Thinking the Unthinkable House: Works in Exhibition

Ben Nicholson, Kleptoman Cell, 1989-1996 , Wood and steel, Courtesy of the artist.

Ben Nicholson, Kleptoman Cell maquette, wood, Courtesy of Collection Seymour Persky.

Ben Nicholson, The Loaf House model, 1996, Wood, Courtesy of the artist.

Ben Nicholson, Appliance House, Kleptoman Cell, Telamon Cupboard, 1986, Pencils, Courtesy of the artist.

Kristina Yu, Loaf House Pencil Plan, upper, 1991, Courtesy of Collection Ben Nicholson.

Boris Cubas, Loaf House Pencil Plan, middle, 1991, Courtesy of Collection Ben Nicholson.

Boris Cubas and Kristina Yu, Loaf House, Drifting Collage, middle, 1991, Courtesy of Collection Ben Nicholson.

Kristina Yu, Loaf House, Drifting Collage, upper, 1991, Courtesy of Collection Ben Nicholson.

Jason Kerwin, Loaf House, Site Collage, middle, 1991, Courtesy of Collection Ben Nicholson.

Nathaniel Lindsay, Loaf House, Site Collage, lower, 1991, Courtesy of Collection Ben Nicholson.

Kristina Yu, Loaf House, Non-specific sections, center, 1991, Courtesy of Collection Ben Nicholson.

Jason Kerwin, Loaf House , Non-specific sections, south, 1991, Courtesy of Collection Ben Nicholson.

Kristina Yu, Loaf, X-ray Plan, 1992, Courtesy of Collection Ben Nicholson.

Kristina Yu, Loaf House, X-ray Elevations, East and South, 1992, Courtesy of Collection Ben Nicholson.

Blake Summers, Laurentian Library Pavement, Panel 14, 1996, Mixed media on canvas, Courtesy of the artist.

Blake Summers, Laurentian Library Pavement, Panel 8, 1995, Mixed media on canvas, Courtesy of Phyllis Lambert Collection, Montreal.

Blake Summers, Laurentian Library Pavement, Panel 4, 1996, Mixed media on canvas, Courtesy of the artist.

Blake Summers, Laurentian Library Pavement, Panel 3, 1996, Mixed media on canvas, Courtesy of the artist.

Blake Summers, Laurentian Library Pavement, Panel 5, 1996, Mixed media on canvas, Courtesy of the artist

Blake Summers, Laurentian Library Pavement, Panel 1, 1996, Mixed media on canvas, Courtesy of the artist.

Peter Ippolito, Loaf House Digital Model, 1995-96, 22 Iris prints, text (excerpts from Loaf House by Ben Nicholson), Courtesy of Collection Ben Nicholson.

Peter Ippolito and Prof. Catherine Wetzel with Amy Berka, Tim Burke, Carly Carlson, Simon Chan, Oh Moon Cho,Mike Cippriani, Serhan Gurkin, Fritz Head, Saor, Loaf House model, 1993-96, Wood, Courtesy of Collection Ben Nicholson.

Chi-tin Montatupalin, Laurentian Library model, 1996, Mixed media on wood, Courtesy of Canadian Center for Architecture, Montreal.

Ben Nicholson with Scott Short, B-52 Pick-up, 1996, B-52 fragments, Courtesy of the artist.

Ben Nicholson, Loaf House Sketchbook, Courtesy of the artist.

Ben Nicholson, Rear Window Sketchbook, Courtesy of the artist.

Ben Nicholson, Kleptoman Plan Sketchbook, Courtesy of the artist.

Ben Nicholson and Peter Ippolito, Loaf House Basic Manual, Courtesy of the artist.

Ben Nicholson, Blue Sketchbook, Courtesy of the artist.

Ben Nicholson, Black Sketchbook, Courtesy of the artist.

Ben Nicholson, Laurentian Library Pavement, Panel 1, 1987, Pencils, Courtesy of the artist.

Ben Nicholson, Laurentian Library Pavement, Panel 2, 1987, Pencils, Courtesy of the artist.

Ben Nicholson, Laurentian Library Pavement, Panel 3, 1987, Pencils, Courtesy of the artist.

Ben Nicholson, Laurentian Library Pavement, Panel 7, 1987, Pencils, Courtesy of the artist.

Ben Nicholson, Laurentian Library Pavement, Panel 8, 1987, Pencils, Courtesy of the artist

Ben Nicholson, Laurentian Library Pavement, Panel 9, 1987, Pencils, Courtesy of the artist.

Ben Nicholson, Laurentian Library Pavement, Panel 11, 1987, Pencils, Courtesy of the artist.

Ben Nicholson, Laurentian Library Pavement, Panel 12, 1987, Pencils, Courtesy of the artist

Ben Nicholson, Laurentian Library Pavement, Panel 13, 1987, Pencils, Courtesy of the artist.

Ben Nicholson, Laurentian Library Pavement, Panel 15, 1987, Pencils, Courtesy of the artist.

Ben Nicholson, Appliance House, Kleptoman Cell Collages, North Wall Inside, North Wall Outside, Plan I, Plan II, Plan III, Plan IV, Plan V, South Wall, 1988, Courtesy of the artist.