Perspective view from above for the Brooklyn Museum master plan, fourth phase

People:

Arata Isozaki (draughtsman)
James Stewart Polshek and Partners (associated architectural firm)
Arata Isozaki & Associates (associated architectural firm)

Title:

Perspective view from above for the Brooklyn Museum master plan, fourth phase

Date:

August 1986

Description:

- This drawing is part of a group of 23 drawings by Arata Isozaki, DR1987:0039 - DR1987:0060 and DR1987:0100, for the Brooklyn Museum master plan competition. The drawings are executed in graphite and/or pen and black ink on yellow tracing paper, with the exception fo two drawings on white stationary bearing the letterhead "Arata Isozaki & Associates" (DR1987:0055 and DR1987:0056). The Brooklyn Museum master plan, designed by Arata Isozaki & Associates in collaboration with James Stewart Polshek and Partners, was the winning design in an invitational competition held during the summer of 1986. The competition entry is loosely based on the original master plan by McKim, Mead and White, which was only partially completed.

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 drawing(s)

Stage and Purpose:

design development drawing

Technique and media:

Pen and black ink on laid paper

Dimensions:

sheet: 20.9 x 28.2 cm

Reference number:

DR1987:0056

Drawing Type:

line drawing
sketch

Method of Projection:

perspective drawing

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Support is a sheet of stationary bearing the letterhead of Arata Isozaki & Associates. The corners of the sheet have been reinforced with white paper.

Inscription:

inscribed, dated and signed - by the draughtsman, in pen and black ink, b.: "Final scheme / Aug 86 / ISO" numbered - by the dealer, in graphite, l.r.: "BM 26"; and l.l.: "½ PR AI86.026" [gallery inventory number]

Subject:

architecture

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

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