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1923

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1950

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Photostat, Proposed Hostelry: Center for American Visitors to the Paris Exposition, 1925

This is a Photostat. It was architect: Hector Guimard. It is dated 1923 and we acquired it in 1950. Its medium is photostat and black ink on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Gift of Mme. Hector Guimard.

Its dimensions are

43.7 x 59 cm (17 3/16 x 23 1/4 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in print, in black ink, upper: GROUPE DES ARCHITECTES MODERNES; lower left: HOTEL DE VOYAGEURS/ MAISON AMERICAINE/ IMMEUBLES DE RAPPORT/ CONSTRUCTIONS DEFINITIVES/ POUR LOGER LES VISITEURS/ DE L'EXPOSITION DES ARTS/ DECORATIFS DE 1925/ REZ DE CHAUSSEE; lower right: DRESSEE PAR LA DELEGATION/ DU GROUPE DES ARCHITECTES/ MODERNES/ HECTOR GUIMARD/ HENRI SAUVAGE/ VICE PRESIDENTS DU GROUPE/ LOUIS BRACHET/JOACHIM RICHARD ET/ GEORGES ROEHRICH/ LOUIS PIERRE SEZILLE. ARCHITECTES

Cite this object as

Photostat, Proposed Hostelry: Center for American Visitors to the Paris Exposition, 1925; Architect: Hector Guimard ((French, 1867–1942)); France; photostat and black ink on paper; 43.7 x 59 cm (17 3/16 x 23 1/4 in.); Gift of Mme. Hector Guimard; 1950-66-48

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