• 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)

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

1959

Gelatin silver print

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

PH1986:0025

• exterior view
• interior view

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"

• architecture
• design d'intérieur
• portrait

• river
• windows
• desk
• buildings

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