Yale University Art Gallery (New Haven, CT) : View of the entire main entrance, set back from the Swartwout building on the right
- Creator:
- Kahn, Louis Isidore, 1901-1974
- Published/Created:
- 1111 Chapel Street, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
1951-1953 ; 2004-2007 (restoration) - Date Depicted:
- 8/15/2008
1950 AD - 2010 AD - Materials:
- brick
concrete
glass
steel - Notes:
- The Yale University Art Gallery was Louis I. Kahn's first significant commission and is widely considered his first masterpiece. Designed while Kahn was a visiting critic at the Yale School of Architecture, the building--the first of three art museums tha
- Topics:
- Architecture -- United States -- 20th century -- (YVRC)
- Period/Style:
- Modern
Modernist - Culture:
- American
- Accession Number:
- 1A1-KL-YA-A2
- Genre:
- architecture (AAT)
exhibition buildings: art museums (AAT) - Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Sculptures, Models, & Architecture
- Rights:
- Copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc
The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement. - Access Restrictions:
- Yale Community Only
- Digital:
- architectural exteriors; Art museums construction buildings; exhibition buildings; museums; art museums
- Source Creator:
- Gilchrist, Scott
- Source Title:
- Archivision Base Collection
- Source Created:
- 2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
Archivision, Inc.
8/15/2008 - Source Note:
- Purchase, Visual Resources Collection, May, 2011; photographer Scott Gilchrist
- Yale Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Digital Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Local Record Number:
- 4152
- OID:
- 10089308
- PID:
- digcoll:2339747