Design for a monument with two colossal figures and a reflecting pool

People:

Pol Gosset (draughtsman)
Pol Gosset (architect)

Title:

Design for a monument with two colossal figures and a reflecting pool

Date:

1930s

Description:

- This drawing is one of four drawings for monumental structures by Pol Gosset, DR1987:0019 - DR1987:0022. All of the structures are enormous in scale and impractical in design.

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 drawing(s)

Stage and Purpose:

design development drawing

Technique and media:

Pen and black ink with sepia wash, blue watercolour and white gouache over graphite, with some charcoal

Dimensions:

sheet: 54.0 x 37.0 cm

Reference number:

DR1987:0020

Drawing Type:

finished drawing

Method of Projection:

perspective drawing

Inscription:

numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, verso, u.l.: "49" stamped - blind embossed with a partially legible circular mark, u.r.: "... ET MONTGOLF[IE]R ... / AVIS B"

Subject:

architecture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

stairs
sculpture
monument
Modern Movement

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

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