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Fonds Melvin Charney
1947-2012
Fonds
The fonds documents the professional activities of artist/architect Melvin Charney. It includes elements from his primary and post-secondary education, his early career collaborating with established architecture firms in the northeastern United States, Paris, and Montréal, as well as a multitude of art and architecture projects spanning six decades. The fonds also covers his activities as an educator at Université de Montréal, his research and publications, his exhibitions (both group and solo), awards and honours, as well as Melvin Charney’s activities in professional associations and societies.
The fonds contains a considerable amount of textual records, architectural drawings, photographic materials, some models, and a small number of artefacts related to his projects. Textual records consist largely of correspondence, drafts of publications, media coverage and publications, memoranda, notes, and reference and teaching materials. Architectural drawings include conceptual, development, working, and presentation drawings, both in original and reprodured forms. Photographic materials cover largely professional activities, with some personal, family, and travel included as well.
The material in the Melvin Charney fonds is arranged in six series:
AP041.S1 Projects
AP041.S2 Teaching
AP041.S3 Exhibitions
AP041.S4 Publications
AP041.S5 Office documentation
AP041.S6 Professional papers and other materials
Melvin Charney was born in Montréal in 1935. He studied architecture at McGill University (1952-58) and at Yale University (1959). Working as architect, sculptor, artist and photographer Charney has built site-specific installations in Canadian, American and European cities and monumental structures for permanent public spaces, such as the Canadian Tribute to Human Rights in Ottawa, the Canadian Centre for Architecture Garden in Montréal, and Place Berri, also in Montréal. As an artist and photographer he has had his work presented in international contemporary art events such as the Venice Biennial and Documenta in Kasel, as well as in numerous solo and group exhibitions in museums around the world. Charney has also been active as a teacher, at the Université de Montréal, and architectural theorist.
He received the Prix du Québec Paul-Émile Borduas in the visual arts in 1996, the Chevalier de l'Ordre national du Québec in 2003 and the Commandeur of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres from the French government in 2006. He died in 2012 in Montréal.
The first accessions of the Melvin Charney fonds were acquired between 1990 and 1993 by the CCA from Melvin Charney and consists of drawings of his project for the garden of the Canadian Centre for Architecture. From 2001 to 2007, additions to the materials were made either by donations or purchased by the CCA from Dana Alexandra Charney. The material acquired from 1990 to 2007 consists mainly of drawings for various projects and was initially processed in the Prints & Drawings collection.
A larger donation by Dana Alexandra Charney in 2012 led to the creation of the Melvin Charney fonds. All the materials acquired from previous accessions were then transfered and processed in the Archives collection. Other additions to the fonds were made by Dana Alexandra Charney and Ann Charney in the following years until the last donation received by the CCA in 2019.
When citing the collection as a whole, use the following citation:
Melvin Charney fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
When citing specific collection material, please refer to the object’s specific credit line.
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