School Arts: Looking/Learning April 1999
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East Building Sketch East Building Facade 4th Steet Facade
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East Building Study-3 Late Pei sketch East building model-2
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Study for Atrium-1 Study for Atrium-3 Study for Atrium-6
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Space Frame-1 Space Frame-2
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Captions

1. I. M. Pei. Early conceptual sketch for building plan, National Gallery of Art East Building, fall 1968. Crayon and graphite on tracing paper
2. National Gallery of Art Fourth Street Facade, Photograph by Dennis Brack/Black Star
3. I. M. Pei & Partners, National Gallery of Art East Building Design Team. Study for Fourth Street facade. Pen on tracing paper
4. I. M. Pei & Partners, National Gallery of Art East Building Design Team. Study for Third Street and Mall facades, no. 3. Pen (or pen and graphite) on tracing paper
5. I. M. Pei Working sketch for building plan, National Gallery of Art East Building, winter 1969. Pen and graphite on tracing paper
6. Scale model of East and West Buildings showing final design for Third Street facade, spring 1971
7. Paul Stevenson Oles. Perspective study for garden court, National Gallery of Art East Building, 6 November 1970. Graphite on paper
8. Paul Stevenson Oles. Perspective study for skylight system, National Gallery of Art East Building, 25 January 1971. Graphite on paper
9. Paul Stevenson Oles. Perspective study for space frame with light diffusion bars, National Gallery of Art East Building, June 1971. Graphite on paper
10. I. M. Pei & Partners, National Gallery of Art East Building Design Team. Study for space-frame node, 15 March 1971. Pen on tracing paper
11. Unfinished space frame from above, 25 July 1977. Photograph by Stewart Brothers



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