Exterior view of the Seagram Building and plaza at midday, New York City

People:

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

Title:

Exterior view of the Seagram Building and plaza at midday, New York City

Date:

1958 or later

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions:

comp.: 14.6 x 10.3 cm

Reference number:

PH1995:0044

Document Type:

postcard

Point of View:

exterior view

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- This photograph is printed on postcard stock.

Inscription:

imprinted - in the image, l.c. to l.r.: "AL SCHACHT'S" [t. of building façade] imprinted and dated - in black typeface, on the print, verso, c.l. to u.l.: "Post Card" [sideways]; c.: "Printed in Western Germany" [upside down]; l.l. to c.l.: "THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART / 11 West 53 Street, New York 19, N.Y." [sideways]; and l.r. to c.r.: with title and "1955 - 57. Mies / van der Rohe and Philip Johnson, Architects. / (Photo Ezra Stoller)" [sideways] inscribed - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the print, verso, l.l. to l.r.: "Phyllis - / Happy / Birthday - / Lori" [sideways]

Subject:

architecture
landscape architecture

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

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