Looking Down on Construction of the AP / Paul J. Woolf

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Accession Number: 2000/2.148
Title: Looking Down on Construction of the AP
Artist: Paul J. Woolf
Artist Nationality: American
Artist Life Dates: (England, 1899 - 1985)
Medium and Support: platinum print on paper
Object Creation Date: 1937
Credit Line: Gift of The Morris and Beverly Baker Foundation, in memory of Morris D. Baker, a graduate of The University of Michigan School of Architecture, 1952
Inscription: Inscribed in blue ink, on verso, at top: "looking down from the Time-life Bldg. on the / construction of the A.P. Building. R.C.A. Bldg is left; / International Bldg is rt."; Stamped in blue in, on verso, at center: This is a PAUL J. WOOLF photo / FROM NEGATIVE # RC 41 / NEW YORK CITY / Phone: CAledonia 5-5446 (negative no. "RC 41" written in black crayon).
Dimensions: 24.1 cm x 17.8 cm (9 1/2 in. x 7 in.)
Century: 20th century
Primary Keywords: buildings; city; construction
Secondary Keywords: additive and joining processes and techniques; architecture; assembling; cityscapes; descriptors; processes and techniques; processes and techniques by specific type; streets
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Collection: University of Michigan Museum of Art
Image Size: 991 x 1281
File Size: 124 KB
Record: 2000/2.148
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2000-sl-2.148/2000_2.148.jpg

In public portfolios: 0 - Baker gifts viewed in study room (16); Architecture in photography 1900-1948 (38); Cities in the early 20th century - a study room selection (21); Modern architecture and urbanism (141); New York City (127); Technology and modernity in photography 1900-1948 (44); The city in photography 1900-1948 (50); The modern metropolis (84)

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Full citation: "Looking Down on Construction of the AP; Paul J. Woolf." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2000-sl-2.148/2000_2.148.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024.