Bruce Buttfield renderings and photographs, ca. 1930s-ca. 1950s.

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Bruce Buttfield renderings and photographs, ca. 1930s-ca. 1950s.

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Interior decorator Bruce Buttfield (1897-1969) made his mark in the 1930s by creating distinctive furniture and rooms. In 1931, he designed the interior of the original Whitney Museum building on Eighth Street in New York City. The Kellen Design Archives collection includes photographs and color renderings of Buttfield interiors.

2.4 linear ft. (2 boxes, 4 oversize folders).

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Whitney Museum of American Art

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American art museum; New York, N.Y. Founded by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney and formally opened in 1931. Previous to its opening as a museum it was known as the Whitney Studio Club (1914-28) and Whitney Studio Galleries (1928-30). From the description of Whitney Museum of American Art artists' files and records, 1914-1966. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86133455 The Friends of the Whitney Museum of American Art is an upper level membershi...

Buttfield, Bruce

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