Bird's-eye perspective for Village Polychrome, near Biot, France

People:

André Bruyère (draughtsman)
André Bruyère (architect)
Fernand Léger (artist)
Francisco de Assis Chateaubriand Bandeira de Melo (client)
Francisco de Assis Chateaubriand Bandeira de Melo (patron)

Title:

Bird's-eye perspective for Village Polychrome, near Biot, France

Date:

1952-1953

Description:

- Two groups of four pastel drawings were originally produced in connection with the Village Polychrome project. The architect André Bruyère had retained one group, while the other was given to the patron and client, Francisco de Assis Chateaubriand Bandeira de Melo, who then donated it to the Sao Paolo Museum of Modern Art. Bruyère subsequently gave one of the four drawings in his group to a friend. The three remaining drawings from Bruyère's group are in the CCA Prints and Drawings collection (DR1996:0001 - DR1996:0003) ("Projet de Village Polychrome, Biot, France").

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 reprographic copy(ies)

Stage and Purpose:

presentation drawing (proposal)

Technique and media:

Diazotype

Dimensions:

sheet (incluant l'extension côté droit): 41,91 × 57,15 cm (16 1/2 × 22 1/2 in.) secondary support: 49,3 × 63,5 cm

Reference number:

DR1996:0005

Drawing Type:

line drawing
freehand drawing

Method of Projection:

perspective drawing
exterior perspective

Point of View:

bird's-eye view
exterior view

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- The sheet is affixed to the secondary support by a type of cotter pin in each corner. There is yellowish white tape affixed to the sheet along the left and right sides for publication purposes. There are erased areas in u.l., u.c. and u.r.

Inscription:

inscribed - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the sheet, u.c.: "REDUIRE [sic] A [sic] / 290 mm." [circled] with publishers' cropping marks inscribed - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the secondary support, u.l.: "Tirage sur papier" numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the tape affixed to the sheet, u.r.: "515" numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the secondary support, verso, u.l.: "4467/ / 15 ve" [sic; upside down]

Subject:

architecture
urban planning

Subject Descriptive Terms:

trees
stairs
walkways

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Gift in memory of Daniel Robbins/
Don à la mémoire de Daniel Robbins

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