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Drawing, Front Elevation for a House for the Société Anonyme Cooperative L'Ideale

This is a Drawing. It was architect: Hector Guimard. It is dated ca. 1900 and we acquired it in 1950. Its medium is pen and 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 Mme. Hector Guimard.

Its dimensions are

38.5 × 27.1 cm (15 3/16 × 10 11/16 in.) Mat: 45.7 × 35.6 cm (18 x 14 in.)

It is signed

Signed bottom left in black ink: Mr. H. Guimard/ Architecte

It is inscribed

Top in black ink: SOCIETE ANONYME COOPERATIVE L'IDEALE/ PROJET DE PAVILION NO. 2/ FACADE PRINCIPALE

Cite this object as

Drawing, Front Elevation for a House for the Société Anonyme Cooperative L'Ideale; Architect: Hector Guimard ((French, 1867–1942)); pen and ink, graphite on tracing paper; 38.5 × 27.1 cm (15 3/16 × 10 11/16 in.) Mat: 45.7 × 35.6 cm (18 x 14 in.); Gift of Mme. Hector Guimard; 1950-66-73

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