Art Deco: A mode of mobility

List of Figures

List of Figures Figure I.1. The Cross Roads of the World (south façade), Los Angeles (CA), architect Robert V. Derrah, 1936–1937 3 Figure I.2. The Cross Roads of the World, 1937 4 Figure I.3. Dressing Table, Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann, ca. 1919–1923 6 Figure I.4. Combination desk and bookcase, Paul T. Frankl, ca. 1927 7 Figure I.5. Relief “Scandal” and the Melchett Fire Box, Charles Sargeant Jagger, 1930 8 ART DECO—A MODE OF MOBILITY XXII Figure I.6. Lobby of Aldred Building, Montréal (QC), architects Barott and Blackader, 1931 19 Figure I.7. Coca-Cola Bottling Plant, Los Angeles (CA), architect Robert V. Derrah, 1936–1937 23 Figure I.8. Site plan for The Cross Roads of the World, Robert V. Derrah, 1937 25 Figure I.9. The Cross Roads of the World (Continental Villa, east façade), Los Angeles (CA), architect Robert V. Derrah, 1936–1937. Selma Ave. entrance to the right 26 Figure I.10. The Cross Roads of the World (“Moorish” building, west and south façades), Los Angeles (CA), architect Robert V. Derrah, 1936–1937 26 Figure I.11. Dorothea Lange, Toward Los Angeles, Calif., March 1937 29 Figure I.12. Detail from New India Assurance Building, Mumbai, architects Master, Sathe & Bhuta; sculpture by N.G. Pansare, 1935–1937 33 Figure I.13. Detail from McDougall and Cowans Building, Montréal, architect J. Cecil McDougall; sculpture by Henri Hébert, 1929 34 Figure I.14. Toronto Stock Exchange (Design Exchange), Toronto (ON), architects George and Moorhouse, associate S.H. Maw, 1937 34 Figure I.15. Detail of façade frieze by Charles Comfort, Toronto Stock Exchange (Design Exchange), Toronto (ON), 1937 35 Figure 1.1. Postcard, Canadian, ca. 1945 42 Figure 1.2. Marine Building plans on display at Hudson’s Bay Company, Vancouver (BC), May 18, 1929 44 Figure 1.3. Burrard St. with Hotel Vancouver no. 3, and Egremont House Apartments (view from Marine Building), Vancouver (BC), 1931 48 Figure 1.4. Guest suite, Hotel Vancouver, 1939 49 Figure 1.5. “Vancouver’s $200,000,000 Skyline.” 54 Figure 1.6. McCarter and Nairne, elevation of Marine Building, n.d. 55 Figure 1.7. Aerial view looking east from over Pender and Georgia streets, Vancouver (BC), 1933 59 Figure 1.8. Marine Building, Dominion Trust Building, and Flack Block, Vancouver (BC), 1931 60 LIST OF FIGURES XXIII Figure 1.9. Entrance to Marine Building on Hastings St., Vancouver (BC), architects McCarter and Nairne, September 29, 1930 61 Figure 1.10. Entrance to Eastern Columbia Building, Los Angeles, architect Claud Beelman, 1929 66 Figure 1.11. Entrance to Marine Building, Vancouver (BC), architects McCarter and Nairne, 1930 67 Figure 1.12. Terracotta panel (airship), Marine Building, Vancouver (BC), architects McCarter and Nairne, 1930 68 Figure 1.13. Terracotta panel (battleship), Marine Building, Vancouver (BC), architects McCarter and Nairne, 1930 68 Figure 1.14. Marine Building (east and south façades), Vancouver (BC), architects McCarter and Nairne, September 28, 1930 71 Figure 1.15. Sculptural detail (sea life), Marine Building, Vancouver (BC), architects McCarter and Nairne, 1930 72 Figure 1.16. Sculptural details of south façade (including Neptune), Marine Building, Vancouver (BC), architects McCarter and Nairne, 1930 73 Figure 1.17. Burrard Bridge, Vancouver (BC), architects Sharp and Thompson, 1932 74 Figure 1.18. McCarter and Nairne, coloured sketch of elevator, Marine Building, n.d. 78 Figure 1.19. Medical-Dental Building, Vancouver (BC), architects McCarter and Nairne, August 29, 1929 80 Figure 1.20. Interior of entrance hall, Marine Building, Vancouver (BC), architects McCarter and Nairne, September 29, 1930 82 Figure 1.21. Interior of entrance hall (view from gallery looking west), Marine Building, Vancouver (BC), architects McCarter and Nairne, 1930 82 Figure 1.22. Detail of entrance with clock, Marine Building, Vancouver (BC), architects McCarter and Nairne, 1930 83 Figure 1.23. Decorative panel from lobby, Marine Building, Vancouver (BC), architects McCarter and Nairne, 1930 83 Figure 1.24. Elevator doors, Marine Building, Vancouver (BC), architects McCarter and Nairne, 1930 84 Figure 1.25. Interior office, Marine Building, Vancouver (BC), architects McCarter and Nairne, October 1, 1930 86 Figure 1.26. Orville Fisher and Paul Goranson, Industry, one section of a mural based on a larger work for the Golden Gate Exposition, San Francisco, 1939 88 ART DECO—A MODE OF MOBILITY XXIV Figure 1.27. Ground floor plan, Marine Building, Vancouver (BC...