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Drawing, Proposed Cottage for Kirk Wilkinson, Wellfleet, MA
This is a Drawing. It was designed by Serge Ivan Chermayeff. We acquired it in 1962. Its medium is brown felt tip pen, chalk, graphite on yellow tracing paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.
Chermayeff calls attention to the cross-braced framing of his modernist Cape Cod cottage by rendering the resulting triangular sections in clear, primary colors. This strategy also breaks up the 56-foot-long façade into small, playful shapes—essentially the logic of disruptive patterning, or camouflage.
This object was donated by Serge Ivan Chermayeff.
- Drawing, Two Elevations of the Architect's Own Studio, Wellfleet, MA, 1953–54
- pen and ink, brush and black ink, crayon on tracing paper.
- Gift of Serge Ivan Chermayeff.
- 1962-45-10
- Drawing, Plan and Two Elevations of Proposed Cottage for Kirk Wilkinson,...
- brush and black ink, crayon on tracing paper.
- Gift of Serge Ivan Chermayeff.
- 1962-45-7
- Drawing, Proposed Cottage for Kirk Wilkinson, Wellfleet, MA
- brown felt tip pen, chalk, graphite on yellow tracing paper.
- 1962-45-6
Our curators have highlighted 6 objects that are related to this one. Here are three of them, selected at random:
- Drawing, Architect's Own Studio, Wellfleet, MA, 1953–54
- pen and ink, brush and black ink, crayon on tracing paper.
- Gift of Serge Ivan Chermayeff.
- 1962-45-9
- Drawing, Conceptual Plans and Elevation of a Small Guest House for the Artist...
- brush and black ink, crayon on beige paper.
- Gift of Serge Ivan Chermayeff.
- 1962-45-8
- Drawing, Five Sketches of Views of the Architect's Own Studio at Wellfleet,...
- pen and ink, brush and black ink, crayon on tracing paper.
- Gift of Serge Ivan Chermayeff.
- 1962-45-12
Cite this object as
Drawing, Proposed Cottage for Kirk Wilkinson, Wellfleet, MA; Designed by Serge Ivan Chermayeff (American, b. Grozny, Chechnya 1900–1996); USA; brown felt tip pen, chalk, graphite on yellow tracing paper; 1962-45-6
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibitions Saturated: The Allure and Science of Color and The Cooper-Hewitt Collections: A Design Resource.
