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Drawing

1980 (made)
Artist/Maker
Sir Alec Issigonis (designer)
Place of origin
Great Britain (made)

A drawing for test rig work inscribed with notes. The design has been drawn onto newsprint.


Object details

Categories
Drawings
Designs
Transport
Cars
Object type
Drawing
Materials and techniques
Felt-tip pen on newsprint (Evening Mail, Oct. 29 1980, p.21)
Paper
Pencil
Felt-Tip
Drawing
Brief description
Drawing by Sir Alec Issigonis, design for test rig work, felt-tip pen on newsprint, Great Britain, ca. 1980
Physical description
A drawing for test rig work inscribed with notes. The design has been drawn onto newsprint.
Dimensions
  • Sheet, folded height: 17cm
  • Sheet, folded width: 34.7cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1992
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Means of communication with the engineers shop. For test rig work.' (Inscribed in felt-tip pen)
  • (Inscribed with working notes)
Object history
This was executed by Issigonis as a demonstration of his drawing technique for Susan Lambert who had visited the designer as part of her research for the exhibition 'Drawing Technique and Purpose', Victoria and Albert Museum, January - April 1981.
Subject depicted
Machinery
Bibliographic references
  • Lambert, Susan. Drawing, Technique & Purpose. London: Trefoil Books, ca. 1984. 141pp, illus. ISBN: 0862940478.
  • Bardsley, Gillain. Issigonis : the Official Biography. Thriplow: Icon, 2005. 468pp, illus. ISBN: 1840466871.
  • Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1992
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.212-1992

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Record createdMarch 17, 2009
Record URL
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