Louis I Kahn drawing of the Mikveh Israel Synagogue, 1964.

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Louis I Kahn drawing of the Mikveh Israel Synagogue, 1964.

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The collection comprises one aerial perspective drawing of Kahn's design for the Mikveh Israel Synagogue in Philadelphia, ca. 1964. The drawing is rendered in charcoal on yellow tracing paper and measures approx. 48 x 70 inches. The drawing is loosely mounted on a wove paper backing. The drawing is not signed.

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University of Pennsylvania, Architectural Archives

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Kahn, Louis I., 1901-1974

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Louis I. Kahn was born in Estonia and raised in Philadelphia. He was trained in architecture in the Beaux-Arts tradition at the University of Pennsylvania under Paul Philippe Cret. As a mature architect, Kahn was distinguished from his contemporaries (in a period dominated by the International Style) by his unique personal philosophy of architecture and a style marked by a profound sense of history and pure geometry in design and the texture of materials in construction. His legacy is as much in...