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Architectural Drawing

Object/Work Catalog Level: item
Type: architectural drawing
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Classification Terms:
            prints and drawings
            American art
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Titles or Names Text: Case Study House No. 21: 2006.M.30
    Preference: preferred
    Type: repository
Text: Case Study House No. 21: Axonometric Projection, Overall View Facing South
    Preference: alternate
    Type: descriptive
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Creation Creator Description: architect and draftsman: Pierre Koenig (American architect, 1925-2004) Free text
  Identity: Koenig, Pierre
    Role: architect
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  Creation Date: ca. 1956 
Earliest: 1954  Latest: 1958
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Measurements Dimensions Description: slightly irregular, 55.25 x 64.14 cm (21 3/4 x 25 1/4 inches) Free text
  Value: 55.25 Unit: cm Type: height
Value:
64.14 Unit: cm Type: width
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Materials and Techniques Description: black ink on vellum Free text
  Material Names:
            ink
Role:
medium Color: black
            tracing vellum
Role:
support
Technique Name:
drawing
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Inscriptions/Marks Description or Transcription: recto, bottom right in blue pencil: 2775/9 Free text
Subject Matter Indexing Terms:
          architecture
          Pierre Koenig, Case Study 21
               (Los Angeles, California)
          house
          axonometric projection
          presentation drawing
          bird's-eye view
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Descriptive Note Text: The drawing is an axonometric projection bird's-eye view created as a presentation drawing for Koenig's Case Study No. 21 (Los Angeles, California). The point of view is facing southeast, showing the house and certain elements of the surrounding landscaping. Free text

Related Works Relationship Type: part of
Related Work: Pierre Koenig Papers and Drawings; ca. 1950-2000; GRI Special Collections, Getty Center (Los Angeles, California); 2006.M.30.

Relationship Type: depicts
Related Work: Pierre Koenig; Case Study House No. 21; house; 1956-1958; steel frame and flat roof deck; 1 story; 1320 square feet; 9036 Wonderland Park Avenue (West Hollywood, Los Angeles, California).
Authority

Current Location Repository Name/Geographic Location: Getty Research Institute, GRI Special Collections, Getty Center (Los Angeles, California, United States)
Repository Numbers: 2006.M.30-xxx
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Copyright/ Restrictions Copyright Statement: © J. Paul Getty Trust. Used with permission. Pierre Koenig Papers and Drawings, Research Library at the Getty Research Institute.
Repository Numbers: 2006.M.30-xxx
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Revised 25 February 2010