The Atheneum, New Harmony, Indiana, Perspective
Richard Meier
American, born 1934
c.1976
A hand-drawn perspective in graphite on paper by Richard Meier showing his proposed Atheneum visitor center in New Harmony, Indiana, aiming to communicate the building’s precise geometry, structural clarity, and effects of light to clients and the public.
Encountering the drawing you notice cool, exact graphite lines and carefully shaded planes that produce crisp, sunlit volumes, deep axial perspective, and a sense of airy, white modernist space even on paper.
This presentation drawing exemplifies Meier’s disciplined, Le Corbusier–inspired modernism and helped articulate and popularize late-20th-century concerns with geometric clarity, light, and public architecture in the revival of modernist civic design.
Medium
Graphite on paper
Dimensions
15 x 15" (38.1 x 38.1 cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
Gift of the architect
Accession
315.1984
Art Terms
Exhibitions
