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A Matter of Terms
Critical Cataloguing, Pierre Jeanneret, CCA archive, United Africa Company, terminology, archival descriptions, changing terms, peon, Chandigarh, India
23 May 2023
A Matter of Terms
Jennifer Préfontaine, Michele Tenzon, Ewan Harrison, Iain Jackson, Claire Tunstall, and Rixt Woudstra discuss changing terms in archival descriptions
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American artist Amie Siegel’s moving image work Provenance (2013) follows the global trade of furniture from Chandigarh in reverse: from the homes of collectors in Europe and North America to sale at auction, restoration, through overseas transport and finally back to India. Originally designed by Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret, the Chandigarh furniture now sells(...)
24 April 2014 , 6pm
Artist’s Talk: Amie Siegel, Provenance
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American artist Amie Siegel’s moving image work Provenance (2013) follows the global trade of furniture from Chandigarh in reverse: from the homes of collectors in Europe and North America to sale at auction, restoration, through overseas transport and finally back to India. Originally designed by Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret, the Chandigarh furniture now sells(...)
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Arthur Erickson fonds
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The Arthur Erickson fonds documents the work and activities of Canadian architect Arthur Erickson between 1947 and 2002 (predominant dates 1963-ca. 2000). It comprises architecture projects records with three hundred ninety-seven projects by Erickson / Massey, Arthur Erickson Architects and Arthur Erickson as a design consultant are documented with drawings, photographs, textual documents and other material. It also includes project administration records, records from Erickson's Toronto, Los Angeles and Vancouver offices, records related to Erickson's professional activities, material related to some of Erickson's student projects, and personal papers.
1947-2002 (predominant 1963-2000)
Arthur Erickson fonds
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The Arthur Erickson fonds documents the work and activities of Canadian architect Arthur Erickson between 1947 and 2002 (predominant dates 1963-ca. 2000). It comprises architecture projects records with three hundred ninety-seven projects by Erickson / Massey, Arthur Erickson Architects and Arthur Erickson as a design consultant are documented with drawings, photographs, textual documents and other material. It also includes project administration records, records from Erickson's Toronto, Los Angeles and Vancouver offices, records related to Erickson's professional activities, material related to some of Erickson's student projects, and personal papers.
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1947-2002 (predominant 1963-2000)
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132 pages : color illustrations, map ; 30 x 41 cm
Ahmedabad : The Mapin, 2000.
Spectacular India / [compiled by Hugh Lauter Levin Associates, Inc., in conjunction with Mapin Pub. Pvt. Ltd. ; editor Charles Schoenfeld].
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132 pages : color illustrations, map ; 30 x 41 cm
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Ahmedabad : The Mapin, 2000.
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143 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm
London : British Library and Howard and Jane Ricketts Collection, 2001.
India : pioneering photographers, 1850-1900 / John Falconer.
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143 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm
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London : British Library and Howard and Jane Ricketts Collection, 2001.
journals and magazines
India perspectives.
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v. : ill. ; 28 cm.
[New Delhi : PTI for the Ministry of External Affairs, 1988]-
journals and magazines
[New Delhi : PTI for the Ministry of External Affairs, 1988]-
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India : photographs and drawings of historical buildings / 100 plates reproduced by W. Griggs.
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1 volume (various pagings)
London : [publisher not identified], 1896.
India : photographs and drawings of historical buildings / 100 plates reproduced by W. Griggs.
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1 volume (various pagings)
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London : [publisher not identified], 1896.
journals and magazines
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volumes ; 25-27 cm
[New Delhi] : [National Institute of Urban Affairs], [1981]-
journals and magazines
[New Delhi] : [National Institute of Urban Affairs], [1981]-
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47 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 40 cm
London : Cities Programme, the London School of Economics and Political Science ; Berlin : Alfred Herrhausen Society, [2007?]
Urban India : understanding the maximum city.
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47 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 40 cm
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London : Cities Programme, the London School of Economics and Political Science ; Berlin : Alfred Herrhausen Society, [2007?]
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xxxiii, [1] pages, 304 plates on 152 leaves map 31 cm.
New York, B. Westermann [©1928]
India; the landscape, the monuments and the people.
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xxxiii, [1] pages, 304 plates on 152 leaves map 31 cm.
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New York, B. Westermann [©1928]