Hugh Ferriss
Hugh Ferriss — Hugh Ferriss studied at Washington University in St. Louis. the recorded working language is English. Work by Hugh Ferriss is recorded in the collections of Art Institute of Chicago, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and Whitney Museum of American Art. The heading is also recorded as Hugh Ferris and Hugh Macomber Ferriss. Hugh Ferriss is recorded in the structured authority under the identifier Q1634329. It is also recorded that hugh Ferriss died in 1962 at Greenwich Village. Hugh Ferriss is recorded with the citizenship of United States. Institutional cataloguing adds that hugh Ferriss is recorded as architect.
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Identity and overview
The canonical record carries the following identifying particulars.
Hugh Ferriss is recorded in the structured authority under the identifier Q1634329. It is also recorded that hugh Ferriss is recorded with the citizenship of United States.
Works and production
The following works and productions are recorded by name or by count.
Trinity Portland Cement Company Promotional Material, Highways of the Future, Presentation Drawing is dated 1943 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 2019.1019.2). It is also recorded that trinity Portland Cement Company Promotional Materials, Lobby and Escalators, Presentation Drawing is dated 1943 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 2019.1019.4). Trinity Portland Cement Company Promotional Material, Airport of the Future, Aerial Perspective is dated 1943 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 2019.1019.3). Institutional cataloguing adds that wikidata Query Service catalogues 1 work under this heading.
Open Library catalogues 3 works under this heading. Institutional cataloguing adds that the Metropolitan Museum of Art catalogues 2 works under this heading. It is also recorded that the Art Institute of Chicago catalogues 3 works under this heading. It is also recorded that power in buildings is dated 1953.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Fifth Avenue entrance, elevation is dated 1946–53 and held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art (inventory 63.82.2). It is also recorded that the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Great Hall, interior view is dated 1946 and held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art (inventory 63.82.1).
Collections and holdings
Institutional holdings are recorded as follows.
Power in buildings (1950) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive. Institutional cataloguing adds that power in buildings: an artist's view of contemporary architecture (1953) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive. It is also recorded that the Metropolitan Museum of Art records 3 objects associated with this name. The Metropolitan Museum of Art records 3 objects associated with this heading.
The Art Institute of Chicago records 3 objects associated with this heading.
Sources and evidence
This entry is compiled from 13 catalogued sources across 8 independent registers. The registers consulted are Crossref registry, Internet Archive, Wikimedia Foundation, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Art Institute of Chicago, DOAJ, Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and Wikipedia. Every statement above is held against the register that stated it; where the registers are silent, the entry is silent.
In detail
Hugh Ferriss studied at Washington University in St. Louis. the recorded working language is English.
Work by Hugh Ferriss is recorded in the collections of Art Institute of Chicago, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and Whitney Museum of American Art.
Sources
Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.
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Ferriss, Hugh (1889-1962), architect and architectural renderer, American National Biography Online, 2000
scholarly publication · Scholarly
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Ferriss, Hugh, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011
scholarly publication · Scholarly
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Open Library author record for Hugh Ferriss (Internet Archive), 4 catalogued works.
Institutional database · Scholarly · Internet Archive
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Review: Architectural Visions, The Drawings of Hugh Ferriss by Jean Ferriss Leich, Hugh Ferriss, Paul Goldberger, Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, 1981
scholarly publication · Scholarly
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q1634329: Hugh Ferriss
Institutional database · Scholarly · Wikimedia Foundation
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“Hugh Ferriss”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
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Directory of Open Access Journals lists 1 article naming Hugh Ferriss.
open access index · Unverified
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Gemeinsame Normdatei 5193586-7, Exposition Hugh Ferriss: Metropolis (1987 : Paris).
authority file · Unverified · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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Internet Archive, 2 digitised items catalogued under Hugh Ferriss as creator.
digital repository · Unverified
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The Art Institute of Chicago, collection records associated with Hugh Ferriss.
museum collection · Unverified · The Art Institute of Chicago
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art, collection records associated with Hugh Ferriss (3 objects).
museum collection · Unverified · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Plates
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Identifier : architectenginee6220sanf ( find matches ) Title : Architect and engineer Year : 1905 ( 1900s ) Authors : Subjects : Architecture Architecture Architecture Building Publisher : San Francisco : Architect and Engineer, Inc Contributing Library : San Francisco Public Library Digitizing Sponsor : San Francisco Public Library View Book Page : Book Viewer About This Book : Catalog Entry View
Internet Archive Book Images · https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/14760399636/ Source book page: https://archive.org/stream/architectenginee6220sanf/architectenginee6220sanf#page/n960/mode/1up · No known copyright restrictions
The picture record
Rendering of very dark, monumental high-rise building consisting of tall set back central tower, flanked by two smaller towers, each with set back upper stories. Dramatic "fan" of light rays in background. This is an early proposal for the set back skyscraper form that was to characterize many skyscrapers built from the mid-1920s to the ca. 1950s. The illustration would be used, along with other w
Hugh Ferriss · Catalog Photo · Public domain
The picture recordElsewhere in Design
11,558 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
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