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Art Building, Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio

Art Building, Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio

Artist/Maker (American, 1859–1934)
Dateearly 20th century
MediumGraphite and wash on tracing paper
DimensionsImage: 9 3/4 × 26 1/2 in. (24.8 × 67.3 cm)
Mount: 17 7/16 × 32 11/16 in. (44.3 × 83 cm)
Credit LineArchitect's presentation drawing for Oberlin College
Object number1983.110
Status
Not on view
More Information
This intermediate proposal was prepared without a definite site and suggests a fanciful aggregate of architectural ideas, such as the abandoned colonnade on the museum's south side and the triumphal arch form to the southeast. However, it approximates the style and plan of Gilbert's final proposal.
Exhibition History
Building Utopia: Oberlin Architecture, 1833-1983
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (November 29, 1983 - January 29, 1984 )
Between "Plain and Fancy": Venturi at Oberlin
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (March 9, 2007 - July 1, 2007 )
Collections
  • Modern & Contemporary
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