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1920

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1956

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Drawing, Plate Illustrating Standard Rubble Concrete Blocks (“Moellons Standard en Agglomérés”)

This is a Drawing. It was architect: Hector Guimard and made for (as the client) Standard-Construction. 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.

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  • Prototype, PolyBrick series
  • ceramic, maltodextrin, alcohol.
  • Courtesy of Jenny Sabin Studio and Sabin Design Lab, Cornell Architecture.
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  • Wall Maquette, PolyBrick series
  • ceramic, maltodextrin, alcohol.
  • Courtesy of Jenny Sabin Studio and Sabin Design Lab, Cornell Architecture.
  • 35.2015.2-1/36

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Its dimensions are

31.1 x 19.8 cm (12 1/4 x 7 13/16 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: MOELLONS STANDARD EN AGGLOMERE

Cite this object as

Drawing, Plate Illustrating Standard Rubble Concrete Blocks (“Moellons Standard en Agglomérés”); Architect: Hector Guimard ((French, 1867–1942)); Client: Standard-Construction; France; pen and black ink, graphite on tracing paper; 31.1 x 19.8 cm (12 1/4 x 7 13/16 in.), irregular; Gift of Madame Hector Guimard; 1956-78-1-27

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