Art Building, Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio
Artist/Maker
Cass Gilbert
(American, 1859–1934)
Dateca. 1913
MediumPen, ink and wash on tracing paper
DimensionsImage: 11 1/4 × 23 13/16 in. (28.6 × 60.5 cm)
Sheet: 18 13/16 × 31 3/8 in. (47.8 × 79.7 cm)
Sheet: 18 13/16 × 31 3/8 in. (47.8 × 79.7 cm)
Credit LineArchitect's presentation drawing for Oberlin College
Object number1983.111
Status
Not on viewSince the original intent of the museum's design included a fine arts library, galleries and studios; Gilbert added the small cloister on the museum's east façade with a small building dedicated to studio space with minimal, but complimentary exterior decoration on the other side. The art library was located in the main body of the building in the space that is now Ripen Print Gallery and the Stechow Print Study Room. The studio building was eventually enlarged towards the east and offices added to the north and sides of the previously open courtyard, in 1937 by Professor of Art History, Clarence Ward.
ProvenanceCass Gilbert [1859-1934]; by gift to Oberlin College; accessioned 1983 by Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin OHExhibition History
Building Utopia: Oberlin Architecture, 1833-1983
- Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (November 29, 1983 - January 29, 1984 )
Between "Plain and Fancy": Venturi at Oberlin
- Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (March 9, 2007 - July 1, 2007 )
Collections
- Modern & Contemporary
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postmarked July 4, 1958
postmarked February 24, 1957