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Photograph of a plan and exterior and interior views of a Single-Story House, part of the Dwelling of Our Time Exhibit at the Berlin Building Exhibition of 1931, Germany
People:
  • Hedrich-Blessing (Firm) (photographic studio)
  • Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (architect)
  • Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (furniture designer)
  • Lilly Reich (architect)
  • Williams & Meyer Co. (photographic studio)
  • Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (interior designer)
  • Lilly Reich (exhibition designer)
Title:

Photograph of a plan and exterior and interior views of a Single-Story House, part of the Dwelling of Our Time Exhibit at the Berlin Building Exhibition of 1931, Germany

Date:

negatives exposed between 1938 and 1969

Description:

- Photographs DR1994:0014:006:001-005 are copy prints made by the photographic studios Hedrich-Blessing or Williams & Meyer Co.. Among the inscriptions on the verso of each print are the negative numbers of each print as follows: DR1994:0014:006:001 (Hedrich-Blessing negative 10070); DR1994:0014:006:002 (Williams & Meyer Co. negative 3929-D); DR1994:0014:006:003 (Williams & Meyer Co. negative 3929-B); DR1994:0014:006:004 (Williams & Meyer Co. negative 3929-F); and DR1994:0014:006:005 (Hedrich-Blessing negative 9691-S).

Form:
photographs
Quantity / Object type:
5 photograph(s)
Stage and Purpose:
  • design development drawing
Technique and media:

Gelatin silver prints

Dimensions:

comps. (range): 15,3 to 17,5 x 22,7 to 22,9 cm sheets (range): 20,3 to 20,8 x 25 to 25,6 cm

Reference number:

DR1994:0014:006:001-005

Drawing Type:
  • line drawing
  • mechanical drawing (tool-aided drawing)
Method of Projection:
  • plan (drawing)
Point of View:
  • exterior views
  • interior views
  • plan view
Inscription:

stamped - on all copy prints, by an unknown hand, in black ink, verso, u.r.: "MIES VAN DER ROHE / ARCHITECT A.I.A. / 37 S. WABASH AVE. / CHICAGO 3, ILL." [upside down] stamped - on DR1994:0014:006:001, by an unknown hand, in black ink, verso, l.l.: "If this Photograph is used / for reproduction, kindly use the / following credit line: / HEDRICH-BLESSING STUDIO." stamped - on DR1984:0014:006:001, by an unknown hand, in black ink, verso, l.l.: "HEDRICH-BLESSING STUDIO / CHICAGO / NEG. No. 10070" [with negative number in graphite] inscribed and dated - on DR1984:0014:006:001, by an unknown hand, in graphite, verso, l.c.: "House, Berlin Bldg. Exhibition / 1931" stamped - on DR1994:0014:006:002 - DR1994:0014:004, by an unknown hand, in black ink, verso, l.r.: "FROM THE STUDIOS OF / WILLIAMS & MEYER CO. / 14 N. MICHIGAN - RA[N]DOLPH 1921 / CHICAGO, ILLINOIS / NEG. # [with negative number in graphite] (see narrative content for neg. nos.) inscribed - on DR1994:0014:006:002, by an unknown hand, in graphite, verso, l.c.: "House, Berlin Bldg. Exposition" dated - on DR1994:0014:006:003, by an unknown hand, in graphite, verso, l.c.: "1931" stamped - on DR1994:0014:006:005, by an unknown hand, in black ink, verso, l.l.: "Reprinted by / HEDRICH-BLESSING / Do Not Credit / Negative Number 9691-S" [with negative number in graphite] labelled, imprinted and dated - DR1994:0014:006:005, on a label in black typeface, verso, l.c.: "BUILDING EXPOSITION / BERLIN - GERMANY / HOUSE / Living- & Diningroom / 1931"

Subject:
  • architecture
  • exhibition design
  • interior design
Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Gift of Edward Austin Duckett
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