Portrait of Nathaniel Owings – Antique Photo Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Portrait of Nathaniel Owings comes to life in this historic image, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Portrait of Nathaniel Owings
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Rendered in acrylic, ink, and graphite on a sheet measuring 51 by 61 centimeters, this portrait shows Nathaniel Owings, the American architect who co-founded the Chicago firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill in 1936. Under his leadership the firm became one of the most influential architectural practices in the country, known for clean, rational modernist buildings such as New York's Lever House, completed in 1952. The mix of paint, ink, and pencil lets the artist move between soft tonal modeling and sharper linear detail, a technique that suits a subject whose career was built on precise drawing and structural clarity. The portrait was made in 1964 and is held by the Library of Congress.
| Created / published | 1964 |
|---|---|
| Notes | Vincent Perez. (acrylic paint, ink, and graphite, in box 51 x 61 cm) |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 2,716 × 3,715 px · prints to 9 × 12 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-222839 |
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