Material from Hermann Finsterlin mostly for Die gläserne Kette

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People:

Hermann Finsterlin (author)
Hermann Finsterlin (correspondence writer)
Hermann Finsterlin (draughtsman)
Die gläserne Kette (correspondence writers)
Die gläserne Kette (archive creator)

Title:

Material from Hermann Finsterlin mostly for Die gläserne Kette

Date:

1919-1920

Description:

Part of a miscellaneous group of visual and textual documents collected by Oswald Mathias Ungers, apparently to represent the work of artists/architects in Die gläserne Kette. This group includes theoretical texts and illustrations from Die gläserne Kette, as well as other correspondence. Most of the works are mimeographs.

Form:
drawings
textual records

Quantity / Object type:
1 file(s)

Extent and medium:

12 textual records
4 drawings

Dimensions:

sheet (smallest [some irreg.]): 10,6 x 14,8 cm sheet (largest [some irreg.]): 28,5 x 22,6 cm

Reference number:

DR1988:0022:001-010

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

All of the sheets have old folds, and some have folded corners, stains, and small tears along the edges. Five of the reproductions of letters are one page in length. The sixth, DR1988:0022:006:001-003, has three pages which are attached by a paper clip, and the seventh DR1988:0022:010:001-002, is two pages in length.

Inscription:

signed - by the draughtsman, in pen and black ink, on the originals or the mimeograph copies, in various locations: "Prometh." or "Prometheus" inscribed - on DR1988:0022:001, by the draughtsman, on the original, c.: "das Haus der 8 Gesellen. / [...]" inscribed - on DR1988:0022:003, by the draughtsman, on the original, l.c.: with text in German inscribed - on DR1988:0022:004, by the draughtsman, on the original, l.c.: with text in German

Location:

Germany

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

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