Design for the Wall, Tokyo

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Artist/Maker	Nigel Coates (artist)
Place of origin	Britain (drawn)

Design for The Wall illustrating the stone/brick main facade and depicting an elevation of the central brickwork and sandstone section. The scale of the design is 1:30.

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Categories	Drawings Architecture Topography Designs
Object type	Drawing
Title	Design for the Wall, Tokyo (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Pencil and Indian ink on tracing paper Tracing Paper Drawing
Brief description	Sketch by Nigel Coates, design for The Wall, Tokyo, pencil and Indian ink on tracing paper, Great Britain, 1989
Physical description	Design for The Wall illustrating the stone/brick main facade and depicting an elevation of the central brickwork and sandstone section. The scale of the design is 1:30.
Dimensions	Height: 84.1cm Width: 59.5cm Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1994
Marks and inscriptions	Lettered with titles and dated 'Oct 89'.
Production	Series Date: 1988-1991
Subjects depicted	Elevation Buildings Facades
Places depicted	Tokyo (City) Japan
Bibliographic references	Rick Poyner and Nigel Coates, 'The City in Motion', 1989 Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1994
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.303-1994

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Record created	April 3, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O219038/design-for-the-wall-tokyo-drawing-nigel-coates/

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