Plan and Elevation of a House

Josef Hoffmann

Associated Names
Josef Hoffmann

Artist, Austrian, 1870 - 1956

This is a drawing of architectural plans for a building. The drawing includes a floor plan on the left half, featuring labeled rooms such as a hall, kitchen, and garage, organized within a grid layout. Adjacent on the right, a sketched front elevation or facade of the building shows a two-story structure with windows, a garage, and a central tower with a clock face, bordered by trees. The entire drawing is composed on graph paper, emphasizing the structural and symmetrical nature typical in architectural schematics.
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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: 34 x 42 cm (13 3/8 x 16 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1971.41.22


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, 1974:214.

Inscriptions

upper center in graphite, twice: 28; lower left verso in graphite: [... im Wien]

Wikidata ID

Q64591071

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