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Howarth Collection: Mackintosh Furniture Drawings

Charles Rennie Mackintosh (British designer, 1868-1928)
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URI
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/132213
Date
1900-1911
Description
Chair; Pencil and watercolor; 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 (sight); Inscr. front and side; Scale 1:12. Chair; Pencil and watercolor; 5 x 5 1/2 (sight); Inscr. side and front; Scale 1:12; Part of the Dr. Thomas Howarth collection, sold at Christies, Feb. 17, 1994. "Thomas Howarth, professor, architectural historian, collector (b in England 1914, d at Toronto 21 July 2000). Howarth reawakened interest in the great Scottish architect, Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868-1928), through articles, a comprehensive monograph, exhibitions, and lifelong advocacy and collecting. A prescient collector of Mackintosh's work, Howarth amassed a huge and varied collection." Source: Canadian Encyclopedia; http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/ (accessed 2/14/2008)
Type of Work
drawing (visual work); watercolor (painting)
Subject
commercial and industrial design, decorative arts, Art Nouveau, Glasgow style
Rights
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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