Vacation House Project, Aspen, Colorado, Elevations, interior and exterior perspectives and plan
Michael Graves
American, 1934–2015
1978
A sheet of ink and graphite sketches by Michael Graves that explores multiple elevations, perspectives and a site plan for a proposed 1978 vacation house in Aspen, testing massing, detail and spatial arrangements.
The paper reads like a field of tiny, precise vignettes—rows of small house elevations, axonometric views and a centered plan, all tied together by a faint mountain skyline so the eye moves from intimate detail to broader site context.
These working drawings show Graves’s postmodern approach to domestic architecture—melding classical reference, human scale and playful forms—and exemplify how hand drawing communicated design ideas at the end of the twentieth century.
Medium
Ink and graphite on paper
Dimensions
23 1/2 x 23 5/8" (59.7 x 60 cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
Gift of Philip Johnson
Accession
25.1980
Palette
Art Terms
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