Drawing thumbnail 1
Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at Young V&A
Design Gallery, The Factory, East wall

Drawing

ca.1972 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Collage, photographs, coloured films, Letratone (mechanical tint transfer), pen and ink, coloured inks, watercolour and body colour on paper dry mounted and laminated on red board. Lettered with a descriptive text of the designs depicted.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Collage on board
Brief description
Introductory panel with a brief history of Archigram by Archigram, ca.1972
Physical description
Collage, photographs, coloured films, Letratone (mechanical tint transfer), pen and ink, coloured inks, watercolour and body colour on paper dry mounted and laminated on red board. Lettered with a descriptive text of the designs depicted.
Dimensions
  • Height: 633mm
  • Width: 870mm
Style
Production typeUnique
Marks and inscriptions
  • Ron Herron (Lettered)
  • D. Greene (Lettered)
Credit line
Acquired from Archigram in 1974
Object history
This is one of a Set of 16 panels explaining and illustrating a brief history of Archigram, giving a description and incorporating parts of Archigram's entries in two competitions for projects in Monte Carlo. The projects were for an Entertainment Facility (1969) and projects for a Summer Casino (1972), neither was built.

Archigram won first prize in the Monte Carlo Competition in January 1970 and were then asked to design extra facilities. This resulted in nearly trebling the estimated cost and the project was not built.

This particular panel is numbered 1. and is an introductory sheet with a brief History of Archigram 1961-1972, featuring images of 3 projects: 'The Walking City' 'Living Pod' and 'The Instant City'.
Bibliographic reference
Taken from Departmental Circulation Register 1974
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.472-1974

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Record createdMay 21, 2009
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