L'architecture vivante, 1931.

approximately 60 leaves : illustrations, plans ; 30 x 22 cm or smaller

Exhibited: "1973: désolé, plus d'essence = 1973: sorry, out of gas", Centre canadien d'architecture, Nov. 7, 2007-Apr. 20, 2008.

Maquette of the eventual automne & hiver 1931 issue of Architecture vivante devoted to the work of Walter Gropius, with annotations and manuscripts by Gropius and Jean Badovici, and original photographs by Lucia Moholy, Renger-Patzsch, Consemüller and others. Includes table of contents in ms.; 10 ruled sheets containing Badovici's ms. text for his introductory essay, l'Architecture en Allemagne"; the paginated plan pages with mounted blueprints and plans of Gropius projects, annotated by Badovici and Gropius; 25 plate pages of mounted photographs with annotations by Badovici and a ms. comment and identification by Gropius on all but two plates; and 4 letters from Gropius to Badovici, each signed "Gropius."

Swiss Architects.
Romanian Architects.

Essays.
Letters (correspondence)
Blueprints (reprographic copies)
Black-and-white photographs.
Manuscripts (document genre)
Annotations.

Gropius, Walter, 1883-1969.
Badovici, Jean.
Moholy, Lucia.
Renger-Patzsch, Albert.
Consemüller, Erich, 1902-1957.
Badovici, Jean. Architecture en allemagne.
Architecture vivante. Automne & hiver, 1931.

Location: Library cage m 23524
Call No.: W14110
Status: Available