City of Prague Museum Questioning Pictures is a 36 photograph project commissioned by Fondazione Prada, Milan. Artist Stefano Graziani investigates archival and conservation systems in a number of museums. Through photographing museum objects, Graziani, focusing on the relationship between photographs, the museum objects and the power structures at play within institutions. The museums include the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) in Montréal, Canada; Sir John Soane’s Museum in London, UK; the Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland; Museum Insel Hombroich in Neuss, Germany; the Museo di Castelvecchio in Verona, Italy; and the Plaster Cast Gallery at Museo Canova in Possagno, Italy.
articles
A Way of Becoming
8 April 2024
A Way of Becoming
Jenni Hakovirta, Nicole Luke, and Naomi Ratte explore the values of Indigenous building
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AP198
Synopsis:
The Kivi Sotamaa OCEAN North project records, 1997-2000, consist of born-digital files, drawings, photographs, and physical models that document two projects by the OCEAN North collective: Jyväskylä Music and Arts Centre (competition, 1997) and Tölöö Football Stadium (competition, 1997). The archive also includes born-digital reference materials on 14 projects from the collective, including the two projects mentioned above.
1997-2000
Kivi Sotamaa OCEAN North project records
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AP198
Synopsis:
The Kivi Sotamaa OCEAN North project records, 1997-2000, consist of born-digital files, drawings, photographs, and physical models that document two projects by the OCEAN North collective: Jyväskylä Music and Arts Centre (competition, 1997) and Tölöö Football Stadium (competition, 1997). The archive also includes born-digital reference materials on 14 projects from the collective, including the two projects mentioned above.
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1997-2000
PH1990:0022:001-003
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Group consists of three colour photographic prints that form a panorama of the auditorium at Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec. Commissioned by the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal, for "Ernest Cormier: Université de Montréal," 1988-1990
June 1989
Panorama of the auditorium, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
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PH1990:0022:001-003
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Group consists of three colour photographic prints that form a panorama of the auditorium at Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec. Commissioned by the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal, for "Ernest Cormier: Université de Montréal," 1988-1990