Photograph of a perspective drawing for a Square of Mass Activities for the first round of competition for a Palace of Soviets, Moscow

People:

Unknown (photographer)
Boris Mikhailovich Iofan (role unspecified)

Title:

Photograph of a perspective drawing for a Square of Mass Activities for the first round of competition for a Palace of Soviets, Moscow

Date:

after February 1931

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Stage and Purpose:

competition drawing

Technique and media:

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions:

comp.: 18.1 x 26.7 cm

Reference number:

PH1998:0026:001

Drawing Type:

rendering

Method of Projection:

perspective drawing

Point of View:

exterior view

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- The print has been trimmed unevenly. Tear at the c.r. of the print.

Inscription:

imprinted and numbered - in the image, l.l.: "CHERT[EZH]. No 19." [DRAW[ING]. No 19]; and b.: with title inscribed, numbered and dated - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the print, verso, t.: "Iofan I tur" [Iofan I round; erased]; and t. to u.c.: "B. Iofan"; with title; and "I tur. 1931g[od]. [sic]"[I round. 1931y[ear]. [sic]]

Location:

Moscow; Russia (Federation);

Subject:

architecture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

square (open space)
assembly hall
auditorium
concert hall
dining hall
architectural drawing
theatre

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Howard Schickler et David Lafaille/
Gift of Howard Schickler and David Lafaille

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