Object Details
Designer
J. Floyd Yewell, American, 1885–1963
Architect
Shreve, Lamb & Harmon, New York, New York, 1929–1979
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Depiction of a tall, rectangular skyscraper that appears to be an office building. The building is located at 500 Fifth Avenue at the corner of 5th Avenue and 42nd Street in Manhattan, and was designed by the architectural firm Shreve, Lamb & Harmon. The architecture is characterized by a setback or ziggurat style, becoming narrower as it reaches the sky. Other buildings appear to the left, in the background, and in the right foreground. The darkness of the foreground contrasts with the lighter space in the rest of the picture. The New York Public Library, identified by the two lion sculptures out front and its classical architecture, is shown in the left foreground facing 5th Avenue. Trees, small figures, cars, and a bus appear on the street level in front of the building.
Credit Line
Gift of Edith H. Yewell
Date
after 1931
Accession Number
1984-76-1
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
architecture
Object Name
Print
Type
Print
Medium
Lithograph on cream paper
Dimensions
101.6 × 64.1 cm (40 × 25 1/4 in.)
made in
New York, NY, USA
place depicted
New York, NY, USA
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Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
chndm_1984-76-1