A group of 4 related pieces – Architecture.
(1) Edward Durell Stone Signed and Inscribed Photograph, "To My Friends", Architect of the Kennedy Center and MoMA.
Black and white photograph of the architect Edward Durell Stone seated at a desk with an architectural model in the foreground, inscribed and signed in blue ink: "To my friends, Edward D. Stone." Stone co-designed the original Museum of Modern Art building (1939) and designed the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the US Embassy in New Delhi and the Radio City Music Hall interiors. Condition: clean.
(2) Minoru Yamasaki Signed Photograph by Bill Williams, Architect of the World Trade Center.
Black and white studio portrait of Minoru Yamasaki, arms folded, signed in ink across his tie. The back carries the stamp of Bill Williams, "The Family Photographer", Royal Oak, Michigan, near Yamasaki's Troy office, with "Minoru Yamasaki, Architect" in ink. Yamasaki designed the World Trade Center towers in New York, the Pruitt-Igoe housing complex and the McGregor Memorial Conference Center. Condition: clean.
(3) I. M. Pei Signed Photograph in Red Ink, Architect of the Louvre Pyramid.
Black and white portrait photograph of I. M. Pei in his signature round dark-framed glasses, suit and tie, signed in red ink across his jacket. Pei designed the glass pyramid at the Louvre, the East Building of the National Gallery of Art, the Bank of China Tower in Hong Kong and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and won the Pritzker Prize in 1983. Condition: clean.
(4) William L. Pereira Signed Photograph.
WILLIAM L. PEREIRA (1909–1985), the futurist architect of San Francisco's Transamerica Pyramid, the Geisel Library at UC San Diego and LAX's Theme Building. Large portrait photograph, chin on fist, signed "William L. Pereira".
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