Album of views of Hellerhof Housing Estate, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

People:

Ilse Bing (photographer)
Aktiengesellschaft Hellerhof (client)
Mart Stam (architect)
Philipp Holzmann Aktiengesellschaft (contractors)

Title:

Album of views of Hellerhof Housing Estate, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Date:

1930

Description:

- The housing unit types appearing in the photographs of the album of Hellerhof housing development, Frankfurt am Main, Germany (PH1984:0287:001-030) have been identified as type A (DR1984:1114), type B (DR1984:1112), type C (DR1984:1110), type D (DR1984:1108) and type E (DR1984:1104) based on drawings by Stam in the CCA Prints and Drawings collection and on Blijstra (1970, pp. 16-17).
- The photograph numbers are indicated at the lower right corner of the album pages and are not in numerical order.

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 album(s)

Technique and media:

Gelatin silver prints

Dimensions:

album (closed): 35 x 48,2 x 2,3 cm (13 3/4 x 19 x 7/8 in.) compositions (range): 16,5 x 28,2 x 21,5 x 28,2 cm (6 1/2 x 11 1/8 x 8 7/16 x 11 1/8 in.) pages (approx.): 34,5 x 47,1 cm (13 9/16 x 18 9/16 in.) album (open and on cradle): 34,93 x 90,17 x 14,61 cm

Reference number:

PH1984:0287:001-030

Point of View:

aerial view
exterior views
interior view

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Contemporary binding consists of black bristol board covers bound with white string. Title page.

Inscription:

numbered, inscribed and dated - by unknown hands, in graphite, on the first title page, u.r.: "30std."; on the second title page, c.: "ILSE / BING / 1930" [within square]; and on the second title page, c.r.: with title and "(Mart Stam) / Ffm"

Subject:

architecture
interior design

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

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