Proposed Convocation Tower, Madison Square (Northeast Corner of Madison Avenue and East 26th Streeet)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Object Details

Delineator
Hugh Ferriss, American, 1889–1962
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Night scene of a skyscraper consisting of a massed cluster of low tiered sections below culminating in a monumental tower. The structure is illuminated by the city street lights below and streams of light from a chapel- like central section. A white cross is visible at the top of the tower. Pedestrians walk among silhouetted leafless trees below.
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Hugh Ferriss
1921
Accession Number
1964-5-13
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
architecture
Object Name
Print
Type
Print
Medium
Photostat mounted on illustration board
Dimensions
63.8 x 37.1cm (25 1/8 x 14 5/8in.)
Mat: 71.1 × 55.9 cm (28 × 22 in.)
made in
USA
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Record ID
chndm_1964-5-13
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq41344fea5-d2b7-4748-ae62-d09a1d9f9af2
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