Paul Chalfin drawing of the James Deering residence Villa Vizcaya (Miami, Florida), circa 1914-circa 1923
Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Chalfin, Paul, 1874-1959
- Extent:
- 3.0 Linear feet (1 flat file folder)
- Language:
- Preferred citation:
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Paul Chalfin drawing of the James Deering residence Villa Vizcaya (Miami, Florida), Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The Paul Chalfin drawing of the James Deering residence Villa Vizcaya consists of one reprographic copy of a bird’s eye perspective of the Miami mansion Villa Vizcaya. It is undated, but probably dates circa 1914 to circa 1923.
- Biographical / historical:
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Paul Chalfin, born 1874, studied for two years at Harvard University. He left Harvard to pursue a career as an artist and was accepted at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris in 1898, where he studied painting with Jean-Leon Gerome. Chalfin’s best known work is the Villa Vizcaya, a mansion in Miami, Florida, for which he was responsible for the design, decoration, and furnishing of the main house and garden. Chalfin died in 1959.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Architectural drawings
Reprographic copies - Names:
- Chalfin, Paul, 1874-1959
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Open for use by qualified researchers.
- Preferred citation:
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Paul Chalfin drawing of the James Deering residence Villa Vizcaya (Miami, Florida), Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
- Location of this collection:
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University of California, Santa BarbaraSanta Barbara, CA 93106-7130, US
- Contact:
- (805) 893-2724