Object Details
Artist
Hugh Ferriss, American, 1889–1962
Description
Rendering of very dark, monumental high-rise building consisting of tall set back central tower, flanked by two smaller towers, each with set back upper stories. Dramatic "fan" of light rays in background. This is an early proposal for the set back skyscraper form that was to characterize many skyscrapers built from the mid-1920s to the ca.1950s.
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Hugh Ferriss
Date
1922
Accession Number
1969-137-4
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
architecture
Object Name
Drawing
Type
Drawing
Medium
Black crayon, stumped, pen and black ink, brush and black wash, varnish on illustration board
Dimensions
66.8 × 51 cm (26 5/16 × 20 1/16 in.)
designed in
New York, New York, USA
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Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
chndm_1969-137-4