1939 Rhode Island Architecture Exhibition
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Date Range
1937-1938
Photographer
Nicholas Romano
Location
Fishers Island, Suffolk, New York, United States
Worktype
summer houses (seasonal dwellings)
Style/Period
Modernist
Image Type
photographic prints; enlargements (copies)
Image Measurements
width: 40 inches, height: 30 inches
Inscription
[typed label, bottom right:] JOHN NICHOLAS BROWN HOUSE, 1937-38 / Fishers Island, New York / Architect: Richard Neutra / The land side of the house, showing clearly the window / detail and the effectively varied composition made up of / similar units. / Photo by Romano
Description
exterior, land side; Destroyed by fire in 1973; Photograph exhibited in Rhode Island Architecture Exhibition, 1939, RISD Museum. Curated by RISD Museum Director Alexander Dorner (tenure 1938-1941) and architectural historian Henry-Russell Hitchcock.
Keywords
architecture (discipline); summer houses (seasonal dwellings); historic houses