Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany, Elevation of gallery entrance
James Stirling
British, born Scotland 1926–1992
1978
A graphite and colored‑pencil elevation in which James Stirling lays out and dramatizes his design for the Staatsgalerie entrance—clarifying its structural logic, materials, and the bold diagonal support that organizes the façade.
The image reads like a theatrical section: a weighty stone base with twin arched doors gives way to stacked blue‑framed glazing, while a vivid green diagonal strut and a red triangular steel frame slice the pale, stippled background, all drawn with precise line and soft color.
This work captures Stirling’s postmodern habit of mixing classical references, industrial structure, and playful color, and it helped redefine architectural drawing as a persuasive, imaginative medium for conceiving and communicating late‑20th‑century buildings.
Medium
Graphite and color pencil on tracing paper
Dimensions
25 1/4 x 16 7/8" (64.1 x 42.9 cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
Gift of the architect
Accession
392.1982
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