Place de la Concorde Project, Paris, France, Elevation
Frederick Kiesler
American, born Austria-Hungary. 1890–1965
1925
A large printed architectural elevation mounted on board proposing a poetic, nonliteral redesign of Place de la Concorde, where Kiesler uses a continuous pale ribbon and a delicate stepped central form to suggest movement and layered space.
A wide, aged brown field is pierced by a pale, sinuous ribbon that sweeps around the edges while a faint, geometric stepped structure hovers at the center like a ghosted pavilion or wave in perspective.
The piece embodies Kiesler’s experiments in “continuous space,” merging sculpture, theater, and architecture into speculative designs that challenged functionalist modernism and anticipated later immersive installation and scenographic practices.
Medium
Print mounted on board
Dimensions
36 1/4 x 76 1/2" (92.1 x 194.3 cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
Gift of the architect
Accession
365.1966
Palette
Art Terms
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