About this artwork
Although many of Mies’s plans and models adopt a bird’s-eye view, his design for the IIT campus also relied heavily on sketches done at eye level. This allowed the architect to work out potential problem areas, such as the experience of approaching a building at human scale. These sketches and studies were then used by architects in his office to create working drawings for construction.
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Architecture and Design
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Artist
- Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (Architect)
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Title
- Early Study for the Library and Administration Building, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, Perspective
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Place
- United States (Artist's nationality:)
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Date
- Designed 1941–1944
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Medium
- Graphite and charcoal on Strathmore board
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Dimensions
- 78.4 × 101.8 cm (31 × 40 in.)
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Credit Line
- Gift of A. James Speyer; 1980 Transfer from Burnham Library Archives; 1981
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Reference Number
- 1988.31.2
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Copyright
- © 2018 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
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