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403570
  • Title
    Series 02: Jorn Utzon Sydney Opera House preliminary and miscellaneous drawings, ca. 1958-1966
  • Call number
    PXD 492/ff. 1-816
  • Level of description
    series
  • Date

    ca. 1958-1966
  • Type of material
  • Reference code
    403570
  • Issue Copy
    Microfilm : CY 3714 (PXD 492 ff.1-100)
    Microfilm : CY 3715 (PXD 492 ff.101-299)
    Microfilm : CY 3716 (PXD 492 ff.300-499)
    Microfilm : CY 3717 (PXD 492 ff.500-699)
    Microfilm : CY 3718 (PXD 492 ff.700-816)
    Partly Digitised : 26 drawings only selected for digitisation
  • Physical Description
    816 architectural drawings
  • Scope and Content
    Development drawings for the official drawings produced by Jorn Utzon's office between 1958 and 1966.

    SUB-SERIES 1
    Jorn Utzon Sydney Opera House miscellaneous drawings and prints, ca. 1958-1966

    SUB-SERIES 2
    Jorn Utzon Sydney Opera House preliminary drawings and prints, ca. 1958-1966
  • Copying Conditions
    In copyright:
    Reproduction Restricted: Applies to: Sub-series 2: Jorn Utzon Sydney Opera House preliminary drawings and prints.
    Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy copyright holder
  • Finding Aids
    Contents list available in the Mitchell Library Reading Room
  • Published Information
    For an introduction and contents list for the preliminary drawings and prints see: Utzon's interiors for the Sydney Opera House : the design development of the major and minor hall 1958-1966 / a dissertation by Philip Nobis. Sydney : University of Technology, 1994.
  • Description source

    Drawing catalogue of preliminary drawings and prints, Sydney Opera House Plans, PXD 492 Pic Acc 2530 nos. ff. 170-ff. 816, compiled by Philip Nobis, April 1994
  • General note

    Digital order no:Album ID : 846751
  • Attributions / conjectures

    The majority of drawings in this series are originals; however, it is unlikely that they were carried out by Jorn Utzon himself. Oktay Nayman, Jon Lundberg, and Mogas Prip Buus were most ptobably the authors of the majority of these drawings.

    Reference:
    Philip Nobis, Drawing catalogue of preliminary drawings and prints, Sydney Opera House Plans, introductory page [unnumbered].
  • Topic
  • Place
  • Exhibited in

    The architect's sketchbook - State Library of New South Wales (6 April - 31 August, 1998). Applies to: ff. 16-18,20-1,29-31,41,44-6,48,51,54-60,63,65-6,68-9,77-89,91-3,100
    Shells : Jorn Utzon and the Sydney Opera House - State Library of New South Wales (August 2001 - September 2001). Applies to: ff. 208-209; SOH 404;559;629;673(a)
    The Studio of Jorn Utzon - Museum of Sydney. Applies to: ff. 68, 200, 207-8, 212, 218, 282, 306, 319, 322, 324, 328, 434, 766-8
    National treasures from Australia's great libraries - ff. 201; 204; 208-212
    ONE hundred : celebrating the Mitchell Library centenary - State Library of New South Wales (March 2010 - June 2010). Applies to : f. 208
    Utzon's Opera House - S.H. Ervin Gallery (November 2013 - January 2014). Applies to: f. 201
    Australian Inspiration - State Library of New South Wales (July 2015 - September 2015). Applies to: f. 208

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