About this artwork
Photographs, correspondence, architectural drawings and printed materials related to Mies’ career and professional life. Includes a significant amount of material pertaining to his association with the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, including correspondence with students, colleagues and visiting faculty, publicity material, newspaper and periodical articles, curriculum documents, and faculty memoranda.
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- AIC Archives
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Artist
- Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (Architect)
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Title
- Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Collection
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Date
- Made 1907–2018
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Medium
- Holograph papers, typescript papers, correspondence, printed papers, photocopies, architectural drawings, black and white and color photographs and transparencies, a color lithograph and realia.
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Dimensions
- 7 boxes, 1 oversized portfolio and flatfile materials: W.: 122 cm (48 in.)
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Credit Line
- Gift of George E. Danforth, 1984; Anstiss and Ronald Krueck, 2005; Jane Heron, 2008; the 900-910 Lake Shore Drive Condo Association, 2010; the Erdmann Schmocker Estate and an anonymous donor, 2012; Patrick Pruchnik, 2013; the Wilson and Linsk families (transfer), 2018; transfer from the Ryerson and Burnham Pamphlet Files, 2018.
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Reference Number
- 1984.2
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