Visionary design for a tower or capital

People:

Paul Goesch (draughtsman)

Title:

Visionary design for a tower or capital

Date:

21 February 1921

Description:

- Although many of the forms used are fantastic or imaginary, the building resembles a church in the tripartite division of its façade into a central section flanked by two towers.

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 drawing(s)

Stage and Purpose:

theoretical drawing
illustration

Technique and media:

Watercolour over graphite

Dimensions:

sheet: 20.7 x 16.3 cm

Reference number:

DR1988:0068

Drawing Type:

finished drawing

Method of Projection:

pictorial drawing

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- The sheet has been trimmed unevenly and the l.r. corner is folded.

Inscription:

signed - by the draughtsman, in graphite, l.l.: "G" inscribed - the draughtsman, in graphite, verso, u.l.: "Goesch Turm Pfeilerkopf numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, verso, u.c.: "71 / 21. 2. 21"

Subject:

architecture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

tower (single built work)
capital
fantastic architecture
Expressionism

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

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