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1923

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1950

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

43.3 x 60.5 cm (17 1/16 x 23 13/16 in.), irregular

It is signed

Bottom right in black ink: Dresse par la Delegation/ de Groupe des Architectes/ Modernes/ Hector Guimard/ Henri Sauvage/ Vice Presidents du Groupe/ Louis Brachet/ Joachim Richard et/ Georges Roehrich

It is inscribed

Top in black ink: GROUPE DES ARCHITECTES MODERNES Bottom left in black ink: 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

Cite this object as

Photostat, Proposed Hostelry: Center for American Visitors to the Paris Expo, 1925; Architect: Hector Guimard ((French, 1867–1942)); photostat and black ink on paper; 43.3 x 60.5 cm (17 1/16 x 23 13/16 in.), irregular; Gift of Mme. Hector Guimard; 1950-66-49

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