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1920

  • Work on this object began.

1956

  • We acquired this object.

2012

2015

2024

  • You found it!

Drawing, Plate Illustrating Cross-section through Rear Façade of a Standard House (“Coupe Transversale sur Façade Postre de la Maison Type ‘Standard’”)

This is a Drawing. It was architect: Hector Guimard. It is dated October 1920 and we acquired it in 1956. Its medium is pen and black 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 Madame Hector Guimard.

Its dimensions are

31.2 x 21.1 cm (12 5/16 x 8 5/16 in.), irregular

It is signed

Signed in black ink, lower right: Hector Guimard

It is inscribed

Inscribed in black ink, lower left: octobre 1920; upper margin: COUPE TRANSVERSALE SUR FACADE POST RE / DE LA MAISON TYPE STANDARD

Cite this object as

Drawing, Plate Illustrating Cross-section through Rear Façade of a Standard House (“Coupe Transversale sur Façade Postre de la Maison Type ‘Standard’”); Architect: Hector Guimard ((French, 1867–1942)); France; pen and black ink, graphite on tracing paper; 31.2 x 21.1 cm (12 5/16 x 8 5/16 in.), irregular; Gift of Madame Hector Guimard; 1956-78-1-5

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