Introduction to Marcel Breuer: A Centennial Celebration About Marcel Breuer (1902-1981) Friends/Correspondence with Marcel Breuer Furniture designed by Marcel Breuer Marcel Breuer, Architect Marcel Breuer: A Centennial Celebration

Buildings

UNESCO Headquarters in Paris. Marcel Breuer and Bernard Zehrfuss, Architects; Pier Luigi Nervi, Structural Engineer, 1953. Photograph, b&w. 19 x 24 cm. Marcel Breuer papers, 1920-1986. Archives of American Art.


UNESCO Headquarters, Paris.

General plan of UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France, [195-]. 1 photographic print : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm. Marcel Breuer papers, 1920-1986. Archives of American Art.


General plan of UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France.

UNESCO pass to the Tenth General Conference, [1958]. 1 print (2 p.) : col.; 8 x 13 cm. Marcel Breuer papers, 1920- 1986. Archives of American Art.


UNESCO pass to the Tenth General Conference.

First day cover commemorating opening day at UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, 1958 Nov. 1. 1 envelope : col.; 10 x 17 cm. Marcel Breuer papers, 1920-1986. Archives of American Art.


First day cover commemorating opening day at UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, 1958 Nov. 1.

Whitney Museum of American Art, cross section and elevation, New York. Architect Marcel Breuer and Associates, [between 1963 and 1966]. Photograph, b&w. 21 x 26 cm. Marcel Breuer papers, 1920-1986. Archives of American Art.


Whitney Museum of American Art, cross section and elevation, New York.

In response to an anticipated housing shortage, Breuer offered this low-cost, easily transportable structure supported by cantilevers resting on two short piers. It was never put into production.

Plas - 2 - Point prefabricated house, scale model, 1942. Photograph, b&w. 17 x 24 cm. Marcel Breuer papers, 1920-1986. Archives of American Art.


Plas-2-Point prefabricated house, scale model.

Plas-2-Point prefabricated house, elevation drawings, designed by Marcel Breuer, 1942. Photograph, b&w. 21 x 25 cm. Marcel Breuer papers, 1920-1986. Archives of American Art.


Plas-2-Point prefabricated house, elevation drawings.

Ariston Club, Mar-Del-Plata, Argentina. Marcel Breuer, Eduardo Catalano, and Francisco Coire, architects, 1948. Photograph, b&w. 10 x 14 cm. Marcel Breuer papers, 1920-1986. Archives of American Art.

Ariston Club, Mar-Del-Plata, Argentina

Stillman House I -Swimming pool designed by Marcel Breuer. Mural by Alexander Calder.
Ben Schnall, photographer, 1954. Photograph, b&w. 26 x 21 cm. Marcel Breuer papers, 1920-1986. Archives of American Art.


Stillman House I -Swimming pool designed by Marcel Breuer.

St. John's Abbey and University under construction, Collegeville, Minnesota, [ca. 1953-1981]. Photograph, b&w. 21 x 26 cm. Marcel Breuer papers, 1920-1986. Archives of American Art.


St. John's Abbey and University under construction Collegeville, 
          Minnesota, [ca. 1953-1981].

Geller House II, Lawrence, New York. Marcel Breuer and Herbert Beckhard, architects. Ben Schnall, photographer, [between 1959 and 1969]. Photograph, b&w. 21 x 26 cm. Marcel Breuer papers, 1920-1986. Archives of American Art.


Geller House II, Lawrence, New York. Ben Schnall, photographer.

Geller House II, interior, Lawrence, Long Island, New York. Marcel Breuer and Herbert Beckhard, architects. Thomas Breuer, photographer, [between 1959 and 1969]. Photograph, b&w. 17 x 25 cm. Marcel Breuer papers, 1920-1986. Archives of American Art.


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

Geller House II, Main Floor Plan, Lawrence, Long Island, New York, [between 1959 and 1969]. Photograph, b&w. 26 x 21 cm. Marcel Breuer papers, 1920-1986. Archives of American Art.


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

Harnischmacher House I, kitchen, Wiesbaden, Germany. Wolf and Lotte, photographers, 1932. Photograph, b&w. 19 x 24 cm. Marcel Breuer papers, 1920-1986. Archives of American Art.


Harnischmacher House I, kitchen, Wiesbaden, Germany.

 

McMullen Beach House, Mantoloking, New Jersey. Marcel Breuer and Herbert Beckhard, architects. Ben Schnall, photographer, [between 1960 and 1964]. Photograph, b&w. 21 x 26 cm. Marcel Breuer papers, 1920-1986. Archives of American Art.

 

McMullen Beach House, Mantoloking, New Jersey. Marcel Breuer and Herbert Beckhard, architects. Ben Schnall, photographer, [between 1960 and 1964].

McMullen Beach House, North Elevation, Mantoloking, New Jersey. Marcel Breuer and Herbert Beckhard, architects. Ben Schnall, photographer, [between 1960 and 1964]. Photograph, b&w. 21 x 26 cm. Marcel Breuer papers, 1920-1986. Archives of American Art.


McMullen Beach House, North Elevation, Mantoloking, New Jersey. Ben Schnall, photographer, [between 1960 and 1964].

Koerfer House, Moscia, Tessin, Switzerland. Marcel Breuer and Herbert Beckhard, architects, 1967. 1 photographic print : col. ; 18 x 25 cm. Marcel Breuer papers, 1920-1986. Archives of American Art.


Koerfer House, Moscia, Tessin, Switzerland.

HUD office building, Washington, D.C. Marcel Breuer and Herbert Beckhard; Nolen-Swinburne and Associates, architects, [1963-1968]. 1 photographic print : col. ; 21 x 26 cm. Marcel Breuer papers, 1920-1986. Archives of American Art.


HUD office building, Washington, D.C.

The client wanted his trailer incorporated as one wing of the house.

Wolfson Trailer House, Pleasant Valley, N.Y. Ben Schnall, photographer, [between 1949-1950]. 1 photographic print : b&w ; 17 x 24 cm. Marcel Breuer papers, 1920-1986. Archives of American Art.


Wolfson Trailer House, Pleasant Valley, N.Y. Ben Schnall, photographer.

Grieco House, Andover, Mass., [between 1954 and 1966]. 1 photographic print : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm. Marcel Breuer papers, 1920-1986. Archives of American Art.


Grieco House, Andover, Mass.

Armstrong Rubber Co. Headquarters, West Haven, Conn. Marcel Breuer and Robert F. Gatje, architects, 1970. 1 photographic print : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. Marcel Breuer papers, 1920-1986. Archives of American Art.


Armstrong Rubber Co. Headquarters, West Haven, Conn.

New York University, south view with residence hall and lecture hall buildings, [between 1957 and 1961]. 1 photographic print : b&w ; 19 x 25 cm. Marcel Breuer papers, 1920-1986. Archives of American Art.


New York University, south view with residence hall and lecture hall 
          buildings, [between 1957 and 1961].

Litchfield High School, Litchfield, Conn. Marcel Breuer and and Herbert Beckhard; O’Connor & Kilham, architects, [between 1953 and 1960]. 1 photographic print : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. Marcel Breuer papers, 1920-1986. Archives of American Art.


Litchfield High School, Litchfield, Conn.

Dolderthal Apartments, Zurich, Switzerland. Marcel Breuer and A. & E. Roth, architects, 1934. 1 photographic print : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. Marcel Breuer papers, 1920-1986. Archives of American Art.


Dolderthal Apartments, Zurich, Switzerland.

Australian Embassy, Paris, France. Harry Seidler, architect; Marcel Breuer, consulting architect, [1970-1976]. 1 photographic print : col. ; 21 x 26 cm. Marcel Breuer papers, 1920-1986. Archives of American Art.


Australian Embassy, Paris, France.

A new hotel for Kabul. Marcel Breuer, Robert F. Gatje, and Walter Brune & Partner, architects, 1964. 1 photographic print : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. Marcel Breuer papers, 1920-1986. Archives of American Art.


A new hotel for Kabul.

Kniffin House, south elevation, New Canaan, Conn. Designed by Marcel Breuer and Eliot Noyes. Ben Schnall, photographer, 1948. 1 photographic print : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. Marcel Breuer papers, 1920-1986. Archives of American Art.


Kniffin House, south elevation, New Canaan, Conn. Ben Schnall, photographer, 1948.

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