Visionary design for a capital with branch motifs

People:

Paul Goesch (draughtsman)

Title:

Visionary design for a capital with branch motifs

Date:

circa 1920-1921

Description:

- Design for a capital with several bands of a brown scallop pattern, and two branch motifs.

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 drawing(s)

Stage and Purpose:

theoretical drawing
ornamental drawing

Technique and media:

Graphite and gouache

Dimensions:

sheet: 9.3 x 11.7 cm (3 11/16 x 4 5/8 in.) secondary support: 20.9 x 16.4 cm (8 1/4 x 6 7/16 in.)

Reference number:

DR1988:0234

Drawing Type:

line drawing

Method of Projection:

sketch elevation (drawing)

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- The sheet is glued to a folded sheet of paper at the l.r. corner. An old fold runs horizontally across the c. of the secondary support; apparently it was a folder which enclosed this and possibly other drawings.

Inscription:

inscribed - by the draughtsman, in graphite, u.l.: "Entwurf zu einem Capitäl [sic]"; and l.r.: "Goesch" numbered - the draughtsman, in graphite and purple pencil, verso, u.r.: "(803)" inscribed - on the secondary support, by an unknown hand, in graphite, verso, c.l.: "2 Entwurfe / 50"

Subject:

architecture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

capital
fantastic architecture
Expressionism

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

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