Law Courts Annex, Gothenburg, Sweden, Exterior elevation
Erik Gunnar Asplund
Swedish, 1885–1940
1936
A graphite elevation on tracing paper presenting Erik Gunnar Asplund’s design for the Law Courts Annex in Gothenburg, intended to communicate the building’s proportions, classical order, and civic presence.
The sheet reads as a study in calm symmetry: delicate, exact pencil lines describe a dignified palazzo-like façade with a rusticated base and central pediment beside a lower annex, while the tracing paper’s translucency and hand-drawn precision give the image an intimate, architectural clarity.
Executed in 1936, this drawing shows Asplund’s ability to bridge Nordic Classicism and a restrained modernism, illustrating how classical motifs were adapted with measured clarity for twentieth-century public architecture.
Medium
Graphite on tracing paper
Dimensions
12 x 27 3/4" (30.5 x 70.5 cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
Gift of Richard S. Zeisler, Richard Kahan, and purchase
Accession
50.1990
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