Palais de la Découverte Project, Paris, France (Elevation)
Oscar Nitzchke
American, born Germany. 1900–1991
Frantz Jourdain
French, 1847–1935
Paul Nelson
American, 1895–1979
1938
An architectural elevation rendered in ink and colored pencil on paper mounted on board presenting Paul Nelson’s 1938 proposal for the Palais de la Découverte, intended to communicate the building’s façade, scale, and civic presence to clients and the public.
As an interwar presentation drawing, it translates modernist ambitions into a legible civic monument, part of a broader move to visualize public institutions—especially science museums—as expressive, pedagogical spaces in modern architecture.
Medium
Ink and color pencil on paper mounted on board
Dimensions
14 3/4 x 37 1/2 x 1/2" (37.5 x 95.3 x 1.3 cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
Gift of the architects
Accession
98.2013
Art Terms
Exhibitions
