| Title |
Japanese Architecture: Japanese House, MoMA, NY [005] |
| Collection Name and Number |
P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection |
| Photo Number |
Box 23, Architecture, 71 |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
1954 |
| Subject |
New York (N.Y.)--Museums--Photographs; Architecture, Japanese--Photographs; Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)--Photographs; Architecture, Japanese--Hinoki cypress--Roofing--Photographs; Museums--New York (State)--Photographs; Tierney, Lennox--Photography collections; Architecture; Chamaecyparis obtusa; Trees; Eaves; Exhibitions |
| Keywords |
New York; Japanese House; Museum of Modern Art; Roof |
| Spatial Coverage |
New York; New York City (New York) |
| Description |
Close-up photo of the roof of the Japanese House, made from Hinoki Cypress bark, at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City, New York |
| Caption on Slide |
Detail of Hinoki (Cypress bark) roofs |
| Additional Information |
Image was scanned from color slide. The Japanese House was designed by Yoshimura Junzoo and originally built in Nagoya, Japan in 1953, then presented by the America-Japan Society of Tokyo to MoMA in New York for exhibition from 1954-1955. It was then given to Philadelphia. In 1958 it was reassembled at it current location in New York. |
| Type |
Image |
| Creator |
Tierney, Lennox |
| Rights Management |
This material may be protected by copyright. Permission required for use in any form. For further information please contact the Multimedia Archivist, Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah. |
| Textual Date |
1947-2004 |
| Original Source |
1954 |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6fn1p16 |
| Digitization Specifications |
Original scanned on Nikon Coolscan 5000 and saved as 2700 ppi TIFF. Display image generated in CONTENTdm as JP2000. |
| Donor |
Lennox Tierney; Catherine Tierney |
| Setname |
uum_lctpc |
| ID |
330461 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6fn1p16 |
