Portrait of Philip Johnson at his desk in the Seagram Building with a view of buildings and the East River in the background, New York City

People:

Arnold Newman (photographer)
Philip Johnson (sitter)
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (interior designer)
Philip Johnson (interior designer)
Philip Johnson (architect)
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (architect)
Phyllis Lambert (planning director)
Philip Johnson (furniture designer)
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (furniture designer)
Samuel Bronfman (client)

Title:

Portrait of Philip Johnson at his desk in the Seagram Building with a view of buildings and the East River in the background, New York City

Date:

1959

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions:

comp.: 15.8 x 22.8 cm sheet: 20.2 x 25.3 cm

Reference number:

PH1986:0025

Point of View:

exterior view
interior view

Inscription:

inscribed, dated and signed - by the photographer ? in graphite, on the print below the image, l.l.: with title and "1959 VP"; and l.r.: "c [circled] Arnold Newman" stamped - in black ink, on the print, verso, c.: "c [circled] ARNOLD NEWMAN / THIS PHOTOGRAPH CANNOT BE COPIED / TELEVISED OR REPRODUCED IN ANY FORM / WITHOUT THE EXPRESSED AND WRITTEN / PERMISSION OF THE PHOTOGRAPHER, IT / CAN BE USED FOR EXHIBIT PURPOSES ONLY. / 39 WEST 67th ST., N.Y.C. 10023" numbered and dated - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the print, verso, c.: "2604" [possibly neg. no.]; and l.c.: "Yr 1959"

Subject:

architecture
interior design
portrait

Subject Descriptive Terms:

river
windows
desk
buildings

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

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