Collection Neumann-Hug – Bauhaus : une Inspiration
Collection Neumann-Hug – Bauhaus : une Inspiration
HEDRICH-BLESSING Studio
Mies van der Rohe. Apartment House, 860 Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, Illinois, 1949
Lot Closed
December 4, 02:08 PM GMT
Estimate
800 - 1,200 EUR
Lot Details
Description
HEDRICH-BLESSING Studio
Mies van der Rohe. Apartment House, 860 Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, Illinois, 1949
vintage silver print
photographer’s studio stamp ‘Hedrich-Blessing Chicago’, stamp ‘Mies Van der Rohe Architect A.I.A., Chicago’, title, date ‘1949’, architect’s name also with Associate architects name ‘Pace Associates and Holsman, Klekamp & Taylor’ as well as Structural Engineer’s name on typewriter label on the verso.
[tirage argentique d'époque
tampons ‘Hedrich-Blessing Chicago’ et ‘Mies Van der Rohe Architect A.I.A., Chicago’, titre, date ‘1949’, nom de l'architecte et de ses associés sur étiquette au verso.
sous passe-partout et encadré sous verre musée]
matted and framed under museum glass
image: 22.7 x 16.7 cm; 8 15/16 x 6 9/16 in.
print/tirage: 25.3 x 20.7 cm; 9 15/16 x 8 1/8 in;
frame/cadre: 52.5 x 42.5 cm; 20 11/16 x 16 3/4 in.
Private collection, Chicago
Private collection, Switzerland
[Collection privée, Chicago
Collection privée, Suisse]
Franz Schulze, Mies van der Rohe A Critical Biography, 1985, p. 241;
Arthur Drexler, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, New York 1960, p. 91
[Franz Schulze, Mies van der Rohe A Critical Biography, 1985, p. 241;
Arthur Drexler, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, New York 1960, p. 91]
The 26-floor, 254 ft (82 m) tall towers illustrated here were designed by the architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, and called the "Glass House" apartments. The project was completed in 1951.
The design principles of Mies van der Rohe "less is more" were copied extensively and are now considered characteristic of the modern International Style as well as essential for the development of modern High-tech architecture.
Hedrich Blessing Photographers is an architectural photography firm established in Chicago in 1929 by partners Ken Hedrich and Henry Blessing. The studio specializes in architectural and design photography. Clients are prominent Chicago architects, designers and architectural firms, such as Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, Mies van der Rohe and Frank Lloyd Wright
The Chicago History Museum houses the archive of the first 50 years of photography of the studio.