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Desert Gardens

Desert Gardens

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People

  • Gene Summers (creator)
  • Ridgway Ltd. (architectural firm)
  • Gene Summers (archive creator)

Title

Desert Gardens

Dates of creation

1958 - 1982

Level of archival description

File 18

Extent and Medium

  • 181 drawings including 56 reprographic copies
  • 5 photographic materials
  • 6 maps
  • 0.03 l.m. of textual records

Scope and Content

An unrealized project for a desert resort on a 200 acre property at the foot of the Santa Rosa Mountains at La Quinta, California.

Reference Number

AP114.S1.SS1.D18

Arrangement

The records in this project series has been arranged by material type.

Location

La Quinta California United States

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    • Reference Number: ARCH196264
    • Title: Zoning maps
    • Dates of creation: circa 1980 - 1983
    • Form: maps
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Gene Summers (archive creator)

    Description:

    Zoning maps for the cities of Rancho Mirage (1), Indian Wells (2, ordinances dated 1958 and 1979), Cathedral City - Palm Desert district (2), and Bermuda Dunes district (1, ordinance dated 1960).

    Quantity / Object type:

    6 map(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 6 maps with annotations

    Technique and media:

    Diazoprints annotated with yellow marker

    Dimensions:

    sheets (smallest): 48 x 64 cm sheets (largest): 108 x 107 cm

    Credit line:

    Gene Summers fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Gene Summers/
    Gift of Gene Summers

    Folder Number:

    114-016-003 M

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    • Reference Number: ARCH196270
    • Title: Roof plans and elevations for housing units
    • Form: drawings
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Gene Summers (archive creator)

    Quantity / Object type:

    4 drawing(s)

    Stage and Purpose:

    • conceptual drawings

    Extent and Medium:

    • 4 drawings

    Technique and media:

    3 ink on trace; 1 graphite and ink on yellow lined paper

    Dimensions:

    sheets (smallest): 16 x 19 cm sheet (largest): 23 x 35 cm

    Credit line:

    Gene Summers fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Gene Summers/
    Gift of Gene Summers

    Folder Number:

    114-009-007 S

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    • Reference Number: ARCH196274
    • Title: Perspective sketches and elevations for front gates and housing units; isometric view of housing unit
    • Form: drawings
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Gene Summers (archive creator)

    Quantity / Object type:

    19 drawing(s)

    Stage and Purpose:

    • conceptual drawings

    Extent and Medium:

    • 19 drawings

    Technique and media:

    Ink on tracing paper

    Dimensions:

    sheets (largest): 26 x 57 cm

    Physical Description:

    Various dimensions

    Credit line:

    Gene Summers fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Gene Summers/
    Gift of Gene Summers

    Folder Number:

    114-007-005 S

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    • Reference Number: ARCH196293
    • Title: Section for interior of housing unit
    • Form: drawings
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Gene Summers (archive creator)

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 drawing(s)

    Stage and Purpose:

    • conceptual drawing

    Extent and Medium:

    • 1 drawing

    Technique and media:

    Ink and coloured pencil on tracing paper

    Dimensions:

    sheet: 32 x 63.5 cm

    Credit line:

    Gene Summers fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Gene Summers/
    Gift of Gene Summers

    Folder Number:

    114-007-006 S

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    • Reference Number: ARCH196313
    • Title: The Gardens
    • Dates of creation: 1980
    • Form: drawings
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Gene Summers (archive creator)

    Description:

    Perspective study of Desert Gardens project.

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 drawing(s)

    Stage and Purpose:

    • conceptual drawing

    Extent and Medium:

    • 1 drawing

    Technique and media:

    Coloured pencil on paper (matted)

    Dimensions:

    69 x 112 cm

    Inscription:

    dated and signed

    Credit line:

    Gene Summers fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Gene Summers/
    Gift of Gene Summers

    Folder Number:

    114-016-004 M

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    • Reference Number: ARCH196314
    • Title: Study · Inner Court ·The Gardens
    • Dates of creation: 1980
    • Form: drawings
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Gene Summers (archive creator)

    Description:

    Perspective study for Desert Gardens.

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 study(ies)

    Stage and Purpose:

    • studies (visual works)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 1 drawing

    Technique and media:

    Ink and coloured pencil on tracing vellum (matted)

    Dimensions:

    75 x 106 cm

    Inscription:

    dated and signed

    Credit line:

    Gene Summers fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Gene Summers/
    Gift of Gene Summers

    Folder Number:

    114-016-005 M

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    • Reference Number: ARCH196315
    • Title: Court 6 @ the Gardens
    • Dates of creation: 1981
    • Form: drawings
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Gene Summers (draughtsman)
    • Gene Summers (archive creator)

    Description:

    One of 7 “courtyard studies of light and colour.”

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 study(ies)

    Stage and Purpose:

    • studies (visual works)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 1 drawing

    Technique and media:

    Pastel on paper

    Dimensions:

    64 x 98.5 cm

    Inscription:

    dated and signed

    Credit line:

    Gene Summers fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Gene Summers/
    Gift of Gene Summers

    Folder Number:

    114-030-006 M

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    • Reference Number: ARCH196317
    • Title: Court @ the Gardens
    • Dates of creation: 1980-1981
    • Form: drawings
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Gene Summers (draughtsman)
    • Gene Summers (archive creator)

    Description:

    One of 7 “courtyard studies of light and colour.”

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 study(ies)

    Stage and Purpose:

    • studies (visual works)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 1 drawing

    Technique and media:

    Pastel on paper

    Dimensions:

    64 x 98.5 cm

    Inscription:

    dated and signed

    Credit line:

    Gene Summers fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Gene Summers/
    Gift of Gene Summers

    Folder Number:

    114-030-007 M

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    • Reference Number: ARCH196318
    • Title: Court 2 @ the Gardens
    • Dates of creation: 1980
    • Form: drawings
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Gene Summers (draughtsman)
    • Gene Summers (archive creator)

    Description:

    One of 7 “courtyard studies of light and colour.”

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 study(ies)

    Stage and Purpose:

    • studies (visual works)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 1 drawing

    Technique and media:

    Graphite on oil pastel on wove paper

    Dimensions:

    64 x 98.5 cm

    Inscription:

    dated and signed

    Credit line:

    Gene Summers fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Gene Summers/
    Gift of Gene Summers

    Folder Number:

    114-030-008 M

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    • Reference Number: ARCH196319
    • Title: Court 3 @ the Gardens
    • Dates of creation: 1980
    • Form: drawings
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Gene Summers (draughtsman)
    • Gene Summers (archive creator)

    Description:

    One of 7 “courtyard studies of light and colour.”

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 study(ies)

    Stage and Purpose:

    • studies (visual works)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 1 drawing

    Technique and media:

    Pastel on paper

    Dimensions:

    64 x 98.5 cm

    Inscription:

    dated and signed

    Credit line:

    Gene Summers fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Gene Summers/
    Gift of Gene Summers

    Folder Number:

    114-030-009 M

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    • Reference Number: ARCH196320
    • Title: Court 4 @ the Gardens
    • Dates of creation: 1980
    • Form: drawings
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Gene Summers (draughtsman)
    • Gene Summers (archive creator)

    Description:

    One of 7 “courtyard studies of light and colour.”

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 study(ies)

    Stage and Purpose:

    • studies (visual works)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 1 drawing

    Technique and media:

    Pastel on paper

    Dimensions:

    64 x 98.5 cm

    Inscription:

    dated and signed

    Credit line:

    Gene Summers fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Gene Summers/
    Gift of Gene Summers

    Folder Number:

    114-016-010 M

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    • Reference Number: ARCH196321
    • Title: Floor plans and roof plans for housing units
    • Form: drawings
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Gene Summers (archive creator)

    Quantity / Object type:

    9 drawing(s)

    Stage and Purpose:

    • conceptual drawings

    Extent and Medium:

    • 9 drawings

    Technique and media:

    Ink on paper

    Dimensions:

    sheets: 23 x 30.5 cm

    Credit line:

    Gene Summers fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Gene Summers/
    Gift of Gene Summers

    Folder Number:

    114-009-008 S

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    • Reference Number: ARCH196330
    • Title: Floor plans, roof plans and elevations for meeting rooms and guest room wing; details for furniture
    • Form: drawings
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Gene Summers (archive creator)

    Quantity / Object type:

    19 drawing(s)

    Stage and Purpose:

    • conceptual drawings

    Extent and Medium:

    • 19 drawings

    Technique and media:

    Ink on tracing vellum

    Dimensions:

    sheets: 27.5 x 43 cm

    Credit line:

    Gene Summers fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Gene Summers/
    Gift of Gene Summers

    Folder Number:

    114-009-009 S

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    • Reference Number: ARCH196348
    • Title: Elevations and floor plans for housing units
    • Form: drawings
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Gene Summers (archive creator)

    Quantity / Object type:

    12 drawing(s)

    Stage and Purpose:

    • preliminary drawings

    Extent and Medium:

    • 12 drawings

    Technique and media:

    Ink on tracing vellum

    Dimensions:

    sheets: 28 x 43 cm

    Credit line:

    Gene Summers fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Gene Summers/
    Gift of Gene Summers

    Folder Number:

    114-009-010 S

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    • Reference Number: ARCH196360
    • Title: Elevations and floor plans for housing units
    • Form: drawings
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Gene Summers (archive creator)

    Quantity / Object type:

    8 drawing(s)

    Stage and Purpose:

    • preliminary drawings

    Extent and Medium:

    • 8 drawings

    Technique and media:

    Ink on tracing paper with white corrector fluid and photocopy overlay

    Dimensions:

    sheets (largest): 61 x 79 cm

    Physical Description:

    various dimensions

    Credit line:

    Gene Summers fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Gene Summers/
    Gift of Gene Summers

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    • Reference Number: ARCH196368
    • Title: Floor plans for housing units
    • Form: drawings
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Gene Summers (archive creator)

    Description:

    Floor plans for housing units; elevations for main gates and housing units; plans for courtyard and gardens.

    Quantity / Object type:

    6 drawing(s)

    Stage and Purpose:

    • preliminary drawings

    Extent and Medium:

    • 6 drawings

    Technique and media:

    Ink and graphite on tracing vellum

    Dimensions:

    sheets: 77 x 113 cm

    Credit line:

    Gene Summers fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Gene Summers/
    Gift of Gene Summers

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    • Reference Number: ARCH196374
    • Title: Floor plans for housing units
    • Form: drawings
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Gene Summers (archive creator)

    Quantity / Object type:

    18 drawing(s)

    Stage and Purpose:

    • preliminary drawings

    Extent and Medium:

    • 18 reprographic copies some with annotations

    Technique and media:

    Photocopies, 9 annotated in red ink.

    Dimensions:

    sheets: 27 x 21,5 cm

    Credit line:

    Gene Summers fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Gene Summers/
    Gift of Gene Summers

    Folder Number:

    114-009-011 S

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    • Reference Number: ARCH196392
    • Title: Floor plan proposals for multiple housing units
    • Form: drawings
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Gene Summers (archive creator)

    Quantity / Object type:

    18 drawing(s)

    Stage and Purpose:

    • presentation drawings (proposals)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 18 drawings some with annotations

    Technique and media:

    Positive photostat prints mounted on paper, some with annotations in ink

    Dimensions:

    secondary supports (approx.): 22 x 28 cm

    Credit line:

    Gene Summers fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Gene Summers/
    Gift of Gene Summers

    Folder Number:

    114-009-011a S

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    • Reference Number: ARCH196412
    • Title: Site plans and plot plans for the Desert Gardens development; roof plans, floor plans and elevations for housing units
    • Form: drawings
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Gene Summers (archive creator)

    Quantity / Object type:

    22 flat(s)

    Stage and Purpose:

    • presentation drawings (proposals)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 14 reprographic copies

    Technique and media:

    Flats and flats with goldenrod masking paper

    Dimensions:

    sheets (smallest): 20 x 30 cm sheets (largest): 50 x 61 cm

    Credit line:

    Gene Summers fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Gene Summers/
    Gift of Gene Summers

    Folder Number:

    114-007-007 S

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    • Reference Number: ARCH196434
    • Title: Site plans for proposed Desert Gardens project
    • Form: drawings
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Gene Summers (archive creator)

    Description:

    Site plans for proposed Desert Gardens project; floor plans, roof plan and elevations for housing units.

    Quantity / Object type:

    24 reprographic copy(ies)

    Stage and Purpose:

    • presentation drawings (proposals)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 24 reprographic copies

    Technique and media:

    Positive photostat prints

    Dimensions:

    sheets (smallest): 15.5 x 40 cm sheets (largest): 47 x 61 cm

    Credit line:

    Gene Summers fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Gene Summers/
    Gift of Gene Summers

    Folder Number:

    114-007-008 S

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    • Reference Number: ARCH196458
    • Title: Perspective watercolour and site plan illustrated in pen and ink with watercolours
    • Form: photographs
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Gene Summers (archive creator)

    Quantity / Object type:

    2 transparency(ies)

    Stage and Purpose:

    • presentation drawings (proposals)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 2 transparencies

    Technique and media:

    Transparencies

    Dimensions:

    transparencies: 10 x 12.5 cm

    Credit line:

    Gene Summers fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Gene Summers/
    Gift of Gene Summers

    Folder Number:

    114-015-013 T

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    • Reference Number: ARCH196460
    • Title: Aerial view of proposed Desert Gardens site at La Quinta, CA
    • Form: photographs
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Gene Summers (archive creator)

    Quantity / Object type:

    3 photograph(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 3 photographs

    Technique and media:

    Gelatin silver prints

    Dimensions:

    sheet (smallest): 28 x 35,5 cm sheets (largest): 51 x 61 cm

    Credit line:

    Gene Summers fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Gene Summers/
    Gift of Gene Summers

    Folder Number:

    114-031-009 S

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    • Reference Number: ARCH196463
    • Title: Sunglow
    • Form: textual records
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Gene Summers (archive creator)

    Description:

    Eight-page colour brochure for Sunglow, ranch and residential development at the foot of the Santa Jacinta mountains, near Palm Springs, CA.

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 textual record(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 0.01 l.m. of textual records

    Technique and media:

    Printed material

    Dimensions:

    pamphlet: 28 x 28 cm

    Document Type:

    • brochures

    Credit line:

    Gene Summers fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Gene Summers/
    Gift of Gene Summers

    Folder Number:

    114-009-012 S

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    • Reference Number: ARCH196464
    • Title: “Cash flow” grid for Desert Gardens project
    • Dates of creation: 1982
    • Form: textual records
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Gene Summers (archive creator)

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 textual record(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 0.01 l.m. of texual records

    Technique and media:

    Photocopy on tracing vellum with graphite annotations

    Dimensions:

    sheets: 22 x 35,5 cm

    Physical Description:

    2 sheets

    Inscription:

    dated

    Credit line:

    Gene Summers fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Gene Summers/
    Gift of Gene Summers

    Folder Number:

    114-009-013 S

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    • Reference Number: ARCH196465
    • Title: Notes for cost to square foot on various Desert Gardens housing units
    • Form: textual records
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Gene Summers (archive creator)

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 manuscript(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 0.01 l.m. of textual records

    Technique and media:

    Ink and graphite on yellow lined paper

    Dimensions:

    sheet: 21.5 x 28 cm

    Credit line:

    Gene Summers fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Gene Summers/
    Gift of Gene Summers

    Folder Number:

    114-009--011b S

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    • Reference Number: ARCH263565
    • Title: Plans and perspective sketches for Desert Gardens project
    • Dates of creation: 1980
    • Form: drawings
    • Catalogued items within this file 20

    People:

    • Gene Summers (draughtsman)
    • Ridgway Ltd. (architectural firm)
    • Gene Summers (archive creator)

    Quantity / Object type:

    20 drawing(s)

    Stage and Purpose:

    • conceptual drawings

    Extent and Medium:

    • 20 drawings

    Technique and media:

    Coloured pencil, ink and graphite on tracing paper mounted on board

    Dimensions:

    secondary supports (approx.): 30 x 45 cm

    Inscription:

    dated and Initialled

    Credit line:

    Gene Summers fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Gene Summers/
    Gift of Gene Summers

    Folder Number:

    114-005-005 S

    Objects that have been catalogued:

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    • Reference Number: ARCH264285
    • Title: Court 5 @ the Gardens
    • Dates of creation: 1980-1981
    • Form: drawings
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Gene Summers (draughtsman)
    • Gene Summers (archive creator)

    Description:

    One of 7 “courtyard studies of light and colour.”

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 study(ies)

    Stage and Purpose:

    • studies (visual works)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 1 drawing

    Technique and media:

    Pastel on paper

    Dimensions:

    64 x 98.5 cm

    Inscription:

    dated and signed

    Credit line:

    Gene Summers fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Gene Summers/
    Gift of Gene Summers

    Folder Number:

    114-030-012 M

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    • Reference Number: ARCH264286
    • Title: Court 7 @ the Gardens
    • Dates of creation: 1981
    • Form: drawings
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Gene Summers (draughtsman)
    • Gene Summers (archive creator)

    Description:

    One of 7 "courtyard studies of light and colour.”

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 study(ies)

    Stage and Purpose:

    • studies (visual works)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 1 drawing

    Technique and media:

    Pastel on paper

    Dimensions:

    64 x 98.5 cm

    Inscription:

    dated and signed

    Credit line:

    Gene Summers fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Gene Summers/
    Gift of Gene Summers

    Folder Number:

    114-016-011 M

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