Casa Mara, Caracas, Venezuela

Jorge Castillo · 1972

Before you is Casa Mara, Caracas, Venezuela — an architectural work by the Venezuelan artist Jorge Castillo, nineteen seventy-two. Print on cellulose acetate — about 35 by 55 centimeters. Measured, it is among the most saturated surfaces in this museum — 54 where the typical work sits at 11. You can pick out the architectural plan.

Medium Print on cellulose acetate · Dimensions 13 3/4 × 21 1/2" (34.9 × 54.6 cm) · Credit Gift of the architect

Hanging beside it in Gallery 417: Mind Expander / Flyhead Helmet, Armchair

Works like this one elsewhere in the museum: The Palace at 4 a.m., Oxygen House Project (Plan), Biotecture, Slow House Project, North Haven, New York (Plan of lower-level and sections), Terrarium Showroom, Elevations, Terrarium Showroom project, California (Scale model, 1/16" = 1')

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