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• Fonds: Melvin Charney fonds, 1947-2012
•    Series: Projects, 1955-2012
•      Project: Tree series, 2001-2003

People

• Melvin Charney (architect)
• Melvin Charney (archive creator)

Title

Tree series

Dates of creation

2001-2003

Level of archival description

Project

Extent and Medium

• 0.02 l.m. of textual records
• 8 photographic materials

Scope and Content

Project series documents an artistic series by Melvin Charney, entitled "Tree series". It includes photographic materials, textual records.

Reference Number

AP041.S1.2001.D1

Arrangement

Material in this series was likely kept in it's original order when it was first processed upon it's arrival at CCA.

Language of material

English

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  • Reference Number: DR2012:0012:055
  • Title: Photomontages from the Tree series
  • Dates of creation: 2000-2003
  • Form: photographs
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Melvin Charney (architect)
  • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 photomontage(s)

  Extent and Medium:

  • 8 photomontages

  Technique and media:

  Dimensions:

  mat (smallest): 50,7 × 40,6 × 0,2 cm mat (largest): 60,7 × 93,8 × 0,2 cm collage (photomontage, smallest): 39,2 × 10,8 cm collage (photomontage, largest): 32 × 85,9 cm

  Credit line:

  Melvin Charney fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
  Don de Dara Charney/
  Gift of Dara Charney
  

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  • Reference Number: DR2012:0012:103:025
  • Title: Notes, reference materials, and a service book for 1949 Passover, Tree series
  • Dates of creation: 1949, 1996, 2003-2009
  • Form: textual records
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

  Description:

  File containing documents in English (predominant), French, and Hebrew, including notes, reference materials, and a service book for 1949 Passover, with references to the following possible projects:
  - Trees on my mind;
  - The plank road photographs;
  - Kawawaki road photos;
  - Tree series;
  - The painted trees;
  - The architectones - 100 years after Malevitch.
  
  Original folder inscribed in graphite: MC STUDIO NOTES / 2009

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 file(s)

  Extent and Medium:

  • 0.01 l.m. of textual records

  Credit line:

  Melvin Charney fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
  Don de Dara Charney/
  Gift of Dara Charney
  

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  • Reference Number: DR2012:0015:025:005
  • Title: Maps of the Main and printout of a review of the a museum in Tel Aviv
  • Dates of creation: 2011
  • Form: textual records
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

  Description:

  File containing documents in English, including a map of the Maritime provinces.
  
  Original folder inscribed in graphite: PHOTO SERIES: MAINE LOCATIONS 1998 TREES, SHORELINE

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 file(s)

  Extent and Medium:

  • 0.01 l.m. of textual records

  Credit line:

  Melvin Charney fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
  Don de Dara Charney/
  Gift of Dara Charney