The Silent Witness and Other Poems
Catalogue
- Year
- 1980
- Dimensions
- irreg composition 19 1/4 x 12 5/8" (48.9 x 32.1 cm)
- Collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- Artist
- John Hejduk
Artist
Sculpture
John Hejduk was an American architect and theorist whose work interrogated the relationship between drawing, building, and philosophical inquiry. Operating primarily through built and unbuilt projects, he developed a distinctive approach to architectural design that treated the act of drawing as a conceptual and generative tool equal to construction itself. His practice spanned five decades in the postwar period, marked by a commitment to teaching and the production of intricate, often enigmatic architectural drawings that challenged conventional notions of function and form.
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Wall House 2 (A. E. Bye House) Project , Ridgefield, Connecticut (Front and rear axonometric projections)
1973 · Color pencil on sepia diazo print
Wall House 2 (A. E. Bye House) Project , Ridgefield, Connecticut (Isometric projection)
1973 · Color pencil on sepia diazoprint
Wall House 2 (A. E. Bye House) Project , Ridgefield, Connecticut (Isometric)
1973 · Crayon on sepia diazotype
Wall House 2 (A. E. Bye House) Project , Ridgefield, Connecticut (Isometric)
1973 · Crayon on sepia diazotype
Wall House 2 (A. E. Bye House) Project, Ridgefield, Connecticut (Combined elevation and plan)
1973 · Color pencil and graphite on tracing paper on board
Bernstein House Project, Mamaroneck, NY
1968 · Acrylic
Record
Verified by WattsOS- Artist
- John Hejduk
- Year
- 1980
- Dimensions
- irreg composition 19 1/4 x 12 5/8" (48.9 x 32.1 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1980-M014154
Source
- Collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- Source
- moma
- Status
- verified