Photograph of a perspective drawing for the House of Political Prisoners of Tsarism, Kharkov, Soviet Union (now in Ukraine)

People:

N. Podgorny (role unspecified)
Georges Dedoyard (photographer)

Title:

Photograph of a perspective drawing for the House of Political Prisoners of Tsarism, Kharkov, Soviet Union (now in Ukraine)

Date:

September 1932

Description:

- There is a sketch in graphite on the verso of the photograph, apparently a block plan of the project. The sketch may be by N. Podgorny, then Chief of Urban Services in Kharkov, since he was involved in the U.S.S.R. Study Tour as one of the Soviet architects that had meetings and conferences with study tour members ('L'Architecture d'aujourd'hui', p. 74).

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Stage and Purpose:

presentation drawing (proposal)

Technique and media:

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions:

comp.: 11.4 x 15.9 cm

Reference number:

PH1987:0700

Drawing Type:

rendering

Method of Projection:

perspective drawing

Point of View:

exterior view

Inscription:

imprinted - in the image, with title, u.l.: "BUD [vertically] POLITKATORZHAN / V MISTI KHARKOVI" [HOUSE [vertically] FOR THE POLITICAL PRISONERS OF TSARISM / IN CITY KHARKOV] signed and dated - by the architect, in the image, l.r.: "Arkhitektor-khudozhnik / N. Podgorny / 1932" [Architect-artist / N. Podgorny / 1932] signed - by the architect ? in graphite, on the print, verso, from t. to c.: "N. Podgorny [in Cyrillic] / N. Podgorny"

Location:

Kharkov; Ukraine;

Subject:

architecture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

apartment house
architectural drawing

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

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