Fotógrafo Albert Levy. Arquitectos en L'Architecture Americaine
En L'Architecture Americaine (2º serie) se encuentran representadas casas o, por mejor decir, mansiones diseñadas por los arquitectos recogidos en este cuadro.
Como se puede ver la seleccion artística, pues la arquitectura es un arte, realizada por el fotógrafo Albert Levy es espléndida, lo mejor de la arquitectura americana de ese tiempo esta aquí representada.
Los criterios de selección de esta labor fotográfica son, en mi opinión, de dos tipos:
- Selección del propietario
- Selección del arquitecto
En relación con el primero cabe suponer que, en cada ciudad, era fácil localizar las mansiones de los más ricos del lugar que estarían encargadas -lógicamente- a los mejores arquitectos del mundo.
En cuanto al criterio por arquitecto, evidentemente muy relacionado como dije con el punto anterior, está influenciado por la nacionalidad francesa de Levy escogiendo arquitectos, en esta serie, relacionados en mayor o menor grado con Francia y especialmente con la Escuela de Bellas Artes de Paris.
A continuación el listado de fotógrafos, arquitectos, dueño, localización y fecha de las fotos tal cual aparece representado en el índice del album.
PLANCHE
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ARCHITECT
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OWNER, BUILDING
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LOCATION
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DATE
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1
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Herter Brothers
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William H. Vanderbilt residence
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New York, New York
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1880 - 1884
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2
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Herter Brothers
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William H. Vanderbilt residence
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New York, New York
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1880 - 1884
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3
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G. B. Post
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Cornelius Vanderbilt residence
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New York, New York
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1879 - 1882
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4
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G. B. Post
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Cornelius Vanderbilt residence
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New York, New York
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1879 - 1882
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5
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G. B. Post
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Cornelius Vanderbilt residence
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New York, New York
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1879 - 1882
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6
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R. M. Hunt
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William K. Vanderbilt residence
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New York, New York
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1879 - 1881
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7
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C. Vaux
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Governor Samuel J Tilden residence
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New York, New York
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1872 - 1874
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8
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E. H. Kendall
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Odgen Goelet residence
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New York, New York
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1882
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9
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C. B. Atwood
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Dr. Stewart Webb and H. McKinley Twombly residences
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New York, New York
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1885
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10
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Peabody and Stearns
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John C. Phillips residence
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Boston, Massachussets
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1877 - 1879
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11
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J. H. Besarick
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James Converse residence
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Boston, Massachussets
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1884
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12
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C. Fehmer
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Oliver Ames residence
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Boston, Massachussets
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1882
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13
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Burham and Root
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Augustus Byram residence
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Chicago, Illinois
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-
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14
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Allen and Kenway
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M. Washburn residence
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Boston, Massachussets
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1880
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15
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W. L. B. Jenney
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Private residences
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Chicago, Illinois
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-
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16
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Wheelock and Clay
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Private residence
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Chicago, Illinois
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-
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17
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Wheelock and Clay
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Private residences
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Chicago, Illinois
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-
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18
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F. K. Schock
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Private residence
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Chicago, Illinois
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-
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19
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S Hannaford
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John E. Bell residence
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Cincinnati, Ohio
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1881 - 1882
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20
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C. C. Nichols
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Private residence
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Albany, New York
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-
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21
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W. Scott and Company
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Simon J. Murphy residence
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Detroit, Michigan
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-
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22
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Lamb and Wheeler
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Apartment buildings
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New York, New York
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-
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23
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R. H. Robertson
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Private residence
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New York, New York
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1881
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24
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-
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Apartment buildings
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New York, New York
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-
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25
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Cabot and Chandler
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Private residence
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Boston, Massachussets
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1880
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26
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Kirby and Lewis
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Horace Billings and H. Tuttle residences
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Boston, Massachussets
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1879
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27
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Kirby and Lewis
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Private residences
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Boston, Massachussets
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1880
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28
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-
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Private residences
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Washington, D.C.
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-
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29
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C. Pfeifer
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"The Berkshires"
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New York, New York
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1883 - 1884
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30
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Peabody and Stearns
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Vestibule of the J. H. White residence
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Brookline, Massachussets
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1880 - 1881
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31
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W. R. Emerson
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Vestibule of a summer residence
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North East Harbor, Me
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-
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32
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W. R. Emerson
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Vestibule of a summer residence
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North East Harbor, Me
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-
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33
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L. T. Schofield
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Dining-room Buffer
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Cleveland, Ohio
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-
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34
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Burling and Whitehouse (architects); A. Fiedler (decorator)
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Dining-room of the S. M. Nickerson residence
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Chicago, Illinois
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1883
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35
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Burling and Whitehouse (architects); A. Fiedler (decorator)
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Smoking-room of the S. M. Nickerson residence
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Chicago, Illinois
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1883
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36
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H. H. Richardson
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Fireplace of the Oakes Ames Memorial Library
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North Easton, Massachussets
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1877
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37
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Peabody and Stearns
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Fireplace of ladies' parlor of the R. H. White Store
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Boston, Massachussets
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1881
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38
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H. J. Schwartzmann and Company
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Music room and conservatoy
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New York, New York
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-
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39
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Burling and Whitehouse (architects); A. Fiedler (decorator)
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Bedroom of the S. M. Nickerson residence
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Chicago, Illinois
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1883
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40
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G. W. Lloyd
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Bar room
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Detroit, Michigan
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- Libro: "American Victorian Architecture" por Arnold Lewis. (Dover publications, 1975)
- Links
- CCA Canadian Centre for Architecture
- Albert Levy Wikipedia
- Halic Collection Chicago
- Getty
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Albert Levy's Photographic Series of Modern American Architecture. Due to these series, Albert Levy is referenced as counterpart for Alinari in the United States (13).
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Albert Levy's Photographic Series of Modern American Architecture: Second Series, Country Dwellings. (16)
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Albert Levy's Photographic Series of Modern American Architecture: Ninth Series, Street Fronts. (16)
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Albert Levy's Photographic Series of Modern American Architecture: First Series, Private City Dwellings. (16)
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Albert Levy's Photographic Series of Modern American Architecture: Fifth Series, Messrs. Vanderbilt's Mansions. (16)
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Albert Levy's Photographic Series of Modern American Architecture: Tenth Series, Sea Shore Cottages and Country Houses. (16)
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Albert Levy's Photographic Series of Modern American Architecture: Twelfth Series, Modern Street Architecture of Berlin, Street Fronts and Apartment Houses. (16)
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Albert Levy's Photographic Series, the Fourteenth Series: Romanesque and Gothic Churches in the South of France (24)
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Albert Levy's Photographic Series of Modern American Architecture: Sixteenth Series, American Private City Dwellings. (16)
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Albert Levy's Architectural Photographic Series : Lévy, Albert. 1895 (16)
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Albert Levy's Architectural Photographic Series: Twenty-fourth series.(Berne, Lucerne, Zurich and other Swiss cities and towns) (21)
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Albert Levy's Architectural Photographic Series : Thirty-Fifth Series, Sea Shore Cottages And Country Houses, Bar Harbor, Mount Desert, Maine : Lévy, Albert. 1895 (16)
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Albert Levy's Architectural Photographic Series: Thirty-First Series, Street Fronts, Stores, Office , Etc : Lévy, Albert. c1884 (15)
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Albert Levy's Architectural Photographic Series : Thirty-Sixth Series, Sea-Shore Cottages, Etc., Newport, R.I., And Long Branch, N.J : Lévy, Albert. 1895 (15)
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Albert Levy's Photographic Series Of Modern American Architecture. : Lévy, Albert. 1883
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Albert Levy's Architectural Photographic Series: 3rd series, French Gothic and Renaissance, Civil and Domestic Architecture, New York: Albert Levy, 1884. (14)
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Albert Levy's Architectural Photographic Series: 33rd series, American City and Country Residences, etc, New York: Albert Levy, 1884. (14)
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Architectural Photographic Series, city houses/Levy: 1 album, 38 leaves of plates: photographs 36x46 cm. New York, Albert Levy (between 1880-1895?). (20).
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Signature by Albert Levy in "Albert Levy's Architectural photographic series"
In some cases, in the Photographic series the Photographs are titled, numbered and mounted on blue card stock. The card stock is embossed
"Architectural & Decorative Books, Albert Levy, NY, 77, University".
Studies/shops:
- He had the following studies in New York
- A study in 77 University Place, NY in 1870-1878 (23)
- A study in 4 Bond Street, NY in 1880 (2)- A study in 34 1/2 Pine Street, NY in 1887 (3).
- At the same time he also had a study in France, 19 rue de la Chaussée-d'Antin, Paris (3).
- The Bibliothèque Nacionale de France also has another reference in 1901: "22 janvier 1901, A. Lévy, 4 av. Pinel, Asnières" (3)
He is also referenced as bookseller (2).
Manufacturer:
Albert Levy is referenced as the photographer who began the manufacture of the gelatin dry plates in 1878. All references can be found in the book Photography and the American Scene. A social history (1839-1889) by Robert Taft. See (5), (6), (7) and (8) for full text.
Albert Levy is also identified as "early competitor of Eastman, NYC" (9). This reference relates also to the book by Robert Taft (10).
Editor:
The Bibliothèque Nacionale the France (2) and the Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library (20) own a catalogue of 2500 titles by Albert Levy as editor in New York and Paris for Architectural photography.
- Photographs by Levy in the Halic Collection: Art Institute Chicago
- Culture France
L’assimilation du régionalisme dans l’architecture balnéaire
L’apparition du style néo-normand est sans doute la plus précoce mais aussi la plus ambiguë du régionalisme. D’après Claude Mignot, le créateur du type de la villa néo-normande
semble être l’architecte caennais Jacques Baumier père. Dès 1860, celui-ci bâtit les dépendances de la villa Suzanne de Louis-Léon Paris à Houlgate et, deux ans plus tard, sur la plage de Trouville la Maison normande pour Adolphe Cordier. Elles seront suivies de trois autres réalisations sur les hauteurs de la même station. Il faut attendre une vingtaine d’années pour voir se répandre la seconde génération de villas sur toute la côte normande, signées par de nombreux architectes comme
Jacques Baumier fils, Edouard Papinot, Adrien Jory père et fils, E. Mauclerc, G. Pichereau
Estudio sobre la arquitectura Balnearia. Tipos de Viviendas
Jacques Baumier Wikipedia
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