Elevation of a Building

Josef Hoffmann

Associated Names
Josef Hoffmann

Artist, Austrian, 1870 - 1956

A landscape oriented paper with blue grided lines host an architectural elevation in the lower half of the page. The drawing stretches from about an inch margin on the left side to an inch and a half margin on the right. The building is split up into 6 sections, going from left to right, the first section is a rectangular section, with a grid of 12 windows shaded together. On the top of this first section, is an umbrella. The next section directly to the right is a rectangle that is stretched horizontally, in the middle of the second section is a group of arched shaded boxes, 6 arches across with an indication of a balcony going through them. In the same rectangle, on the bottom 3 boxes indicating windows touch the ground of the drawing. The third section is a taller more vertical style rectangle with a group of 6 windows in pairs of 2 stretching the height of the rectangle. The windows on the bottom and top are square and the middle pair is rectangular. A gutter separates the next section, where the same window style as previously is observed, while also adding a door to this section of the drawing. The fifth section, pushed back from the past sections, as a shadow is shaded on to the next section to reflect a change in lighting, this section contains 3 windows on the left most side of the section, and a gutter on the right most part of the selection. The sixth and final section is lifted slightly above the fifth section and attached to the corner, top, and right hand side of the fifth section, the part connected on top has a grid drawn into it, and a roof covers the sixth section. With a small flag on the roof of the sixth section.  Below the sixth section, a scale figure of a man shows the scale of which this drawing is done. Text in the upper left corner reads numerically 28.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    graphite and pen with black and blue ink on blue-lined paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 21 x 34.2 cm (8 1/4 x 13 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1971.41.21


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Galerie Würthle, Vienna); acquired 1971 by the NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1974

  • Recent Acquisitions and Promised Gifts: Sculptures, Drawings, Prints. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1974:213.

Inscriptions

upper right in graphite: 28

Wikidata ID

Q64591070

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