Design for 33 North Dearborn Building, 33 North Dearborn Street, Chicago, USA, by Bruce Graham, design partner, Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (SOM): perspective by Helmut Jacoby, 1964
Architectural Drawing
1964
1964
| Artist/Maker |
This elegant skyscraper, at 42-stories, was designed by Bruce Graham, one of the noted design partners of SOM whose most well-known work was the John Hancock Tower, Chicago. 33 North Dearborn was completed in 1967. The perspective is by the important late-20th century international perspectivist (‘renderer’ in American) Helmut Jacoby, in high demand for making black ink drawings of proposed buildings by many of the best architects of the period.
Object details
| Object type | |
| Title | Design for 33 North Dearborn Building, 33 North Dearborn Street, Chicago, USA, by Bruce Graham, design partner, Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (SOM): perspective by Helmut Jacoby, 1964 (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Black ink and collage on paper mounted on card |
| Brief description | Design for 33 North Dearborn Building, 33 North Dearborn Street, Chicago, USA, by Bruce Graham, design partner, Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (SOM): perspective by Helmut Jacoby, 1964 |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Jacoby 64 (signed, lower right) |
| Credit line | Given by Adrian Smith |
| Summary | This elegant skyscraper, at 42-stories, was designed by Bruce Graham, one of the noted design partners of SOM whose most well-known work was the John Hancock Tower, Chicago. 33 North Dearborn was completed in 1967. The perspective is by the important late-20th century international perspectivist (‘renderer’ in American) Helmut Jacoby, in high demand for making black ink drawings of proposed buildings by many of the best architects of the period. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | CD.23-2017 |
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| Record created | April 11, 2017 |
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