Marcel Breuer: A Centennial Celebration

April 5-June 29, 2002
Exhibited in AAA's NYC Research Center Gallery

The Marcel Breuer Papers were generously donated to the Archives of American Art between 1985 and 1999 by his widow, Constance Breuer. Spanning the years 1920 to 1986, the papers include correspondence, interviews, writings, project files, photographs, financial records, and printed material documenting Breuer's career as an architect and designer.
These papers-a small portion of which are exhibited here-reflect the vast range of his creations, from tubular steel chairs to private residences, college campuses, factories, department stores, government buildings, and industrial housing complexes.

In 2005, the Archives made these materials fully accessible on the Web as the Marcel Breuer papers online.

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Marcel Breuer, St. Elme, France

UNESCO Headquarters in Paris. Marcel Breuer and Bernard Zehrfuss, Architects; Pier Luigi Nervi, Structural Engineer

Whitney Museum of American Art, cross section and elevation, designed by Marcel Breuer

Plas-2-Point prefabricated house, scale model, designed by Marcel Breuer

Ariston Club, Mar-Del-Plata, Argentina. Marcel Breuer, Eduardo Catalano, and Francisco Coire, architects

Side chair designed by Marcel Breuer

Tubular steel chair designed by Marcel Breuer

Aluminum chair designed by Marcel Breuer

Cesca dining room chair designed by Marcel Breuer

Isokon chair designed by Marcel Breuer

View of pool at Stillman House I

St. John's Abbey and University under construction, Collegeville, Minnesota

Coffee table designed by Marcel Breuer

Dressing table designed by Marcel Breuer

Bureau designed by Marcel Breuer

Wassily chair designed by Marcel Breuer

Bookcase designed by Marcel Breuer

Tea cart designed by Marcel Breuer

Breuer House, Lincoln, Mass. designed by Marcel Breuer

Breuer House, Lincoln, Mass. designed by Marcel Breuer

Herbert Bayer to Marcel Breuer

Plas-2-Point prefabricated house, elevation drawings, designed by Marcel Breuer

Heartiest greetings from Sibyl and Laszlo Moholy-Nagy

Folding chair, designed in 1928 by Marcel Breuer

Geller House II, Lawrence, New York. Marcel Breuer and Herbert Beckhard, architects. Ben Schnall, photographer

Harnischmacher House I, kitchen, Wiesbaden, Germany

The House in the Museum Garden, living room, Museum of Modern Art, New York

Geller House II, interior, Lawrence, Long Island, New York

McMullen Beach House, North Elevation, Mantoloking, New Jersey

Geller House II, Main Floor Plan, Lawrence, Long Island, New York

UNESCO pass to the Tenth General Conference

First day cover commemorating opening day at UNESCO Headquarters, Paris

Kniffin House, south elevation, New Canaan, Conn.

General plan of UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France

A new hotel for Kabul. Marcel Breuer, Robert F. Gatje, and Walter Brune & Partner, architects

The Marcel Breuer coloring book

Walter Gropius's 80th birthday

Australian Embassy, Paris, France

Dolderthal Apartments, Zurich, Switzerland

Litchfield High School, Litchfield, Conn.

New York University, south view with residence hall and lecture hall buildings

Armstrong Rubber Co. Headquarters, West Haven, Conn.

Wolfson Trailer House, Pleasant Valley, N.Y.

New Canaan House I, New Canaan, Conn.

HUD office building, Washington, D.C.

Koerfer House, Moscia, Tessin, Switzerland. Marcel Breuer and Herbert Beckhard, architects

Rufus Stillman, Litchfield, Conn. letter to Marcel Breuer, New York, N.Y.

Henry Moore, Much Hadham, England letter to Marcel Breuer, New York, N.Y.

Eero Saarinen, Bloomfield Hills, Mich. letter to Marcel Breuer, New York, N.Y.

Alexander Calder to Marcel Breuer

Louis I. Kahn to Marcel Breuer

Josef Albers, Black Mountain, N.C. postcard to Marcel Breuer, Cambridge, Mass.

Walter Gropius to Marcel Breuer

László Moholy-Nagy, Berlin, Germany letter to Marcel Breuer, London, England

Marcel Breuer, Mercedes Matter, Konrad Wachsmann, Alexander Calder and others

Strom Thurmond Federal Office Building and Courthouse

Strom Thurmond Federal Office Building and Courthouse designed by Marcel Breuer. View of lobby from second floor

Strom Thurmond Federal Office Building and Courthouse designed by Marcel Breuer. View of interior

McMullen Beach House, Mantoloking, New Jersey. Marcel Breuer and Herbert Beckhard, architects. Ben Schnall, photographer

Original drawings for the Marcel Breuer Coloring Book

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