Sections 1 to 3 for Monument Hall showing Resurrection Monument, the Chapel of the Holy Cross and a rear elevation for the chapels' office and organ loft, Woodland Crematorium, Woodland Cemetery, Stockholm, Sweden

People:

Erik Gunnar Asplund (architect)
Erik Gunnar Asplund (draughtsman)
Erik Gunnar Asplund (archive creator)

Title:

Date:

1 March 1937

Description:

- Section 1 is for Memorial Hall and the Chapel of the Holy Cross, looking south, showing the hall with the monument (?), the seating, catafalque and organ loft of the chapel, the rooms below the main level and the driveway at the rear of the complex. Section 2 is for the Chapel of the Holy Cross, looking east, showing the organ loft and catafalque. Section 3 is for the Chapel of the Holy Cross looking south showing the garden wall with the mounument in the background and the waiting room of the chapel, the ancillary rooms adjacent to and behind the chapel, the rooms below the main level and the driveway at the rear of the complex. Section cuts 1-3 appear in ground plan DR2000:0007.

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 drawing(s)

Stage and Purpose:

contract drawing

Technique and media:

Pen and black ink with some graphite

Dimensions:

sheet: 49.1 x 131.0 cm

Reference number:

DR2000:0011

Drawing Type:

line drawings
mechanical drawings (tool-aided drawings)

Method of Projection:

sections (orthographic drawings)
exterior elevation

Point of View:

exterior views
interior views

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- A pen and black ink boarder frames the drawings. Pinholes along the t. and b. There is glue residue along the l. and r. edges. There is tape and tape residue at u.l. and u.c. over large tears and at l.r. over a hole in the support. The drawing is folded in 3.

Inscription:

inscribed - by the draughtsman, in pen and black ink, on the sheet, throughout: with drawing names, measurements, scale and a key inscribed - by the architect, in graphite, on the sheet, c.l.: with sight lines ?; and throughout: with crossed-out measurements stamped, inscribed and dated - in purple ink, on the sheet, l.r.: "BYGGNADSENTREPRENADRITNING"; and by an unknown hand, and pen and black ink: "22-6-37." numbered - by the dealer, in graphite, on the sheet, verso, l.r.: "GA84.132" [gallery inventory number for DR2000:0011] numbered - by an unknown hands, in graphite, on the sheet, l.r.: "18" [circled]; and "3" stamped, inscribed, numbered and dated - in purple ink, and by an unknown hand, pen and black ink, on the sheet, l.r.: with title and "151 / STOCKHOLM DEN [1a MARS 1937] / PROF E.G. ASPLUNDS ARKITEKTKONTOR" [text in square parenthesis indicates handwriting; [och] appears as an "o" with a line overtop; the number is a second stamp; the "a" in the date is in superscript] signed - by the architect, pen and black ink, on the sheet, l.r.: with signature

Location:

Stockholm Sweden

Subject:

architecture
interior design
sculpture

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

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