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A Section of the Spire. When All Sections Were Secretly Assembled in the Center of the Building It Resulted in Spire Totaling 174 Feet--Chrysler Building

Charles Rivers (1904-1993)

Object Details

  • Date

    1929

  • Object Type

    Photographs

  • Medium

    Gelatin silver print

  • Dimensions

    Image: 9 11/16 x 7 in.
    Mount: 9 11/16 x 7 in.

  • Inscriptions

    Recto:

    l.r. signed in ink: Charles Rivers \ 1929

    Mount Verso:

    c. [typed on paper label]: A section of the spire. When \ all sections were secretly \ assembled in the center of \ the building it resulted in \ spire totaling 174 feet-- \ Chrysler Building--1929

    c. signed in ink on paper label: Charles Rivers

  • Credit Line

    Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas, Gift of the artist

  • Accession Number

    P1986.24.5

  • Copyright

    © Charles Rivers

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