Architecture and Imagery: Four New Buildings

Summary information

Date

Wed Feb 11 1959 until Mon Apr 20 1959

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

December 1958

January 1959

February 1959

March 1959

April 1959

May 1959

June 1959

Architecture and Imagery: Four New Buildings

20th Century Design from the Museum Collection

Ten European Artists

Recent Acquisitions: Painting and Sculpture

Joan Miró

David V. Hayes: New Talent in the Penthouse

American Acquisitions: Recent Additions of Prints to the Museum Collection

George Segal

Jacques Beckwith

Dody Müller

Alice Trumbull Mason

Lilly Brody

Jim Dine, Marcus Ratliff, Tom Wesselmann: Drawings, Paintings, Collages

Drawings

The Black City, The Red People: Red Grooms and Jay Milder

Max Spoerri

Lester Johnson: Early Paintings

Peter Passuntino: Drawings and Paintings

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

Mercedes Matter: Drawings

Remnants of Nature Departed

Perle Fine: Paintings

Morton Lucks: Paintings

Takeshi Asada, Bob Kobayashi, Nicholas Krushenick

Concurrent exhibitions grouped by organisation

#	Start	End	Title
1	1958-12	1959-02	20th Century Design from the Museum Collection
2	1958-12	1959-02	Ten European Artists
3	1959-01	1959-04	Recent Acquisitions: Painting and Sculpture
4	1959-03	1959-05	Joan Miró
5	1959-04	1959-05	David V. Hayes: New Talent in the Penthouse
6	1959-04	1959-05	American Acquisitions: Recent Additions of Prints to the Museum Collection

#	Start	End	Title
1	1959-02	1959-02	George Segal
2	1959-02	1959-03	Jacques Beckwith
3	1959-03	1959-04	Dody Müller
4	1959-04	1959-05	Alice Trumbull Mason
5	1959-04	1959-04	Lilly Brody

#	Start	End	Title
1	1959-02	1959-03	Jim Dine, Marcus Ratliff, Tom Wesselmann: Drawings, Paintings, Collages
2	1959-03	1959-04	Drawings

#	Start	End	Title
1	1959-02	1959-02	The Black City, The Red People: Red Grooms and Jay Milder
2	1959-02	1959-03	Max Spoerri
3	1959-03	1959-04	Lester Johnson: Early Paintings
4	1959-04	1959-05	Peter Passuntino: Drawings and Paintings

#	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	1959-02	1959-02	Mercedes Matter: Drawings
3	1959-02	1959-03	Remnants of Nature Departed
4	1959-03	1959-04	Perle Fine: Paintings
5	1959-04	1959-04	Morton Lucks: Paintings

#	Start	End	Title
1	1959-02	1959-03	Takeshi Asada, Bob Kobayashi, Nicholas Krushenick

Artists

There were 14 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.

Max Abramovitz Othmar H. Ammann Ove Arup

Max Abramovitz

Biographical statement

Born 1908 ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died 2004

Nationality

Gender

External information resources for Max Abramovitz

Exhibitions

In this dataset, Max Abramovitz was involved in 2 exhibitions across 1 decades.

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

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1953-10	1953-11	MoMA	Architecture for the State Department
2	1959-02	1959-04	MoMA	Architecture and Imagery: Four New Buildings

Ove Arup

Biographical statement British, 1895–1988

Born 1895 ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died 1988

Nationality British

Gender Male

External information resources for Ove Arup

Exhibitions

In this dataset, Ove Arup was involved in 2 exhibitions across 2 decades.

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

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1959-02	1959-04	MoMA	Architecture and Imagery: Four New Buildings

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1979-02	1979-04	MoMA	Transformations in Modern Architecture

Othmar H. Ammann

Biographical statement American, 1879–1965

Born 1879 ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died 1965

Nationality American

Gender Male

External information resources for Othmar H. Ammann

Exhibitions

In this dataset, Othmar H. Ammann 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	1944-05	1944-10	MoMA	Built in the U.S.A., 1932–44

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1959-02	1959-04	MoMA	Architecture and Imagery: Four New Buildings

Guillaume Gillet

Biographical statement French, 1912–1987

Born 1912 ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died 1987

Nationality French

Gender Male

External information resources for Guillaume Gillet

Exhibitions

In this dataset, Guillaume Gillet 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	1959-02	1959-04	MoMA	Architecture and Imagery: Four New Buildings

Wallace K. Harrison

Biographical statement American, 1895–1981

Born 1895 ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died 1981

Nationality American

Gender Male

External information resources for Wallace K. Harrison

Exhibitions

In this dataset, Wallace K. Harrison was involved in 7 exhibitions across 4 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1950s with 4 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1930s,1940s,1990s with 1 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1939-02	1939-03	Rockefeller Center	Three Centuries of American Architecture

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1949-08	1949-10	MoMA	Painting and Sculpture in Architecture

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1952-06	1952-07	MoMA	Architecture in the New York Area
2	1953-01	1953-03	MoMA	Built in USA: Post-War Architecture
3	1953-10	1953-11	MoMA	Architecture for the State Department
4	1959-02	1959-04	MoMA	Architecture and Imagery: Four New Buildings

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1995-06	1995-09	MoMA	The United Nations in Perspective

Bernard Laffaille

Biographical statement

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

Died

Nationality

Gender

External information resources for Bernard Laffaille

viaf.org

Exhibitions

In this dataset, Bernard Laffaille 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	1959-02	1959-04	MoMA	Architecture and Imagery: Four New Buildings

Willis N. Mills

Biographical statement

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

Died

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Gender

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, Willis N. 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	1959-02	1959-04	MoMA	Architecture and Imagery: Four New Buildings

Eero Saarinen Felix J. Samuely René Sarger Thorne Sherwood Lester W. Smith

René Sarger

Biographical statement

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Died

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External information resources for René Sarger

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, René Sarger 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	1959-02	1959-04	MoMA	Architecture and Imagery: Four New Buildings

Eero Saarinen

Biographical statement American, born Finland. 1910–1961

Born 1910 ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died 1961

Nationality American

Gender Male

External information resources for Eero Saarinen

Exhibitions

In this dataset, Eero Saarinen was involved in 23 exhibitions across 7 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1940s,1950s with 7 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1970s,1990s with 1 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1938-06	1938-09	Rockefeller Center	Wheaton College Competition
2	1939-02	1939-03	MoMA	Williamsburg Competition

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1940-01	1940-03	MoMA	Smithsonian Competition
2	1942-09	1942-09	MoMA	Modern Architecture for the Modern School
3	1944-05	1944-10	MoMA	Design for Use
4	1944-05	1944-10	MoMA	Built in the U.S.A., 1932–44
5	1945-02	1945-05	MoMA	Integrated Building: Kitchen, Bathroom, and Storage
6	1947-03	1947-06	MoMA	Printed Textiles for the Home
7	1949-04	1949-10	MoMA	The House in the Museum Garden

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1950-07	1950-09	MoMA	Three Modern Styles
2	1950-11	1951-01	MoMA	Good Design
3	1953-01	1953-03	MoMA	Built in USA: Post-War Architecture
4	1955-02	1955-03	MoMA	Good Design: 5th Anniversary
5	1957-02	1957-04	MoMA	Buildings for Business and Government
6	1958-12	1959-02	MoMA	20th Century Design from the Museum Collection
7	1959-02	1959-04	MoMA	Architecture and Imagery: Four New Buildings

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1961-09	1961-11	MoMA	Eero Saarinen, 1910–1961
2	1964-05		MoMA	Philip L. Goodwin Galleries of Architecture and Design

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1979-02	1979-04	MoMA	Transformations in Modern Architecture

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1991-02	1991-04	MoMA	Art of the Forties

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	2004-11	2005-11	MoMA	Architecture and Design: Inaugural Installation
2	2005-12	2006-04	MoMA	Architecture and Design: Rotation 2
3	2009-05	2011-01	MoMA	What was Good Design? MoMA's Message 1944–56

Lester W. Smith

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Died

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, Lester W. Smith 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	1959-02	1959-04	MoMA	Architecture and Imagery: Four New Buildings

Felix J. Samuely

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Died

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, Felix J. Samuely 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	1959-02	1959-04	MoMA	Architecture and Imagery: Four New Buildings

Thorne Sherwood

Biographical statement

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

Died

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Gender

External information resources for Thorne Sherwood

viaf.org

Exhibitions

In this dataset, Thorne Sherwood 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	1946-11	1947-01	MoMA	Modern Rooms of the Last Fifty Years

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1959-02	1959-04	MoMA	Architecture and Imagery: Four New Buildings

Jorn Utzon

Biographical statement Danish, 1918–2008

Born 1918 ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died 2008

Nationality Danish

Gender Male

External information resources for Jorn Utzon

Exhibitions

In this dataset, Jorn Utzon was involved in 3 exhibitions across 2 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1950s with 2 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1970s with 1 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1950-11	1951-01	MoMA	Good Design
2	1959-02	1959-04	MoMA	Architecture and Imagery: Four New Buildings

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1979-02	1979-04	MoMA	Transformations in Modern Architecture

Charles S. Whitney

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, Charles S. Whitney 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	1959-02	1959-04	MoMA	Architecture and Imagery: Four New Buildings

Architecture and Imagery: Four New Buildings

Summary information

Date

Location

Carried out by

Concurrent exhibitions

Concurrent exhibitions grouped by organisation

MoMA

Hansa Gallery

Judson Memorial Church

City Gallery

Tanager Gallery

Brata Gallery

Artists

A

Max Abramovitz

Exhibitions

1950s (2)

Ove Arup

Exhibitions

1950s (1)

1970s (1)

Othmar H. Ammann

Exhibitions

1940s (1)

1950s (1)

G

Guillaume Gillet

Exhibitions

1950s (1)

H

Wallace K. Harrison

Exhibitions

1930s (1)

1940s (1)

1950s (4)

1990s (1)

L

Bernard Laffaille

Exhibitions

1950s (1)

M

Willis N. Mills

Exhibitions

1950s (1)

S

René Sarger

Exhibitions

1950s (1)

Eero Saarinen

Exhibitions

1930s (2)

1940s (7)

1950s (7)

1960s (2)

1970s (1)

1990s (1)

2000s (3)

Lester W. Smith

Exhibitions

1950s (1)

Felix J. Samuely

Exhibitions

1950s (1)

Thorne Sherwood

Exhibitions

1940s (1)

1950s (1)

U

Jorn Utzon

Exhibitions

1950s (2)

1970s (1)

W

Charles S. Whitney

Exhibitions

1950s (1)

Acknowledgements