About This Artwork

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
American, born Germany, 1886-1969

Court House Studies: Interior Views Showing Steel Columns, c. 1931-38

Ink on paper, mounted on archival board
Two sheets, each 21.4 x 29.9 cm, mounted together on archival board, 48.9 x 36.2 cm
Gift of A. James Speyer, 1981.936-937

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Exhibition History

Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Architects Design, 1982, cat. no. 78.

Art Institute of Chicago, The Unknown Mies van der Rohe and His Disciples of Modernism, cat. no. 66; Art Institute of Chicago Aug. 22-Oct. 5, 1986, traveled to Germany.

Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Architecture and Design: 1923-1993, June 12–Aug. 29, 1993, cat. no. 449.

Publication History

Art Institute of Chicago. 1982. Chicago Architects Design: A Century of Architectural Drawings from The Art Institute of Chicago. Exh. cat. Art Institute of Chicago/Rizzoli, cat. no. 78, p. 105.

Art Institute of Chicago. 1986. Mies Reconsidered: His Career, Legacy, and Disciples. Exh. cat. Art Institute of Chicago/Rizzoli, cat. no. 66, p. 125.

Zukowsky, John (ed.). 1993. Chicago Architecture and Design, 1923–1993: Reconfiguration of an American Metropolis. Exh. cat. Art Institute of Chicago/Prestel, cat. no. 449.