[Studies for] competition, New York Worlds Fair 1939 [graphic] / Max Abramovitz. 1936.

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[Studies for] competition, New York Worlds Fair 1939 [graphic] / Max Abramovitz. 1936.

This set includes drawings in graphite, colored pencil, and pastel on tracing paper. Three drawings have inscriptions in ink.

6 drawings : various media on tracing paper ; 47 x 91.4 cm. (18 1/2 x 36 in.) or smaller.

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New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.)

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"Negro Week" was a program on the contributions of blacks to American culture held at the New York World's Fair in July 1940, and consisted of festivals, exhibitions, song and dance recitals, choral and symphonic music, concerts, religious services, guest speakers, and a children's program. From the description of New York World's Fair Negro Week records, 1940. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122580393 From the guide to the New York World's Fair Negro Week records, 1940, (The...

Abramovitz, Max, 1908-2004

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d. 2004. From the description of Artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84366616 Architect. From the description of Papers, 1957-1982. (University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign). WorldCat record id: 28411461 Prize winning student drawing for Columbia University's School of Architecture. Location of stadium is Riverside Park at the foot of 116th Street, same site as Palmer and Hornbostel proposed for the Univers...

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It is likely that this scheme was part of the Rockefeller Center plan. Rockefeller Center was one of the proposed sites for relocating the Metropolitan Opera House when preliminary schemes for the site were developed in the 1920's. Nelson Rockefeller continued to pursue this relocation until the Lincoln Center site was chosen. From the description of Scheme E & F Sixth Ave., [of the Metropolitan Opera, Sixth Avenue Plaza, New York, N.Y.] [graphic] : [rendering of a perspective vi...