"Flagrant Délit", used for the cover of "Delirious New York" by Rem Koolhaas

People:

Madelon Vriesendorp (painter (artist))
Rem Koolhaas (author)
Raymond Mathewson Hood (architect)
Shreve, Lamb & Harmon (architectural firm)
William Van Alen (architect)

Title:

"Flagrant Délit", used for the cover of "Delirious New York" by Rem Koolhaas

Date:

March 1975

Form:
works of art

Quantity / Object type:
1 painting(s)

Stage and Purpose:

presentation drawing (proposal)
theoretical drawing

Technique and media:

Watercolour, gouache, fibre tip pen and coloured ink, metallic ink, pen and black ink and graphite on illustration board

Dimensions:

sheet: 53.9 x 69.9 cm (21 1/4 x 27 1/2 in.) mat: 62,23 × 76,52 cm

Reference number:

DR1984:1553

Drawing Type:

line drawing
mechanical drawing (tool-aided drawing)
freehand drawing
rendering

Method of Projection:

interior perspective

Point of View:

exterior view
interior view

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Edges of the painting are unfinished.

Inscription:

signed and dated - by the artist, in pen and black ink, on the sheet, l.r.: with signature and "'7.5 [sic]"; in graphite, l.r.: with signature and "March 1975"; and in graphite, l.r.: with signature and date [erased]

Location:

New York (City); New York; United States;

Subject:

architecture
painting

Subject Descriptive Terms:

door
window
lamp (lighting device)
bed (furniture)
skyscrapers
paintings
theoretical drawing
night table
spotlights

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de/Gift of Philotecton, U.S.A., Inc. Ridgway, Ltd., and Biltmore, J.V.

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