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1925

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Photostat, Elevation of an apartment building on Rue Heine, Paris, 1925

This is a Photostat. It was architect: Hector Guimard. It is dated 1925 and we acquired it in 1950. Its medium is photostat and black ink, graphite on tracing paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Gift of Mme. Hector Guimard.

Its dimensions are

35 x 20 cm (13 3/4 x 7 7/8 in.)

It is signed

Signed bottom right: Dressee par l'architecte soussigne/ Paris le 4 December 1925/ Hector Guimard

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite on top: 3rd floor (last home of H. Guimard in Paris) Inscribed in graphite on bottom: Accorded Grand Prix de Facade 1929 Inscribed on top in black ink: IMMEUBLE RUE H. HEINE/ FACADE SUR RUE

Cite this object as

Photostat, Elevation of an apartment building on Rue Heine, Paris, 1925; Architect: Hector Guimard ((French, 1867–1942)); photostat and black ink, graphite on tracing paper; 35 x 20 cm (13 3/4 x 7 7/8 in.); Gift of Mme. Hector Guimard; 1950-66-29

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