Models of Case Study Houses 5 and 12, circa 1989

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Summary

Title:
Models of Whitney R. Smith Case Study Houses 5 and 12
Dates:
circa 1989
Creators:
Museum of Contemporary Art (Los Angeles, Calif.) . and Smith, Whitney Rowland, 1911-2002
Extent:
8.0 Linear feet (2 models)
Language:
Preferred citation:

Models of Whitney R. Smith Case Study Houses 5 and 12, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of two models of Case Study Houses 5 and 12, homes designed in 1945 and 1946, respectively, but never built by Whitney R. Smith.

Biographical / historical:

The models that comprise this collection were built for the exhibit “Blueprints for Modern Living: History and Legacy of the Case Study Houses” which showed for 5 months (October 1989 to February 1990) at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. The exhibit was curated by Elizabeth Smith and entailed full-scale walk-through constructions of original Case Study houses which were presented together with models, drawings, photographs, and design objects.

Custodial history:

Gift of the Museum of Contemporary Art, circa 1990.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid prepared by Chris Marino
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2013-02-04T10:00-0800

Access and use

Restrictions:

Open for use by qualified researchers.

Preferred citation:

Models of Whitney R. Smith Case Study Houses 5 and 12, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.

Location of this collection:
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-7130, US
Contact:
(805) 893-2724
adc@museum.ucsb.edu
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