Photograph of a model for the Czech Pavilion for the New York World's Fair (1939-1940), New York City

People:

Unknown (photographer)
Ladislav Sutnar (architect)

Title:

Photograph of a model for the Czech Pavilion for the New York World's Fair (1939-1940), New York City

Date:

1939

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions:

comp.: 14.7 x 10.2 cm

Reference number:

PH1990:0257

Document Type:

postcard

Point of View:

exterior view

Inscription:

imprinted and dated - in black ink, on the print, verso, b.: "Model of the Czechoslovak State Hall at the New York World's Fair 1939 / General Design: L. Sutnar, Prague" inscribed and signed - by the architect ? in pen and black ink, on the print, verso, l.r.: "[illeg.] all good wishes for a / Merry Christmas and a Ha- / ppy New Year / yours sincerely / t L. Sutnar / [illeg.]" [erased]

Location:

Czech Republic

Subject:

architecture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

model (representation)
exhibition building
world's fair

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

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