Skip to main content

Visit Main Menu Block

  • Hours & Admission
  • Accessibility & Amenities
  • Tours & Group Visits
  • Visitor Guidelines

Exhibitions and Events Main Menu Block

  • Exhibitions
  • Events

Art and Design Main Menu Block

  • Collection
  • Collection Research
  • Past Exhibitions
  • Watch / Listen / Read

Footer Main

  • Become a Member
  • Who We Are
  • Opportunities
  • Rent the Museum

Image

Friedrich St.Florian

Casa Canada, Airborne Folded Summer Home (Photomontage, in Flying State),

Description

Maker

  • Friedrich St.Florian, (RISD Faculty 1963-2005, Professor of Architecture)

Title

Casa Canada, Airborne Folded Summer Home (Photomontage, in Flying State)

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • Photomontage on gelatin silver print

Techniques

  • Photomontage on gelatin silver print

Dimensions

Window mat opening: 50.5 x 50.8 cm (19 7/8 x 20 inches); Sheet: 20.6 x 28.4 cm (8 1/8 x 11 3/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Verso of window mat: LL beneath opening: architect's insignia stamped in black ink: "FStS [encircled]"; verso of mat beneath photomontage: right side: two vertical lines of red crayon over graphite aligned with top and bottom edge of sheet; between lines: 36" with two arrows extending to each red line is inscribed in graphite; bottom f mat beneath image: two more red lines in graphite marking a porttion of the image to be visible with the works "ENLARGE TO 36" with arrows pointing right and left inscribed in graphite. On UR and LR corner of image, there are two circular stickers with "charrette" and an image of a tower printed on them in red ink.

Type

  • Collage

Credit

Gift of the artist

Object Number

2023.101.15

About

Casa Canada, Airborne Folded Summer Home (Photomontage, in Flying State)

Verso of window mat: LL beneath opening: architect's insignia stamped in black ink: "FStS [encircled]"; verso of mat beneath photomontage: right side: two vertical lines of red crayon over graphite aligned with top and bottom edge of sheet; between lines: 36" with two arrows extending to each red line is inscribed in graphite; bottom f mat beneath image: two more red lines in graphite marking a porttion of the image to be visible with the works "ENLARGE TO 36" with arrows pointing right and left inscribed in graphite. On UR and LR corner of image, there are two circular stickers with "charrette" and an image of a tower printed on them in red ink.

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in Copyright. This object is Casa Canada, Airborne Folded Summer Home (Photomontage, in Flying State) with the accession number of 2023.101.15. To request new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

Feedback

We view our online collection as a living documents, and our records are frequently revised and enhanced. If you have additional information or have spotted an error, please send feedback to curatorial@risd.edu.

RISD Museum

  •  Facebook
  •  Twitter
  •  Instagram
  •  Vimeo
  •  Pinterest
  •  SoundCloud

Footer Main

  • Become a Member
  • Who We Are
  • Opportunities
  • Rent the Museum

Footer Secondary

  • Image Request
  • Press Office
  • Rent the Museum
  • Terms of Use