Exterior views of Farnsworth House under construction, Plano, Illinois

People:

Casimir W. Milewski (photographer)
Edith Farnsworth (client)
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (architect)

Title:

Exterior views of Farnsworth House under construction, Plano, Illinois

Date:

negatives exposed between 1949-1951

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
2 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Gelatin silver prints

Dimensions:

comps. (each): 17,8 x 23,4 cm sheets (each): 20,5 x 25,9 cm

Reference number:

DR1994:0014:012:001-002

Point of View:

exterior view

Inscription:

numbered - on both copy, by an unknown hand, in pen and black ink, verso, u.r.: "No. 47 #" [DR1994:0014:012:001] and "No. 49 #" [DR1994:0014:012:002] stamped - on DR1994:0014:012:001and DR1994:0014:012:001, by an unknown hand, in black ink, verso, c.: "CASIMIR W. MILEWSKI / 3438 N. RIDGEWAY AVENUE / CHICAGO 18, ILLINOIS"

Location:

Fox River; Plano; Illinois; United States;

Subject:

architecture

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Gift of Edward Austin Duckett

DR1994:0014:012:002, View of Farnsworth House under construction, spring 1950

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