About This Artwork

Ludwig Karl Hilberseimer
American, born Germany, 1885-1967

Mischbebauung Mixed Height Housing Development: Aerial Perspective of L-Shaped Detached Houses and Scattered High-Rise Apartment Buildings, c. 1930

Ink on heavy cream paper
Repaired size: approx. 30.2 x 65.4 cm
Original size: approx. 28.5 x 65 cm
Note on verso, "Hilbersheimer".
Gift of George E. Danforth, 1983.996

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Exhibition History

Musee des beaux-arts de Montreal, The 1920's: Age of the Metropolis, June 20, 1991-Nov. 10, 1991.

Centre de Creation Industrielle, Centre Georges Pompidou, LaVille 1870 - 1990, Feb. 9-May 9, 1993.

Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan (sponsored by The Tokyo Shimbun) July 24-Sept. 16, 1996; Hiroshima Museum of Art, Sept. 22-Nov. 4, 1996; Gifu Prefectural Museum, Nov. 4-Dec. 22, 1996.