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Settlement Units, Density Studies, View of L-Shaped Houses

A work made of pen and black ink over traces of graphite on cream wove paper-faced board (illustration board).

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  • A work made of pen and black ink over traces of graphite on cream wove paper-faced board (illustration board).

Date:

c. 1943

Artist:

Ludwig Karl Hilberseimer
American, born Germany, 1885–1967

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Architecture and Design

Artist

Ludwig Karl Hilberseimer (Architect)

Title

Settlement Units, Density Studies, View of L-Shaped Houses

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

1938–1948

Medium

Pen and black ink over traces of graphite on cream wove paper-faced board (illustration board)

Dimensions

38 × 51.5 cm (15 × 20 5/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of George E. Danforth

Reference Number

1983.1808.2

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