Category: The Black Star Collection
Photographer: GAIRNES, David
Event Date: 1958-03-??
Medium: gelatin silver print
Dimensions: approximately: 8 x 10 inches; 20.32 x 25.4 cm
Accession Number: BS.2005.004389

Inscriptions:
recto, [no inscription]; verso, handwritten: Brussels Fair March 1958 / LB5028 / 3; stamped: Credit: [star shape] / [handwritten]: David Gairnes / [stamped:] from BLACK STAR; typed on label: 3- The Concrete finger of the Civil Engineering Bldg point to Atomium. / Belgian Section. CIVIL ENGINEERING AND BUILDINGS AND HOUSING PAVILION. / This pavilion covers an area of 12,000 sq. yards. It will be occupied / jointly by the Civil Engineering and Buildings and Housing groups. The / principal element of this complex is a structure built of reinforced / concrete, shaped to form a cantilevered arrow nearly 90 yds long and40 [sic.] yds / high at its highest point. This arrow rests on three “feet” which are / attached to a foundation consisting of a huge cube of concrete which, in / turn, rests on 28 stones of 100 tons and 87 stones of 60 tons anchored in / the ground. A triangular room surmounted by a cupola acts as a counterweight / to the arrow. A gigantic map of Belgium will be drawn below the arrow. It / will show the locations of the principal art works of the country. Suspended / from the arrow above the map will be a foot-bridge leading to a main exhibit / hall.

Credit Line: The Image Centre, Black Star Collection.
Black Star Subject: BELGIUM / FAIRS: ATOMIUM
Retouching: N