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Detailed black-and-white ink illustration depicting a cityscape with tall, partially complete central scaffolded tower surrounded by construction cranes and shorter buildings.

David Macaulay

Design for Unbuilding,

Maker

  • David Macaulay, (RISD BA 1969, Architecture; RISD Faculty 1974-1998)

Title

Design for Unbuilding

Medium

pen and ink

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • pen and ink,
  • graphite

Techniques

  • pen and ink,
  • graphite

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

54.6 x 69.2 cm (21 1/2 x 27 1/4 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signed and dated in ink in LR:David Maccaulay ' 80

Type

  • Drawings and Watercolors

Credit

Gift of Cynthia and Scott Burns

Object Number

81.262

Design for Unbuilding
Unbuilding

Signed and dated in ink in LR:David Maccaulay ' 80

Exhibition History

Draw Me a Story

April 14 - July 23, 2006
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 Design for Unbuilding with the accession number of 81.262. To request new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.
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