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Drawing, Two Elevations and Floor Plan of a Two Family Mass-Operational House (Type No. 5)

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Hector Guimard. It is dated ca. 1921 and we acquired it in 1950. Its medium is pen and ink, graphite on tracing paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Madame Hector Guimard. It is credited Gift of Mme. Hector Guimard.

Its dimensions are

H x W: 30 × 48.3 cm (11 13/16 in. × 19 in.) Mat: 40.6 × 55.9 cm (16 × 22 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in pen and black ink, upper right: MAISON A 2 LOGEMENTS / DE 4 PIECES / TYPE NO. 5; in pen and black ink, center right: VUE PERSPECTIVE / ET PLAN A L'ECHELLE 0.01; in pen and black ink, lower left: FACADE PRINCIPALE; in pen and black ink, lower center: PLAN DE L'ETAGE; in pen and black ink, lower right: PLAN DU REZ DE CHAUSSEE

Cite this object as

Drawing, Two Elevations and Floor Plan of a Two Family Mass-Operational House (Type No. 5); Designed by Hector Guimard ((French, 1867–1942)); pen and ink, graphite on tracing paper; H x W: 30 × 48.3 cm (11 13/16 in. × 19 in.) Mat: 40.6 × 55.9 cm (16 × 22 in.); Gift of Mme. Hector Guimard; 1950-66-66

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Hector Guimard.

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