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Tribune Tower Two, Chicago, Illinois, Elevation and Plan

A work made of ink, computer graphic, and watercolor wash on paper.

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  • A work made of ink, computer graphic, and watercolor wash on paper.

Date:

1981

Artist:

Walter Andrew Netsch
American, 1920-2008

About this artwork

Walter Netsch, former principal at Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill, is well known for his work with field theory, a method of design based on fields of rotated grids. In the 1960s Netsch applied this technique to a number of projects, including the campus of the University of Illinois at Chicago. His contribution to Late Entries playfully extrudes the grid into a tower, a pattern that he described as a butterfly in a field of flowers.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Architecture and Design

Artist

Walter Andrew Netsch (Architect)

Title

Tribune Tower Two, Chicago, Illinois, Elevation and Plan

Place

Chicago (Building address:)

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1981

Medium

Ink, computer graphic, and watercolor wash on paper

Dimensions

74 × 58.6 cm (29 1/8 × 23 1/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Walter A Netsch

Reference Number

1989.455.5

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