Architecture Worth Saving

Summary information

Date

Wed Oct 08 1958 until Mon Dec 15 1958

Location

MoMA ^{type:exhibition building spaces}
11 West 53rd St. ^{type:thoroughfare names}

Carried out by

The Museum of Modern Art

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Concurrent exhibitions

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1958

1959

July 1958

August 1958

September 1958

October 1958

November 1958

December 1958

January 1959

February 1959

Architecture Worth Saving

Works of Art: Given or Promised

Philip L. Goodwin Collection

Jean Arp: A Retrospective

Photographs from the Museum Collection

Allan Kaprow: An Exhibition

Paintings by Cajori, De Groot, Dodd, Fine, Groell, Hazelet, Ippolito, Isquith, F. Mitchell, Pearlstein, Ortman; Sculpture by King, Rocklin

Lois Dodd: Paintings

Jean Cohen: Paintings

Five Painters: Epstein, Grooms, Milder, Passuntino, and Weisselberg

Concurrent exhibitions grouped by organisation

#	Start	End	Title
1	1958-10	1958-11	Works of Art: Given or Promised
2	1958-10	1958-11	Philip L. Goodwin Collection
3	1958-10	1958-11	Jean Arp: A Retrospective
4	1958-11	1959-01	Photographs from the Museum Collection

#	Start	End	Title
1	1958-11	1958-11	24
2	1958-11	1958-12	Allan Kaprow: An Exhibition

#	Start	End	Title
1	1956-01	1965-02	Paintings by Cajori, De Groot, Dodd, Fine, Groell, Hazelet, Ippolito, Isquith, F. Mitchell, Pearlstein, Ortman; Sculpture by King, Rocklin
2	1958-11	1958-11	Lois Dodd: Paintings
3	1958-11	1958-12	Jean Cohen: Paintings

#	Start	End	Title
1	1958-11	1958-12	Five Painters: Epstein, Grooms, Milder, Passuntino, and Weisselberg

Artists

There were 19 persons who influenced this exhibition.

Persons are ordered alphabetically by surname. Select a letter in the concertina to continue. Click on the person's name to view further information.

Dankmar Adler

Biographical statement American, 1844–1900

Born 1844 ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died 1900

Nationality American

Gender Male

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, Dankmar Adler was involved in 2 exhibitions across 2 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1940s,1950s with 1 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1940s,1950s with 1 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1948-05	1948-07	MoMA	Louis Sullivan: 1856–1924

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1958-10	1958-12	MoMA	Architecture Worth Saving

Edward Clark

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, Edward Clark was involved in 2 exhibitions across 2 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1950s,1990s with 1 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1950s,1990s with 1 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1958-10	1958-12	MoMA	Architecture Worth Saving

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1994-10	1995-01	MoMA	American Politicians: Photographs from 1843 to 1993

Harwell Hamilton Harris Henry Howard

Henry Howard

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, Henry Howard was involved in 1 exhibitions across 1 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1950s with 1 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1950s with 1 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1958-10	1958-12	MoMA	Architecture Worth Saving

Harwell Hamilton Harris

Biographical statement

Born 1903 ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died 1990

Nationality

Gender Male

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, Harwell Hamilton Harris was involved in 8 exhibitions across 2 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 6 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1950s with 2 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1941-09	1941-09	MoMA	The Wooden House in America
2	1943-03	1943-04	MoMA	Five California Houses
3	1944-05	1944-10	MoMA	Design for Use
4	1944-05	1944-10	MoMA	Built in the U.S.A., 1932–44
5	1946-01	1946-01	MoMA	If You Want to Build a House
6	1949-10	1949-12	MoMA	Modern Art in Your Life

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1953-01	1953-03	MoMA	Built in USA: Post-War Architecture
2	1958-10	1958-12	MoMA	Architecture Worth Saving

Charles Follen McKim William R. Mead Robert Mills

Robert Mills

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, Robert Mills was involved in 1 exhibitions across 1 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1950s with 1 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1950s with 1 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1958-10	1958-12	MoMA	Architecture Worth Saving

William R. Mead

Biographical statement American, 1846–1928

Born 1846 ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died 1928

Nationality American

Gender

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, William R. Mead was involved in 1 exhibitions across 1 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1950s with 1 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1950s with 1 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1958-10	1958-12	MoMA	Architecture Worth Saving

Charles Follen McKim

Biographical statement American, 1847–1909

Born 1847 ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died 1909

Nationality American

Gender

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, Charles Follen McKim was involved in 2 exhibitions across 2 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1950s,2010s with 1 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1950s,2010s with 1 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1958-10	1958-12	MoMA	Architecture Worth Saving

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	2013-03	2013-06	MoMA	Henri Labrouste: Structure Brought to Light

Charles A. Reed Henry Hobson Richardson

Charles A. Reed

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, Charles A. Reed was involved in 1 exhibitions across 1 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1950s with 1 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1950s with 1 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1958-10	1958-12	MoMA	Architecture Worth Saving

Henry Hobson Richardson

Biographical statement American, 1838–1886

Born 1838 ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died 1886

Nationality American

Gender Male

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, Henry Hobson Richardson was involved in 7 exhibitions across 4 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1930s with 3 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1950s,1970s with 1 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1933-01	1933-02	MoMA	Early Modern Architecture: Chicago 1870–1910
2	1936-01	1936-02	MoMA	The Architecture of Henry Hobson Richardson
3	1939-02	1939-03	Rockefeller Center	Three Centuries of American Architecture

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1947-02	1947-05	MoMA	Henry Hobson Richardson, 1838–1886: Architectural Masterpieces
2	1949-08	1949-10	MoMA	Painting and Sculpture in Architecture

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1958-10	1958-12	MoMA	Architecture Worth Saving

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1975-10	1976-01	MoMA	The Architecture of the École des Beaux-Arts

August Schoenborn Benjamin Henry Latrobe, Sr.Allen H. Stem Louis Sullivan

Louis Sullivan

Biographical statement American, 1856–1924

Born 1856 ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died 1924

Nationality American

Gender Male

External information resources for Louis Sullivan

Exhibitions

In this dataset, Louis Sullivan was involved in 10 exhibitions across 6 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 2010s with 3 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1940s,1990s,2000s with 1 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1933-01	1933-02	MoMA	Early Modern Architecture: Chicago 1870–1910
2	1939-02	1939-03	Rockefeller Center	Three Centuries of American Architecture

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1948-05	1948-07	MoMA	Louis Sullivan: 1856–1924

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1958-10	1958-12	MoMA	Architecture Worth Saving
2	1958-12	1959-02	MoMA	20th Century Design from the Museum Collection

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1999-11	2000-03	MoMA	Modern Starts: Things

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	2004-11	2005-11	MoMA	Architecture and Design: Inaugural Installation

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	2010-11	2011-05	MoMA	Building Collections: Recent Acquisitions of Architecture
2	2012-03	2013-03	MoMA	Shaping Modernity: Design 1880–1980, Part 2
3	2013-03	2013-06	MoMA	Henri Labrouste: Structure Brought to Light

Allen H. Stem

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viaf.org

Exhibitions

In this dataset, Allen H. Stem was involved in 1 exhibitions across 1 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1950s with 1 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1950s with 1 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1958-10	1958-12	MoMA	Architecture Worth Saving

August Schoenborn

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, August Schoenborn was involved in 1 exhibitions across 1 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1950s with 1 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1950s with 1 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1958-10	1958-12	MoMA	Architecture Worth Saving

William Thornton

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, William Thornton was involved in 1 exhibitions across 1 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1950s with 1 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1950s with 1 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1958-10	1958-12	MoMA	Architecture Worth Saving

Thomas U. Walter Whitney Warren Charles Wetmore Stanford White Frank Lloyd Wright

Thomas U. Walter

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, Thomas U. Walter was involved in 1 exhibitions across 1 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1950s with 1 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1950s with 1 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1958-10	1958-12	MoMA	Architecture Worth Saving

Stanford White

Biographical statement American, 1853–1906

Born 1853 ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died 1906

Nationality American

Gender

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, Stanford White was involved in 1 exhibitions across 1 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1950s with 1 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1950s with 1 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1958-10	1958-12	MoMA	Architecture Worth Saving

Charles Wetmore

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viaf.org

Exhibitions

In this dataset, Charles Wetmore was involved in 1 exhibitions across 1 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1950s with 1 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1950s with 1 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1958-10	1958-12	MoMA	Architecture Worth Saving

Whitney Warren

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, Whitney Warren was involved in 1 exhibitions across 1 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1950s with 1 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1950s with 1 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1958-10	1958-12	MoMA	Architecture Worth Saving

Frank Lloyd Wright

Biographical statement American, 1867–1959

Born 1867 ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died 1959

Nationality American

Gender Male

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, Frank Lloyd Wright was involved in 46 exhibitions across 8 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 10 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1990s with 2 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1932-02	1932-03	Crown Building	Modern Architecture: International Exhibition
2	1933-01	1933-02	MoMA	Early Modern Architecture: Chicago 1870–1910
3	1938-01	1938-03	Rockefeller Center	A New House by Frank Lloyd Wright
4	1939-02	1939-03	Rockefeller Center	Three Centuries of American Architecture
5	1939-05	1939-09	Rockefeller Center	Houses and Housing: Industrial Art

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1940-11	1941-01	MoMA	Frank Lloyd Wright, American Architect
2	1941-09	1941-09	MoMA	The Wooden House in America
3	1944-05	1944-10	MoMA	Built in the U.S.A., 1932–44
4	1945-05	1945-09	MoMA	Tomorrow's Small House: Models and Plans
5	1946-01	1946-01	MoMA	If You Want to Build a House
6	1946-06	1946-09	MoMA	A New Country House by Frank Lloyd Wright: Scale Model
7	1946-11	1947-01	MoMA	Modern Rooms of the Last Fifty Years
8	1947-04	1947-06	MoMA	Taliesin and Taliesin West
9	1949-04	1949-04	MoMA	Frank Lloyd Wright: A New Theatre
10	1949-08	1949-10	MoMA	Painting and Sculpture in Architecture

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1950-07	1950-09	MoMA	Three Modern Styles
2	1952-01	1952-03	MoMA	Frank Lloyd Wright: Buildings for Johnson's Wax
3	1952-06	1952-07	MoMA	Architecture in the New York Area
4	1953-01	1953-03	MoMA	Built in USA: Post-War Architecture
5	1958-10	1958-12	MoMA	Architecture Worth Saving
6	1958-12	1959-02	MoMA	20th Century Design from the Museum Collection
7	1959-04		MoMA	Frank Lloyd Wright, 1869–1959

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1960-09	1960-12	MoMA	Visionary Architecture
2	1961-08	1961-09	MoMA	Roads
3	1962-03	1962-05	MoMA	Frank Lloyd Wright Drawings
4	1963-11	1963-12	MoMA	Fallingwater: A Frank Lloyd Wright House Revisited
5	1964-05		MoMA	Philip L. Goodwin Galleries of Architecture and Design
6	1968-09	1968-11	MoMA	Architecture of Museums

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1970-12	1971-01	MoMA	Recent Acquisitions: Design Collection
2	1974-02	1974-09	MoMA	Architectural Models from the Collection
3	1975-02	1975-04	MoMA	Furniture from the Design Collection: Thonet, Guimard, Wright, and Rietveld

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1994-02	1994-05	MoMA	Frank Lloyd Wright: Architect
2	1999-11	2000-03	MoMA	Modern Starts: Things

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	2004-11	2005-11	MoMA	Architecture and Design: Inaugural Installation
2	2004-11	2005-03	MoMA	Architecture and Design Drawings: Inaugural Installation
3	2005-04	2005-10	MoMA	Architecture and Design Drawings: Rotation 2
4	2006-04	2006-07	MoMA	Architecture and Design Drawings: Rotation 3
5	2006-06	2006-09	MoMA	Artist's Choice: Herzog and De Meuron, Perception Restrained
6	2007-04	2007-06	MoMA	75 Years of Architecture at MoMA
7	2008-07	2008-10	MoMA	Home Delivery: Fabricating the Modern Dwelling
8	2009-04	2010-02	MoMA	In Situ: Architecture and Landscape
9	2009-12	2012-02	MoMA	Shaping Modernity: Design 1880–1980, Part 1

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	2010-09	2011-05	MoMA	Counter Space: Design and the Modern Kitchen
2	2012-03	2013-03	MoMA	Shaping Modernity: Design 1880–1980, Part 2
3	2012-07	2012-11	MoMA	Century of the Child: Growing by Design, 1900–2000
4	2013-10	2014-10	MoMA	Designing Modern Women 1890–1990

Architecture Worth Saving

Summary information

Date

Location

Carried out by

Concurrent exhibitions

Concurrent exhibitions grouped by organisation

MoMA

Hansa Gallery

Tanager Gallery

City Gallery

Artists

A

Dankmar Adler

Exhibitions

1940s (1)

1950s (1)

C

Edward Clark

Exhibitions

1950s (1)

1990s (1)

H

Henry Howard

Exhibitions

1950s (1)

Harwell Hamilton Harris

Exhibitions

1940s (6)

1950s (2)

M

Robert Mills

Exhibitions

1950s (1)

William R. Mead

Exhibitions

1950s (1)

Charles Follen McKim

Exhibitions

1950s (1)

2010s (1)

R

Charles A. Reed

Exhibitions

1950s (1)

Henry Hobson Richardson

Exhibitions

1930s (3)

1940s (2)

1950s (1)

1970s (1)

S

Louis Sullivan

Exhibitions

1930s (2)

1940s (1)

1950s (2)

1990s (1)

2000s (1)

2010s (3)

Allen H. Stem

Exhibitions

1950s (1)

August Schoenborn

Exhibitions

1950s (1)

T

William Thornton

Exhibitions

1950s (1)

W

Thomas U. Walter

Exhibitions

1950s (1)

Stanford White

Exhibitions

1950s (1)

Charles Wetmore

Exhibitions

1950s (1)