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Accession 07-043
National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution). Department of Design and Production
Master, Exhibition, and Project Drawings, 1984-1999
Collection Overview
| General Information About This Collection | |
|---|---|
| Repository: | Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu. |
| Creator: | National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution). Department of Design and Production |
| Title: | Master, Exhibition, and Project Drawings |
| Dates: | 1984-1999 |
| Quantity: | 12.47 cu. ft. (28 blueprint storage boxes) (1 oversize folder) |
| Collection: | Accession 07-043 |
| Language of Materials: | English |
| Summary: | This accession consists of master, exhibition, and project drawings created by the Dept. of Design and Production. The master drawings consist of drawings to which can be added those structures, details, etc. needed to generate specific exhibit or project drawings. These drawings are arranged numerically by gallery or room number and are filed first. The exhibition drawings consist of working drawings from which copies could be made and are filed alphabetically by name (in many cases the drawings are designated by the working title of the exhibit at the time or only by the artist's name). Lastly there are project drawings which consist of drawings for projects other than exhibits and include drawings for such things as pedestals and tie-backs, as well as drawings of storage spaces and the administrative suite. These drawings are filed alphabetically together with the exhibition drawings. Many of the drawings are of the Patent Office Building where the National Portrait Gallery is located. Materials include manuscripts, architectural drawings, floor plans, and black-and-white photographs. |
Descriptive Entry
This accession consists of master, exhibition, and project drawings created by the Department of Design and Production. The master drawings consist of drawings to which can be added those structures, details, etc. needed to generate specific exhibit or project drawings. These drawings are arranged numerically by gallery or room number and are filed first. The exhibition drawings consist of working drawings from which copies could be made and are filed alphabetically by name (in many cases the drawings are designated by the working title of the exhibit at the time or only by the artist's name). Lastly there are project drawings which consist of drawings for projects other than exhibits and include drawings for such things as pedestals and tie-backs, as well as drawings of storage spaces and the administrative suite. These drawings are filed alphabetically together with the exhibition drawings. Many of the drawings are of the Patent Office Building where the National Portrait Gallery is located.
Index Terms
This collection is indexed under the following access terms. These are links to collections with related topics, persons or places.
Name
Subject
- Architectural design
- Art museums
- Buildings -- Repair and reconstruction
- Design
- Museum exhibits
- Museum techniques
Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 07-043, National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution), Department of Design and Production, Master, Exhibition, and Project Drawings
Container List
Box 1
121 Front Only (Master drawings)
Box 2
Master Plans - entire building National Portrait Gallery (NPG)/National Museum of American Art (NMAA) (Master drawings)
108 (Master drawings)
Box 3
121 - Electrical Outlet Plan (Master drawings)
121 - Front and Rear (Master drawings)
121 - Typical Details (Master drawings)
Box 4
121 - Rear Only (Master drawings)
Box 5
121 - Front and Rear Perimeter Walls (Master drawings)
Room 132 (Master drawings)
Room 185 (Master drawings)
1st Floor F St. Alcove (Master drawings)
First Floor F Street Corridor Cornice/Fabric Detail (Master drawings)
1st Floor 7th St. Alcove and F St. Corridor (Master drawings)
1st Floor F St. Corridor (Master drawings)
First Floor 9th Street Corridor (Master drawings)
Box 6
Lobby - North, East, and West Walls (Master drawings)
Hall of Presidents (Master drawings)
2nd Floor Rotunda (Master drawings)
202 and 203 (Master drawings)
209 (Master drawings)
210 (Master drawings)
211 (Master drawings)
Box 7
212 (Master drawings)
213 (Master drawings)
214 (Master drawings)
215 (Master drawings)
216 (Master drawings)
217 (Master drawings)
219 (Master drawings)
2nd Floor F St. Corridor (Master drawings)
Box 8
2nd Floor 7th St. Corridor (Master drawings)
Third Floor Great Hall and Corridor (Master drawings)
Mezzanine (Master drawings)
Schematic Building Plan (Master drawings)
Typical Base Plans - One Room Exhibit (Master drawings)
Typical Base Plan - Two Room Exhibit (Master drawings)
Typical Base Plan - Three Room Exhibit (Master drawings)
Typical Base Plan - Four Room Exhibit (Master drawings)
Typical 5 Room Plan (Master drawings)
Typical Base Plan - 6 Room Exhibit (Master drawings)
Box 9
1st Floor 7th and F St. Alcoves and 7th St. Corridor (Master drawings)
Typical Gallery 121 1/2" Scale (Master drawings)
Typical One Room Gallery 1" Scale (Master drawings)
Square Footage Grid (Master drawings)
Planning Calendar Grids (Master drawings)
Courtyard Plan (Master drawings)
NMAA G St. Corridor (Master drawings)
Box 10
American Art Portrait Gallery (AAPG) Photo Lab Office Renovation (Project drawings)
Administrative Suite (Project drawings)
American Colonial Portraits - Gallery 121 (Exhibition working drawings)
Andrew Jackson Gallery 121 (Exhibition working drawings)
Armature Shop (Project drawings)
Armstrong, Louis 108-118 and Hall (Exhibition working drawings)
The Artist's Mother - Gallery 111, 112, and 113 (Exhibition working drawings)
Artist's Portraits - Gallery 121 (Exhibition working drawings)
Richard Avedon - Gallery 111, 112, and 113 (Exhibition working drawings)
B-21 Renovation (Project drawings)
Box 11
Banner - Plans and Specifications (Project drawings)
Banner Rigging System - Modifications (Project drawings)
Beaux. Cecilia - Gallery 121 (Exhibition working drawings)
Brady, Matthew - Gallery 121 (Exhibition working drawings)
Bus Route Map (Project drawings)
Caricatures - Gallery 121 (Exhibition working drawings)
Camera Portraits Gallery 108, 109, 112, 113, and Hall (Exhibition working drawings)
Box 12
Cameron, Julia Margaret - Gallery 111, 112, and 113 (Exhibition working drawings)
Cartier-Bresson, Henri - Gallery 121 (Exhibition working drawings)
Civil War Era, The (Exhibition working drawings)
Coatroom Renovation (Project drawings)
Columbian Exposition - Gallery 121 (Exhibition working drawings)
Box 13
Conlan, Charles Martin - Gallery 113 (Immortals of Baseball) (Exhibition working drawings)
Courtyard Benches (Project drawings)
Covarrubias, Miguel - Gallery 121 Front (Exhibition working drawings)
Crockett, Davy - Gallery 203 (Exhibition working drawings)
Davidson, Jo Gallery 219 (Exhibition working drawings)
Design and Production (P&D) Office - Relocation (Project drawings)
Douglas, Frederick Galleries 111, 112, and 113 (Exhibition working drawings)
Box 14
Dust Collection System (Project drawings)
Earl, Ralph - Gallery 121 (Exhibition working drawings)
Edourt Reinstallation - 1840's Lounge (Exhibition working drawings)
1846 (Exhibition working drawings)
Faces on TIME (Exhibition working drawings)
Facing the Light - Gallery 121 (Exhibition working drawings)
Family Portrait Prints - Gallery 113 (Exhibition working drawings)
Field, Erastus Salisbury - Gallery 121 (Exhibition working drawings)
Box 15
First Federal Congress Gallery 121 (Exhibition working drawings)
Five of Hearts Gallery 111, 112, and 113 (Exhibition working drawings)
Franklin and His Friends/ Hans Namoth (Exhibition working drawings)
Box 16
Frazee, John - Gallery 121 (Exhibition working drawings)
George and Martha Washington, Installation - Rotunda (Exhibition working drawings)
Goode Gallery 111-113 (Exhibition working drawings)
Graphics Production Office (Project drawings)
Grant, Ulysses S. - Gallery 202 and 203 (Exhibition working drawings)
Group Portrait - Gallery 111, 112, 113 (Exhibition working drawings)
Box 17
Harding, Chester - Gallery 121 (Exhibition working drawings)
Harmon Collection - Galleries 111-113 (Exhibition working drawings)
Hemingway/Sorel - Gallery 108-113 and Hall (Exhibition working drawings)
Hosokawa Family - Gallery 211 and 212 (Exhibition working drawings)
In Pursuit of the Butterfly (Exhibition working drawings)
Box 18
Indian Peace Medals - Gallery 205-207 (Exhibition working drawings)
Irving Penn Gallery 121 (Exhibition working drawings)
Isamu Noguchi Gallery 111, 112, and 113 (Exhibition working drawings)
Kasebier Gallery 108 and 109 (Exhibition working drawings)
Box 19
LaChaise, Gaston - Gallery 121 (Exhibition working drawings)
Legacy of Light: Polaroid Portraits Gallery 111, 112, and 113 (Exhibition working drawings)
Lavern Benches (Project drawings)
Lincoln's Contemporaries Gallery 203 (Exhibition working drawings)
Lobby Renovation - Gallery 1st Floor (Exhibition working drawings)
Box 20
Marisol/Leibovitz Exhibit (Exhibition working drawings)
Marshall, George (Exhibition working drawings)
Metropolitan Opera - Gallery 121 (Exhibition working drawings)
Multiple Personalities Gallery 121 (Exhibition working drawings)
NMAA Granite Gallery (Project drawings)
Newman, Arnold - Gallery 121 Rear (Exhibition working drawings)
Box 21
North Capitol St. Storage Area (Project drawings)
NPG London Gallery 108, 109, 111, 112 (Exhibition working drawings)
NPG Posters - Gallery 121 Front (Exhibition working drawings)
NPG Temporary Theater (Project drawings)
Old Hickory Gallery 121 (Exhibition working drawings)
Box 22
On The Air Gallery 121 (Exhibition working drawings)
Paine, Thomas - Gallery 1st Floor 7th Street Alcove (Exhibition working drawings)
Passages - Gallery 111-112-113 (Project drawings)
Patent Office History - Gallery 111-112 (Exhibition working drawings)
Pedestals (modern) - Permanent Collection (Project drawings)
Box 23
Pedestals (traditional) - Permanent Collection (Project drawings)
Perlman - Major - Gallery 121 (Exhibition working drawings)
Photo Treasures - Gallery 108 and 109 (Exhibition working drawings)
Portico Lighting (Project drawings)
Portraits from Gripsholm (Exhibition working drawings)
Box 24
Portrait of the Law Gallery 121 (Exhibition working drawings)
Presidential Exhibit Oliphant - Gallery 203 (Exhibition working drawings)
Presidents on Time Gallery 203 (Exhibition working drawings)
Presidential Photographs 203 (Exhibition working drawings)
Presidential Portraits of G. Washington (Exhibition working drawings)
Rebels: Poets and Painters of the 1950's (Exhibition working drawings)
Red, Hot, and Blue 121 (Exhibition working drawings)
Box 25
Reinstallation of Hall of Presidents - Gallery 2nd Floor (Exhibition working drawings)
Rembrandt Peale Gallery 121 - Front and Rear (Exhibition working drawings)
Reporting the War (WWII) Gallery 121 (Exhibition working drawings)
Restaurant - Patent Pending (Project drawings)
Restaurant - Portico (Project drawings)
Box 26
Return to Albion - Gallery 121 (Exhibition working drawings)
Robeson, Paul - Gallery 108-113 and Hall (Exhibition working drawings)
Roosevelt and Halsman Exhibitions - Gallery 121 (Exhibition working drawings)
St. Memin Gallery 108 and 109 (Exhibition working drawings)
Sipprell, Clara - Gallery 113 (Exhibition working drawings)
Spirit of Party - Gallery 202 and 203 (Exhibition working drawings)
Storage Spaces - Basement (Project drawings)
Then and Now (Hong Kong) (Exhibition working drawings)
Box 27
Tie-backs (Hall of Pres.) (Project drawings)
Time and World War II (Exhibition working drawings)
TIME: Athletes and Heroes Gallery 203 (Exhibition working drawings)
Time - Man of the Year - Gallery 203 (Exhibition working drawings)
To Color America - Gallery 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, and Corridor (Exhibition working drawings)
To the President - Gallery 203 (Exhibition working drawings)
Box 28
20th Century Self Portraits - Gallery 121 (Exhibition working drawings)
Warhol, Andy - Gallery 113 (Exhibition working drawings)
Washington, Augustus - Gallery 203 (Exhibition working drawings)
Washington Print Exhibition - Gallery 111, 112, 113 (Exhibition working drawings)
Washington, Reinstallation - Gallery 202 (Exhibition working drawings)
West, William Edward Gallery 121 (Exhibition working drawings)
Wharton, Edith (Exhibition working drawings)
Winslow Gallery 108-109 (also Goode) (Exhibition working drawings)
Women on Time - Gallery 108 (Exhibition working drawings)
Wright, Joseph - Gallery 203 (Exhibition working drawings)
Camera Ready Art/Miscellaneous reference drawings (originally located after "121 Front Only" in box 1) (2 folders)
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