Study for a Community Arts Center for the New York World's Fair - 1939
Collection: Collection on the 1964-1965 New York World's Fair
Date: circa 1939
Material: watercolor paint Dimension:
height: 18 1/2 x width: 26 7/8 inches
Creator: Ackerman, Frederick Lee, 1878-1950
Contributor: Van Pelt, John Vredenburgh, 1874-1962, Lowenfish, Joshua D.
Identifier: aql:2484 1989.6.1WF39 QMOA
Description: Most likely an early version of the Contemporary Arts/American Arts Today Building. Shows a design of the structure at street level as well as cutaways of seating, spaces, and rooms.
Creator :
Ackerman, Frederick Lee, 1878-1950
Contributor :
Van Pelt, John Vredenburgh, 1874-1962, Lowenfish, Joshua D.
Date :
circa 1939
Summary/Description :
Most likely an early version of the Contemporary Arts/American Arts Today Building. Shows a design of the structure at street level as well as cutaways of seating, spaces, and rooms.
Subject :
New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.); Community centers; Art
Rights :
This object is part of the collection of the Queens Museum, and was cataloged with the generous support of the Council on Libraries and Information Resources (CLIR) as part of a Cataloging Hidden and Special Collections and Archives grant project, in collaboration with the Museum of the City of New York and Queens Library. These objects cannot be accessed at the Queens Library. Please contact info@queensmuseum.org in order to learn more about the object or to access it.
Coverage :
Flushing Meadows-Corona Park (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.)
Type :
design drawings
Format :
watercolor paint; height: 18 1/2 x width: 26 7/8 inches; Measurements are for the frame. Object hangs x Queens Museum Visible Storage Gallery.
Identifier :
aql:2484 1989.6.1WF39 QMOA
Subject:
New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.); Community centers; Art
New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.); Community centers; Art
Rights Notice
This object is part of the collection of the Queens Museum, and was cataloged with the generous support of the Council on Libraries and Information Resources (CLIR) as part of a Cataloging Hidden and Special Collections and Archives grant project, in collaboration with the Museum of the City of New York and Queens Library. These objects cannot be accessed at the Queens Library. Please contact info@queensmuseum.org in order to learn more about the object or to access it.
This object is part of the collection of the Queens Museum, and was cataloged with the generous support of the Council on Libraries and Information Resources (CLIR) as part of a Cataloging Hidden and Special Collections and Archives grant project, in collaboration with the Museum of the City of New York and Queens Library. These objects cannot be accessed at the Queens Library. Please contact info@queensmuseum.org in order to learn more about the object or to access it.
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