Item Information
Title: Eero Saarinen sketch for UNESCO headquarters building in Paris
Date: 1952 February 16
Physical Details: 1 sketch : graphite ; 19 x 14 cm.
Description: One of 13 sketches showing design ideas for UNESCO headquarters building.
Appears to be related to two letters from Eero Saarinen to Lilian Swann Saarinen describing planning meetings with French officials and other architects.
Identification on attachment (handwritten): Eero's sketches of Unesco, Goes with letter Feb 16/52
Handwritten note at bottom of sketch: This one is Roberson's & mine; You might save this skeches [?] they serve as a diary.
Creator: Saarinen, Eero, 1910-1961
Forms part of: Lilian Swann Saarinen papers, circa 1909-1977
Rights Statement: Current copyright status is undetermined
Citation Information: Eero Saarinen. Eero Saarinen sketch for UNESCO headquarters building in Paris, 1952 February 16. Lilian Swann Saarinen papers, circa 1909-1977. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Digital ID: 17575