The Glass House, New Canaan
Date1979
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver print on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 6 3/4 x 9 1/2in. (17.1 x 24.1cm)
Sheet (height x width): 8 x 10in. (20.3 x 25.4cm)
Sheet (height x width): 8 x 10in. (20.3 x 25.4cm)
Credit LineThe Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund
DescriptionA modern, International style house with glass walls is situated in a grassy lawn. Furnishings and trees in the background are visible through the walls of the house. A modern sculpture is in the right foreground.
Object number2012.437.0
MarkingsOn verso, upper left, on gummed label, typed in black ink, "JOHNSON, PHILIP - NOT SHOWN / ARCHITECT"; lower center, on gummed label, typed in black ink, "THE GLASS HOUSE is the most famous house in the world, / seated on a 33-acre wooded hillside in Connecticut. There are no / walls; the kitchen and bedroom being merely divisions in the / big glass room. Philip Johnson has agreed to give this house to / the public at the time of his death."; upper right, on gummed label, printed in black ink, "haj013"InscribedOn verso, upper right, typed in black ink, "7-30-70); lower right, in pencil, accession numberOn View
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