graphic materials
DR2012:0015:027
Description:
Portfolio containing ephemera and posters advertising the following conferences, events, and exhibitions: - mailout/poster for a Frank Stella exhibition at Leo Castelli Gallery, New York; - mailout/poster for an exhibition at the Hyde Park Art Centre, Chicago; - posters for the 7th Venice biennale of architeture; - poster for the 1. Kolloquium Funktionialismus, Hamburg; - poster for a Jean Rustin exhibition at Maison de la culture et des loisirs; - signed poster for a Ric Evans exhibition, at David Mirvish Books, Toronto; - poster for an Edward Keinholz exhibition, London; - poster for a Frank Auerbach exhibition at the 42nd Venice Biennale; - paper placemat of the Taj Mahal; - poster of Hindu deities; - poster for Perspecta, the Yale School of design journal, in which Melvin Charney's article, Experimental strategies: notes for environmental design, appeared in the 11th edition; - poster of Albrecht Dürer's Rhinoceros; - mailout/poster for a Roy Lichtenstein exhibition at Leo Castelli gallery; - poster for a Pierre Alechinsky exhibition, in Brussels; - poster for an exhibition on Pliny the Younger's La villa Laurentine, Paris; - poster for an exhibition, Places and monuments, in Paris; - poster for an event at George Gund Hall, Harvard; - posters for the exhibition, Rothmans salutes citysite sculpture, Visual Arts Ontario, Toronto (Melvin Charney participated); - poster for event, Coop Himmelblau: der Engel des Tons; - poster, "Seize the time"; - poster, "Meeting solidarité Chili"; - poster for Don Judd exhibition at Leo Castelli Gallery, New York; - posters for Aurora Borealis event at le Centre international d'art contemporain de Montréal (Melvin Charney participated); - poster for James Stirling exhibition at Riba Heinz Gallery, London; - untitled poster; - poster for political demonstration, UQAM; - poster for Joe Zucker exhibition, Combinations, at Holly Solomon Gallery, New York; - poster, "The drifting acropolis"; - poster for Lucas Samaras exhibition, Reconstructions, boxes, and photo-transformations, at Richard Grey Gallery, Chicago; - poster for Erica Lennard exhibition, Les femmes, les soeurs, at Agatha Gaillard Gallery, Paris.
1965-1985, 1994, 2000-2003
Portfolio of assorted posters
Actions:
DR2012:0015:027
Description:
Portfolio containing ephemera and posters advertising the following conferences, events, and exhibitions: - mailout/poster for a Frank Stella exhibition at Leo Castelli Gallery, New York; - mailout/poster for an exhibition at the Hyde Park Art Centre, Chicago; - posters for the 7th Venice biennale of architeture; - poster for the 1. Kolloquium Funktionialismus, Hamburg; - poster for a Jean Rustin exhibition at Maison de la culture et des loisirs; - signed poster for a Ric Evans exhibition, at David Mirvish Books, Toronto; - poster for an Edward Keinholz exhibition, London; - poster for a Frank Auerbach exhibition at the 42nd Venice Biennale; - paper placemat of the Taj Mahal; - poster of Hindu deities; - poster for Perspecta, the Yale School of design journal, in which Melvin Charney's article, Experimental strategies: notes for environmental design, appeared in the 11th edition; - poster of Albrecht Dürer's Rhinoceros; - mailout/poster for a Roy Lichtenstein exhibition at Leo Castelli gallery; - poster for a Pierre Alechinsky exhibition, in Brussels; - poster for an exhibition on Pliny the Younger's La villa Laurentine, Paris; - poster for an exhibition, Places and monuments, in Paris; - poster for an event at George Gund Hall, Harvard; - posters for the exhibition, Rothmans salutes citysite sculpture, Visual Arts Ontario, Toronto (Melvin Charney participated); - poster for event, Coop Himmelblau: der Engel des Tons; - poster, "Seize the time"; - poster, "Meeting solidarité Chili"; - poster for Don Judd exhibition at Leo Castelli Gallery, New York; - posters for Aurora Borealis event at le Centre international d'art contemporain de Montréal (Melvin Charney participated); - poster for James Stirling exhibition at Riba Heinz Gallery, London; - untitled poster; - poster for political demonstration, UQAM; - poster for Joe Zucker exhibition, Combinations, at Holly Solomon Gallery, New York; - poster, "The drifting acropolis"; - poster for Lucas Samaras exhibition, Reconstructions, boxes, and photo-transformations, at Richard Grey Gallery, Chicago; - poster for Erica Lennard exhibition, Les femmes, les soeurs, at Agatha Gaillard Gallery, Paris.
graphic materials
1965-1985, 1994, 2000-2003
PH1979:0508
Description:
This album depicts photographs, plans, sketches of Stonehenge and texts. Preface is signed by Sir Henry James, 29th May 1867, Southhampton. Album has appendix and List of Books inserted at the end. "Col. Sir Henry James, Director-General of the Ordnance Survey, was a strong believer that photography had to be utilized as a major tool for mapping and survey work and he employed the Royal Engineers for that purpose. Colonel James appears in several of the Stonehenge photographs published by the Ordnance Survey. [...] Stonehenge is the world's most famous, large megalithic stone circle and is usually designated as a site used for religious worship in Neolithic Britain. However, the first use of this locality for documented ritual activity goes back to the Mesolithic and the erection of several large totem poles perhaps as early as 8,000 BC (Stonehenge O). Lunar observations preceded the construction of a causeway c.3200 BC, followed by an earth circle and Heel Stones c.3100 BC (Stonehenge 1a) and the Aubrey Holes (Stonehenge 1b). The Stonehenge site was then abandoned for about 1,000 years when large bluestones quarried in Wales were brought to the site and made into the Double Bluestone Circle with Avenue. 2150 BC (Stonehenge II). Soon thereafter sarsen stones were brought in from Avebury to build the great Sarsen Circle and Trilithon Horseshoe, 2100 BC (Stonehenge IIIz). Bluestones were brought back and added as the Bluestone Circle and Bluestone Horseshoe to the sarsen monument, 1800 BC (Stonehenge IIId). The sacred avenue was extended to the River Avon, 1100 BC (Stonehenge IV), the last phase of megalithic construction at this site. Note that the great stone circle and all construction at the Stonehenge site was completed several hundred years before we can postulate Celtic druids in the vicinity. We can only mention in passing that Stonehenge was embedded within a large ritual complex, where several of the ten megalithic constructions were also monumental in scale. Integration between these structures may not have been well planned in advance, but assuredly was articulated as each was built." Neolithic Britian Online.
sculpture, topographic
1867
Plans and Photographs of Stonehenge, and of Turusachan in the Island of Lewis; with Notes Relating to the Druids and Sketches of Cromlechs in Ireland
Actions:
PH1979:0508
Description:
This album depicts photographs, plans, sketches of Stonehenge and texts. Preface is signed by Sir Henry James, 29th May 1867, Southhampton. Album has appendix and List of Books inserted at the end. "Col. Sir Henry James, Director-General of the Ordnance Survey, was a strong believer that photography had to be utilized as a major tool for mapping and survey work and he employed the Royal Engineers for that purpose. Colonel James appears in several of the Stonehenge photographs published by the Ordnance Survey. [...] Stonehenge is the world's most famous, large megalithic stone circle and is usually designated as a site used for religious worship in Neolithic Britain. However, the first use of this locality for documented ritual activity goes back to the Mesolithic and the erection of several large totem poles perhaps as early as 8,000 BC (Stonehenge O). Lunar observations preceded the construction of a causeway c.3200 BC, followed by an earth circle and Heel Stones c.3100 BC (Stonehenge 1a) and the Aubrey Holes (Stonehenge 1b). The Stonehenge site was then abandoned for about 1,000 years when large bluestones quarried in Wales were brought to the site and made into the Double Bluestone Circle with Avenue. 2150 BC (Stonehenge II). Soon thereafter sarsen stones were brought in from Avebury to build the great Sarsen Circle and Trilithon Horseshoe, 2100 BC (Stonehenge IIIz). Bluestones were brought back and added as the Bluestone Circle and Bluestone Horseshoe to the sarsen monument, 1800 BC (Stonehenge IIId). The sacred avenue was extended to the River Avon, 1100 BC (Stonehenge IV), the last phase of megalithic construction at this site. Note that the great stone circle and all construction at the Stonehenge site was completed several hundred years before we can postulate Celtic druids in the vicinity. We can only mention in passing that Stonehenge was embedded within a large ritual complex, where several of the ten megalithic constructions were also monumental in scale. Integration between these structures may not have been well planned in advance, but assuredly was articulated as each was built." Neolithic Britian Online.
1867
sculpture, topographic
drawings, works of art
Quantity:
32 drawing(s)
DR1986:0379-0413
Description:
- This group of drawings and prints for Château de Marcoussis (designed by Charles Rohault de Fleury in 1862-1863), and for later additions to the château by Rohault de Fleury and other architects, is composed mostly of design development and presentation drawings and transfer lithographs - mainly plans and elevations. Three wash drawings and 13 transfer lithographs, some coloured with wash, are for the château as constructed and are mostly dated June 1863 (drawings: DR1986:0380, DR1986:0382, DR1986:0383; transfer lithographs: DR1986:0387 - DR1986:0389, DR1986:0397 - DR1986:0407). Drawings for two unexecuted designs for the château are included: the first is dated 3 May 1862, and possibly 23 May 1862 (DR1986:0379, DR1986:0393, DR1986:394), and the second 15 May 1862 (DR1986:0395 and DR1986:0396). Three untitled drawings may also be designs for Château Marcoussis, although the inscription "1er projet" in conjunction with the later date of April 1863, suggests that they are perhaps for a different unidentified project (DR1986:0390 - DR1986:0392). A proposal for a tower addition by Rohault de Fleury is dated 1 April 1864 (DR1986:0381). This tower also appears on a plan of Château Marcoussis by an unknown hand (DR1986:0408). A land survey for part of the château's park is signed and stamped by the landscape architect, L.L. Le Breton, whose stamp also appears on a drainage plan for the château (DR1986:0409 and DR1986:0397 R). Also included are a proposal for a winter garden for Château Marcoussis designed by Geriche (DR1986:0384), an unattributed project for modifications to the winter garden (DR1986:0385), and plans for an unidentified house (DR1986:0412 and DR1986:0413). Folder DR1986:0386 and mounts DR1986:0410 and DR1986:0411 were acquired with this group. All three objects are inscribed with titles, and those on the mounts indicate the existence of two drawings that were not acquired with the group: "Marcoussis / Mr le Mis de la Baume" (DR1986:0410) and "Escalier au tourelle / (projet) / 1900" (DR1986:0411). The inscribed title which figures on the verso of mount DR1986:0410 indicates that it was at one time used as a folder: "Château de Marcoussis / projets d'agrandissement / et de constructions".
architecture, landscape architecture, interior design
prints executed in 1863
Drawings and prints for Château de Marcoussis, France
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DR1986:0379-0413
Description:
- This group of drawings and prints for Château de Marcoussis (designed by Charles Rohault de Fleury in 1862-1863), and for later additions to the château by Rohault de Fleury and other architects, is composed mostly of design development and presentation drawings and transfer lithographs - mainly plans and elevations. Three wash drawings and 13 transfer lithographs, some coloured with wash, are for the château as constructed and are mostly dated June 1863 (drawings: DR1986:0380, DR1986:0382, DR1986:0383; transfer lithographs: DR1986:0387 - DR1986:0389, DR1986:0397 - DR1986:0407). Drawings for two unexecuted designs for the château are included: the first is dated 3 May 1862, and possibly 23 May 1862 (DR1986:0379, DR1986:0393, DR1986:394), and the second 15 May 1862 (DR1986:0395 and DR1986:0396). Three untitled drawings may also be designs for Château Marcoussis, although the inscription "1er projet" in conjunction with the later date of April 1863, suggests that they are perhaps for a different unidentified project (DR1986:0390 - DR1986:0392). A proposal for a tower addition by Rohault de Fleury is dated 1 April 1864 (DR1986:0381). This tower also appears on a plan of Château Marcoussis by an unknown hand (DR1986:0408). A land survey for part of the château's park is signed and stamped by the landscape architect, L.L. Le Breton, whose stamp also appears on a drainage plan for the château (DR1986:0409 and DR1986:0397 R). Also included are a proposal for a winter garden for Château Marcoussis designed by Geriche (DR1986:0384), an unattributed project for modifications to the winter garden (DR1986:0385), and plans for an unidentified house (DR1986:0412 and DR1986:0413). Folder DR1986:0386 and mounts DR1986:0410 and DR1986:0411 were acquired with this group. All three objects are inscribed with titles, and those on the mounts indicate the existence of two drawings that were not acquired with the group: "Marcoussis / Mr le Mis de la Baume" (DR1986:0410) and "Escalier au tourelle / (projet) / 1900" (DR1986:0411). The inscribed title which figures on the verso of mount DR1986:0410 indicates that it was at one time used as a folder: "Château de Marcoussis / projets d'agrandissement / et de constructions".
drawings, works of art
Quantity:
32 drawing(s)
prints executed in 1863
architecture, landscape architecture, interior design
drawings
DR2006:0003
Description:
Le collage intitulé " Galerie de la grande architecture canadienne " a été produit dans le contexte de l'exposition " Canada-Trajectoires 1973 " présentée au Musée national d'art moderne de la ville de Paris au cours de l'été 1973. Le collage, appliqué sur papier cartonné, représente une sélection de textes et d'images d'œuvres exposées par Melvin Charney lors de cette exposition. L'objectif de l'exposition "Canada-Trajectoires 1973 " était de réunir des artistes ou des regroupements d'artistes engagés dans des discours critiques et de présenter leur travail non pas tant comme des oeuvres d'art mais plutôt " comme symptômes d'un certain climat ." (1) Selon le catalogue de l'exposition, et les divers comptes rendus qui en ont été fait dans la presse spécialisée, celle-ci était divisée en cinq sections. Quatre de ces sections étaient consacrées à des médiums spécifiques : art céramique, vidéo, peinture et sculpture, cinéma. Une cinquième section présentait des œuvres produites par des collectif d'artistes quelques soit le médium employé: galerie coopérative, coop d'artistes, workshop, banques d'images. C'est dans cette dernière section que Melvin Charney présenta trois projets créé avec l'assistance d'un groupe d'"action photographique", soit un "pavillon d'exposition" réalisé en 1969, une "monument à l'aviation" (1969) et "une galerie de la grande architecture" (1973). Dans un texte de Melvin Charney publié dans le catalogue de l'exposition, ces trois projets furent présentés sous l'intitulé "Quelques monuments nationaux". Le collage incorpore en une première strate collée obliquement par rapport au sens du carton d'œuvre, une image (en partie rognée), un texte manifeste (en partie coupée) et un intitulé. Ces trois éléments de toutes évidences se rapportent à L'ensemble des trois projets présenté par Charney. Sur une seconde strate, collée dans le sens du carton d'œuvres, Charney a collé des textes et des images se rapportant à deux des projets soit "une galerie de la grande architecture" (image et texte 25, 26 31 et 34, et monument à l'aviation, image et texte 50. Le collage est signé et daté en bas à droite. Des indications d'intercalation d'illustration au crayon graphite, - avec la mention "cut line" - détermine à même le carton d'œuvre, une zone regroupant l'ensemble des textes et des images collés. Au dos du collage figure à nouveau la signature de Charney et une numéro d'inventaire renvoyant possiblement à un catalogue constitué par Charney de son œuvre : "MC 1973 ? 02". Ce collage a servi de maquette pour la production d'une affiche publicisant l'exposition, ce qui explique la présence d'indications d'intercalation d'illustrations - une donnée signalant en règle générale que l'œuvre a été produite pour être publiée. (2) Ceci dit on ne sait pas si celle-ci fut effectivement tirée (nous n'en connaissons aucun exemplaire) avant, pendant ou après l'exposition. Cet aspect de l'historique de cette œuvre reste encore au moment où nous écrivons, à éclaircir. On peut établir toutefois avec certitude que cette œuvre, ou l'affiche qui en fut éventuellement tirée, a servi à produire la mise en page d'un article de Melvin Charney publié en avril 1974 dans la revue britannique Architectural Design. Un transparent a sans doute été pris du collage puis envoyé avec l'article de Charney à l'éditeur. Ce dernier a, à son tour, cadré l'image en fonction des indications d'intercalation d'illustrations latérales et supérieure,- on observe que le 3 de 1973 est bel et bien coupé - puis a éliminé les trois quart inférieur pour y placer le texte de l'article. La présence dans l'article publié du nom du musée d'art moderne de la ville de Paris - section arc, et son absence dans le collage est du à une perte. Un examen attentif révèle des marques sans doute de colle pour la bandelette de papier. Dans cet article publié en anglais Charney. 1- Suzanne Page, Canada trajectoires 73 : Musée d'art moderne de la ville de Paris, [Montréal?] : Publié par les Éditions Médiart pour le compte du Conseil des arts du Canada, [1973], [introduction] 2- Information fournie par l,artiste; voir aussi la légende de l'œuvre lors de sa reproduction dans un catalogue en 2000 où elle est décrite comme étant une maquette pour une affiche en offset sur papier.
1973
Some national monuments, Canada trajectories
Actions:
DR2006:0003
Description:
Le collage intitulé " Galerie de la grande architecture canadienne " a été produit dans le contexte de l'exposition " Canada-Trajectoires 1973 " présentée au Musée national d'art moderne de la ville de Paris au cours de l'été 1973. Le collage, appliqué sur papier cartonné, représente une sélection de textes et d'images d'œuvres exposées par Melvin Charney lors de cette exposition. L'objectif de l'exposition "Canada-Trajectoires 1973 " était de réunir des artistes ou des regroupements d'artistes engagés dans des discours critiques et de présenter leur travail non pas tant comme des oeuvres d'art mais plutôt " comme symptômes d'un certain climat ." (1) Selon le catalogue de l'exposition, et les divers comptes rendus qui en ont été fait dans la presse spécialisée, celle-ci était divisée en cinq sections. Quatre de ces sections étaient consacrées à des médiums spécifiques : art céramique, vidéo, peinture et sculpture, cinéma. Une cinquième section présentait des œuvres produites par des collectif d'artistes quelques soit le médium employé: galerie coopérative, coop d'artistes, workshop, banques d'images. C'est dans cette dernière section que Melvin Charney présenta trois projets créé avec l'assistance d'un groupe d'"action photographique", soit un "pavillon d'exposition" réalisé en 1969, une "monument à l'aviation" (1969) et "une galerie de la grande architecture" (1973). Dans un texte de Melvin Charney publié dans le catalogue de l'exposition, ces trois projets furent présentés sous l'intitulé "Quelques monuments nationaux". Le collage incorpore en une première strate collée obliquement par rapport au sens du carton d'œuvre, une image (en partie rognée), un texte manifeste (en partie coupée) et un intitulé. Ces trois éléments de toutes évidences se rapportent à L'ensemble des trois projets présenté par Charney. Sur une seconde strate, collée dans le sens du carton d'œuvres, Charney a collé des textes et des images se rapportant à deux des projets soit "une galerie de la grande architecture" (image et texte 25, 26 31 et 34, et monument à l'aviation, image et texte 50. Le collage est signé et daté en bas à droite. Des indications d'intercalation d'illustration au crayon graphite, - avec la mention "cut line" - détermine à même le carton d'œuvre, une zone regroupant l'ensemble des textes et des images collés. Au dos du collage figure à nouveau la signature de Charney et une numéro d'inventaire renvoyant possiblement à un catalogue constitué par Charney de son œuvre : "MC 1973 ? 02". Ce collage a servi de maquette pour la production d'une affiche publicisant l'exposition, ce qui explique la présence d'indications d'intercalation d'illustrations - une donnée signalant en règle générale que l'œuvre a été produite pour être publiée. (2) Ceci dit on ne sait pas si celle-ci fut effectivement tirée (nous n'en connaissons aucun exemplaire) avant, pendant ou après l'exposition. Cet aspect de l'historique de cette œuvre reste encore au moment où nous écrivons, à éclaircir. On peut établir toutefois avec certitude que cette œuvre, ou l'affiche qui en fut éventuellement tirée, a servi à produire la mise en page d'un article de Melvin Charney publié en avril 1974 dans la revue britannique Architectural Design. Un transparent a sans doute été pris du collage puis envoyé avec l'article de Charney à l'éditeur. Ce dernier a, à son tour, cadré l'image en fonction des indications d'intercalation d'illustrations latérales et supérieure,- on observe que le 3 de 1973 est bel et bien coupé - puis a éliminé les trois quart inférieur pour y placer le texte de l'article. La présence dans l'article publié du nom du musée d'art moderne de la ville de Paris - section arc, et son absence dans le collage est du à une perte. Un examen attentif révèle des marques sans doute de colle pour la bandelette de papier. Dans cet article publié en anglais Charney. 1- Suzanne Page, Canada trajectoires 73 : Musée d'art moderne de la ville de Paris, [Montréal?] : Publié par les Éditions Médiart pour le compte du Conseil des arts du Canada, [1973], [introduction] 2- Information fournie par l,artiste; voir aussi la légende de l'œuvre lors de sa reproduction dans un catalogue en 2000 où elle est décrite comme étant une maquette pour une affiche en offset sur papier.
drawings
1973
drawings, textual records
DR1986:0767:001-473
Description:
- The Fonds Monadnock comprises over 500 drawings, blueprints, hectographs and manuscripts, mostly for the Monadnock Building, Chicago, and a few drawings and reprographic copies for other buildings by Burnham and Root: the Rookery Building, the Herald Building, and the Chemical Bank Building, all in Chicago, and the Fidelity Trust Building, Tacoma, Washington. Drawings and prints for the Monadnock Building include the earliest known conceptual drawings illustrating the initial development of the design, presentation drawings for a twelve-storey Egyptian-inspired design, design development drawings for a sixteen-storey steel frame project, and design, design development and working drawings for the final built work. - The first design phase for the Monadnock Building is known as the Quamquisset Building (1884). Drawings for this phase include five conceptual elevations for Richardsonian Romanesque and Gothic proposals (DR1986:0767:003, DR1986:0767:062 - DR1986:0767:064 and DR1986:0767:087) , and a presentation drawing for a façade with Eygptian-inspired ornament (DR1986:0767:085). Drawings for the second design phase, the Monadnock Block (1885), include two preliminary plans, twenty presentation drawings showing two variant designs, two structural drawings for the foundations, one design development drawing, and seven working drawings for the steel frame. Drawings for the third design phase, the sixteen-storey steel frame project (1889), include twenty design development drawings - elevations, sections and plans - four of which are stamped by the commissioner of buildings, and one structural drawing, a plan with load calculations (DR1986:0767:026). The majority of the drawings, reprographic copies and manuscripts are for the fourth and final design phase of the Monadnock Building (1889-1892) which incorporates the Kearsarge Building (1890). Drawings for the fourth design phase include mostly working drawings, many design and design development drawings, some contract drawings and a few preliminary and presentation drawings. The working drawings, design and design development drawings for the fourth design phase include general plans, sections and elevations, structural drawings and building systems drawings (plumbing, heating, electrical, elevators) and detail drawings. Most of the contract drawings for the fourth design phase are working drawings which were apparently used on site during the construction of the building. Contract drawings also include detail, construction, mechanical, and a few shop drawings. There are many plans and elevations for office and commercial space interiors, including construction drawings for built-in furniture. Some of these drawings have been approved (signed) by future tenants. There are two later drawings related to the Monadnock Building: a printed plan for the Monadnock addition by Holabird & Roche (DR1986:0767:131) and a plan dated 1895, showing the settlement of the piers of the "Old Monadnock Building" (DR1986:0767:192). All nineteen manuscripts, with the exception of one lighting fixture schedule, concern the calculation of the structural loads for the Monadnock Building. The fonds Monadnock also contains miscellaneous fragmentary execution drawings, pieces of execution drawings, blueprints, staples and metal ties for drawings, for the Monadnock Building, Chicago, Illinois (DR1986:0767:473:001-023). - The fonds Monadnock contains a few drawings for other buildings designed by Burnham and Root in Chicago: two graphite plans for the Herald Building, 1889-1891 (DR1986:0767:173 and DR1986:0767:174); two pen and ink structural drawings showing the steel frame for the Rookery Building, 1885-1887 (DR1986:0767:037 and DR1986:0767:038); a hectograph showing a riser diagram and drawings for the plumbing fixtures for the Chemical Bank Building 1889 (DR1986:0767:358); and six presentation drawings - elevations, sections and plans - and one preliminary drawing for an unbuilt office building designed by Burnham and Root for the corner of Clark and Van Buren Streets in Chicago (DR1986:0767:002, DR1986:0767:089, DR1986:0767:090 R and DR1986:0767:093 - DR1986:0767:095, and DR1986:0767:111). There is a plan and two sections for the steel frame, and a plan for a commercial space for the Fidelity Trust Building, Tacoma, Washington, 1889-1891,(DR1986:0767:163 - DR1986:0767:165, DR1986:0767:184). The elevation for teller wickets is probably also for this building (DR1986:0767:185). Drawings for unidentified buildings include an elevation for a house, an excavation plan, and several miscellaneous sheets of drawings and calculations (DR1986:0767:141 V, DR1986:0767:130, DR1986:0767:090 V, DR1986:0767:158, DR1986:0767:159, DR1986:0767:183 and DR1986:0767:189).
architecture, interior design, engineering
most reprographic copies printed between 1889 and 1892
Drawings, prints, reprographic copies and documents for the Monadnock Building, Chicago
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DR1986:0767:001-473
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- The Fonds Monadnock comprises over 500 drawings, blueprints, hectographs and manuscripts, mostly for the Monadnock Building, Chicago, and a few drawings and reprographic copies for other buildings by Burnham and Root: the Rookery Building, the Herald Building, and the Chemical Bank Building, all in Chicago, and the Fidelity Trust Building, Tacoma, Washington. Drawings and prints for the Monadnock Building include the earliest known conceptual drawings illustrating the initial development of the design, presentation drawings for a twelve-storey Egyptian-inspired design, design development drawings for a sixteen-storey steel frame project, and design, design development and working drawings for the final built work. - The first design phase for the Monadnock Building is known as the Quamquisset Building (1884). Drawings for this phase include five conceptual elevations for Richardsonian Romanesque and Gothic proposals (DR1986:0767:003, DR1986:0767:062 - DR1986:0767:064 and DR1986:0767:087) , and a presentation drawing for a façade with Eygptian-inspired ornament (DR1986:0767:085). Drawings for the second design phase, the Monadnock Block (1885), include two preliminary plans, twenty presentation drawings showing two variant designs, two structural drawings for the foundations, one design development drawing, and seven working drawings for the steel frame. Drawings for the third design phase, the sixteen-storey steel frame project (1889), include twenty design development drawings - elevations, sections and plans - four of which are stamped by the commissioner of buildings, and one structural drawing, a plan with load calculations (DR1986:0767:026). The majority of the drawings, reprographic copies and manuscripts are for the fourth and final design phase of the Monadnock Building (1889-1892) which incorporates the Kearsarge Building (1890). Drawings for the fourth design phase include mostly working drawings, many design and design development drawings, some contract drawings and a few preliminary and presentation drawings. The working drawings, design and design development drawings for the fourth design phase include general plans, sections and elevations, structural drawings and building systems drawings (plumbing, heating, electrical, elevators) and detail drawings. Most of the contract drawings for the fourth design phase are working drawings which were apparently used on site during the construction of the building. Contract drawings also include detail, construction, mechanical, and a few shop drawings. There are many plans and elevations for office and commercial space interiors, including construction drawings for built-in furniture. Some of these drawings have been approved (signed) by future tenants. There are two later drawings related to the Monadnock Building: a printed plan for the Monadnock addition by Holabird & Roche (DR1986:0767:131) and a plan dated 1895, showing the settlement of the piers of the "Old Monadnock Building" (DR1986:0767:192). All nineteen manuscripts, with the exception of one lighting fixture schedule, concern the calculation of the structural loads for the Monadnock Building. The fonds Monadnock also contains miscellaneous fragmentary execution drawings, pieces of execution drawings, blueprints, staples and metal ties for drawings, for the Monadnock Building, Chicago, Illinois (DR1986:0767:473:001-023). - The fonds Monadnock contains a few drawings for other buildings designed by Burnham and Root in Chicago: two graphite plans for the Herald Building, 1889-1891 (DR1986:0767:173 and DR1986:0767:174); two pen and ink structural drawings showing the steel frame for the Rookery Building, 1885-1887 (DR1986:0767:037 and DR1986:0767:038); a hectograph showing a riser diagram and drawings for the plumbing fixtures for the Chemical Bank Building 1889 (DR1986:0767:358); and six presentation drawings - elevations, sections and plans - and one preliminary drawing for an unbuilt office building designed by Burnham and Root for the corner of Clark and Van Buren Streets in Chicago (DR1986:0767:002, DR1986:0767:089, DR1986:0767:090 R and DR1986:0767:093 - DR1986:0767:095, and DR1986:0767:111). There is a plan and two sections for the steel frame, and a plan for a commercial space for the Fidelity Trust Building, Tacoma, Washington, 1889-1891,(DR1986:0767:163 - DR1986:0767:165, DR1986:0767:184). The elevation for teller wickets is probably also for this building (DR1986:0767:185). Drawings for unidentified buildings include an elevation for a house, an excavation plan, and several miscellaneous sheets of drawings and calculations (DR1986:0767:141 V, DR1986:0767:130, DR1986:0767:090 V, DR1986:0767:158, DR1986:0767:159, DR1986:0767:183 and DR1986:0767:189).
drawings, textual records
most reprographic copies printed between 1889 and 1892
architecture, interior design, engineering
photographs
PH1978:0040.01
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First of a series of five illustrated volumes, this album contains mounted plates, engravings and maps, and depicts bridges, viaducts, railways and roads mainly in France (one in Corsica), and two in Constantine, Algeria. Album (Tome I) is titled as follows: Les Travaux Publics de la France. Route et Ponts - Chemins de fer - Rivières et canaux/ Ports de mer - Phares et balises/ par/ MM. F. Lucas et V. Fournié - Ed. Collignon - H. de Lagrené/ Voisin Bey - E. Allard/ ouvrage publié sous les auspices/ du Ministère des Travaux Publics et sous la direction de/ M. Léonce Reynaud/ Inspecteur général des Ponts et Chaussées/ Tome Premier: Routes et Ponts/ par/ Félix Lucas et Victor Fournié/ Ingénieurs en Chef des Ponts et Chaussées/ avec 50 planches phototypées, 100 gravures et une carte en chromolithographie/ Paris/ J. Rothschild, Éditeur 13 rue des Saints-Pères, 13 M DCCC LXXXIII and the album is divided as follows: Préface, dated 'novembre 1879' - Léonce Reynaud (biographical note on Léonce Reynaud) with lithograph glued and signed by Jules Lefebre and Léon Gaucherel - Routes et Ponts. Introduction - Chapitre Premier. Époque Gallo-Romaine - Chapitre II. Le Moyen Age et les Temps Modernes - Chapitre III. Époque contemporaine - Chapitre IV. Statistique - Explications des planches - Table des matières - Table alphabétique des matières, des figures et des 50 planches. The 50 plates are listed as follows: I Défilé de la CLue de Saint-André, près de Nice (Alpes-Maritimes) II Gorges de La Loue (Doubs) III Route Nationale no 20, dans les Pyrénées (Ariège) IV Souterrain de Duranus (Alpes-Maritimes) V Défil de Lantosque (Alpes-Maritimes) VI Grotte du Mas-d'Azil ou de l'Arize (Ariège) VII Chemin de la Corniche à Marseille VIII Route de la Grande Chartreuse (Isère) IX Détroit du Cieix (Savoie) XI Route dans la Vallée du Tech (Pyrénées-Orientales) XII Pont de Valentré, sur le Lot, à Cahors XIII Pont-neuf, sur la Seine, à Paris XIV Pont de Bétharram (Basses-Pyrénées) XV Pont du Gouedic (Côtes-du-Nord) XVI Ponte Nuovo (Corse) XVII Pont de Lavaur (Tarn) XVIII Pont Saint-Louis XIX Pont de Bordeaux XX Pont de Vieille-Brioude (Haute-Loire) XXI Viaduc de Dinan (Côtes-du-Nord) XXII Pont des Invalides, sur la Seine, à Paris XXIII Pont de l'Alma, sur la Seine, à Paris XXIV Viaduc sur le Torrent de Saint-Ferréol (Alpes-Maritimes) XXV Pont de Mascas, sur la Vésubie (Alpes-Maritimes) XXVI Pont de Saint-Sauveur (Hautes-Pyrénées) XXVII Pont-Viaduc du Point-du-Jour, à Paris XXVIII Pont-neuf à Albi (Tarn) XXIX Pont de Chaabet-El-Akhra (Constantine) XXX Viaduc du Duzon (Ardèche) XXXI Pont de Pau (Pont de Jurançon) XXXII Ponts de Claix (Isère) XXXIII Pont de la Trinité XXXIV Pont des Saints-Pères, à Paris XXXV Pont d'Arcole, à Paris XXXVI Pont Saint-Esprit, sur le Rhone (Gard) XXXVII Pont de Solferino, à Paris XXXVIII Pont de la Grande-Jatte (Seine) XXXIX Pont Saint-Louis, à Paris XL Pont du Var, près de Nice (Alpes-Maritimes) XLI Pont d'El Kantara, à Constantine XLII Pont de Vichy, sur l'Allier (Allier) XLIII Pont Garibaldi, sur le Paillon, à Nice XLIV Pont de Clichy-La-Garenne (Seine) XLV Pont de Grenelle, sur la Seine, à Paris XLVI Pont Sully, sur la Seine, à Paris XLVII Pont de La Roche-Bernard (Morbihan) XLVIII Pont de Saint-Christophe sur le Scorff (Morbihan) XLIX Pont de La Mescla, sur le Var (Alpes-Maritimes) L Pont tournant des bassins de Radoub de Marseille
engineering, topographic
between 1876-1883
Les Travaux Publics de la France. Tome 1. Routes et Ponts
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PH1978:0040.01
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First of a series of five illustrated volumes, this album contains mounted plates, engravings and maps, and depicts bridges, viaducts, railways and roads mainly in France (one in Corsica), and two in Constantine, Algeria. Album (Tome I) is titled as follows: Les Travaux Publics de la France. Route et Ponts - Chemins de fer - Rivières et canaux/ Ports de mer - Phares et balises/ par/ MM. F. Lucas et V. Fournié - Ed. Collignon - H. de Lagrené/ Voisin Bey - E. Allard/ ouvrage publié sous les auspices/ du Ministère des Travaux Publics et sous la direction de/ M. Léonce Reynaud/ Inspecteur général des Ponts et Chaussées/ Tome Premier: Routes et Ponts/ par/ Félix Lucas et Victor Fournié/ Ingénieurs en Chef des Ponts et Chaussées/ avec 50 planches phototypées, 100 gravures et une carte en chromolithographie/ Paris/ J. Rothschild, Éditeur 13 rue des Saints-Pères, 13 M DCCC LXXXIII and the album is divided as follows: Préface, dated 'novembre 1879' - Léonce Reynaud (biographical note on Léonce Reynaud) with lithograph glued and signed by Jules Lefebre and Léon Gaucherel - Routes et Ponts. Introduction - Chapitre Premier. Époque Gallo-Romaine - Chapitre II. Le Moyen Age et les Temps Modernes - Chapitre III. Époque contemporaine - Chapitre IV. Statistique - Explications des planches - Table des matières - Table alphabétique des matières, des figures et des 50 planches. The 50 plates are listed as follows: I Défilé de la CLue de Saint-André, près de Nice (Alpes-Maritimes) II Gorges de La Loue (Doubs) III Route Nationale no 20, dans les Pyrénées (Ariège) IV Souterrain de Duranus (Alpes-Maritimes) V Défil de Lantosque (Alpes-Maritimes) VI Grotte du Mas-d'Azil ou de l'Arize (Ariège) VII Chemin de la Corniche à Marseille VIII Route de la Grande Chartreuse (Isère) IX Détroit du Cieix (Savoie) XI Route dans la Vallée du Tech (Pyrénées-Orientales) XII Pont de Valentré, sur le Lot, à Cahors XIII Pont-neuf, sur la Seine, à Paris XIV Pont de Bétharram (Basses-Pyrénées) XV Pont du Gouedic (Côtes-du-Nord) XVI Ponte Nuovo (Corse) XVII Pont de Lavaur (Tarn) XVIII Pont Saint-Louis XIX Pont de Bordeaux XX Pont de Vieille-Brioude (Haute-Loire) XXI Viaduc de Dinan (Côtes-du-Nord) XXII Pont des Invalides, sur la Seine, à Paris XXIII Pont de l'Alma, sur la Seine, à Paris XXIV Viaduc sur le Torrent de Saint-Ferréol (Alpes-Maritimes) XXV Pont de Mascas, sur la Vésubie (Alpes-Maritimes) XXVI Pont de Saint-Sauveur (Hautes-Pyrénées) XXVII Pont-Viaduc du Point-du-Jour, à Paris XXVIII Pont-neuf à Albi (Tarn) XXIX Pont de Chaabet-El-Akhra (Constantine) XXX Viaduc du Duzon (Ardèche) XXXI Pont de Pau (Pont de Jurançon) XXXII Ponts de Claix (Isère) XXXIII Pont de la Trinité XXXIV Pont des Saints-Pères, à Paris XXXV Pont d'Arcole, à Paris XXXVI Pont Saint-Esprit, sur le Rhone (Gard) XXXVII Pont de Solferino, à Paris XXXVIII Pont de la Grande-Jatte (Seine) XXXIX Pont Saint-Louis, à Paris XL Pont du Var, près de Nice (Alpes-Maritimes) XLI Pont d'El Kantara, à Constantine XLII Pont de Vichy, sur l'Allier (Allier) XLIII Pont Garibaldi, sur le Paillon, à Nice XLIV Pont de Clichy-La-Garenne (Seine) XLV Pont de Grenelle, sur la Seine, à Paris XLVI Pont Sully, sur la Seine, à Paris XLVII Pont de La Roche-Bernard (Morbihan) XLVIII Pont de Saint-Christophe sur le Scorff (Morbihan) XLIX Pont de La Mescla, sur le Var (Alpes-Maritimes) L Pont tournant des bassins de Radoub de Marseille
photographs
between 1876-1883
engineering, topographic
journals and magazines
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1 online resource
Chicago, Ill. : University of Chicago Press, 1975-
journals and magazines
Chicago, Ill. : University of Chicago Press, 1975-
books
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192 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
London : Laurence King, 2008.
Signs : lettering in the environment / Phil Baines & Catherine Dixon.
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192 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
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London : Laurence King, 2008.
archives
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x, 86 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm
Mechanicsburg, PA : Stackpole Books, ©2000.
Hex signs : Pennsylvania Dutch barn symbols & their meaning / Don Yoder & Thomas E. Graves.
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x, 86 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm
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Mechanicsburg, PA : Stackpole Books, ©2000.