Competition panel for the Lehigh Airports Competition: Aerial perspective, elevations and sections

People:

Lloyd Wright (draughtsman)
Lloyd Wright (architect)

Title:

Competition panel for the Lehigh Airports Competition: Aerial perspective, elevations and sections

Date:

1929

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 drawing(s)

Stage and Purpose:

competition drawing
presentation drawing (proposal)

Technique and media:

Pen and black ink with black and grey washes and gouache over graphite on stiff board plume et encre noire, lavis et gouache noir et gris et graphite sur carton fort

Dimensions:

sheet: 76.5 x 56.0 cm

Reference number:

DR1987:0359

Drawing Type:

line drawings
mechanical drawing (tool-aided drawing)
rendering

Method of Projection:

perspective drawing
cross sections
longitudinal section
elevations (drawings)

Point of View:

bird's-eye view
exterior view

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Cardboard has losses at the corners where it was mounted with thumbtacks, and several small tears which have been repaired with tape.

Inscription:

inscribed - by the draughtsman, in white gouache over graphite, u.c.: "LEHIGH"; in pen and black ink over graphite, b.: with title; and in pen and black ink and pen and black wash, throughout the lower half of the work: with identification of features and rooms labelled - in typescript, on a paper label, b.: "LLOYD WRIGHT, 858 DOHENY DRIVE, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA." inscribed - by the draughtsman ? in blue pencil, verso, c.: "Lloyd Wright / 858 Doheny Drive / Los Angeles / Calif" numbered - by the draughtsman ? in graphite and green pencil, verso, u.l.: "68 / 2" [each within a circle]

Subject:

architecture

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

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