Drawing for the Terra Cotta Facade, Carbide and Carbon Building

Work on Paper

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DePaul Art Museum

Name/Title

Drawing for the Terra Cotta Facade, Carbide and Carbon Building

Entry/Object ID

2007.174

Description

Drawing for the Terra Cotta Facade, Carbide and Carbon Building

Artwork Details

Medium

Ink on glazed linen

Acquisition

Notes

Collection of DePaul University, gift of funds from the Richard Driehaus Charitable Lead Trust

Made/Created

Artist

Daniel H. Burnham & Company, Architects

Date made

1927

Ethnography

Notes

North America, United States Chicago

Lexicon

Legacy Lexicon

Class

WORKS ON PAPER

Dimensions

Dimension Description

sheet

Width

48-5/8 in

Length

36 in

Dimension Description

frame

Width

55 in

Depth

1-1/2 in

Length

43-1/2 in

Exhibition

Building the Business of Architecture: The Burnham Brothers and Chicago in the Golden Twenties

Interpretative Labels

Label

Drawing for the Terra Cotta Facade, Carbide and Carbon Building Daniel H. Burnham & Company, Architects 1927 Drawing for the Terra Cotta Facade, Carbide and Carbon Building