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Sheldon Museum of Art: Context
1/6 · ContextPhoto: Ammodramus · CC0 · source
Sheldon Museum of Art: Exterior · Illustration from Geske, Norman A
2/6 · Exterior · Illustration from Geske, Norman APhoto: Artist - Edwin Niemi Photographer - not known Editor or author of book - Geske, Norman A · Public domain · source
Sheldon Museum of Art: Exterior · Illustration from Geske, Norman A
3/6 · Exterior · Illustration from Geske, Norman APhoto: Artist - Kurt J. Matzdorf Photographer -- not known Editor or author of book -- Geske, Norman A · Public domain · source
Sheldon Museum of Art: Exterior
4/6 · ExteriorPhoto: John Singer Sargent · Public domain · source
Sheldon Museum of Art: Exterior · Alma Eikerman hammered forms from American Metal Work, 1976 p
5/6 · Exterior · Alma Eikerman hammered forms from American Metal Work, 1976 pPhoto: Norman Geske · Public domain · source
Sheldon Museum of Art: Interior · Sheldon Museum of Art's view upon entering the building and sitting area
6/6 · Interior · Sheldon Museum of Art's view upon entering the building and sitting areaPhoto: Genthelawlibrarian · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Photo 1: ContextPhoto 2: Exterior · Illustration from Geske, Norman APhoto 3: Exterior · Illustration from Geske, Norman APhoto 4: ExteriorPhoto 5: Exterior · Alma Eikerman hammered forms from American Metal Work, 1976 pPhoto 6: Interior · Sheldon Museum of Art's view upon entering the building and sitting area

Museum · Late modernism

Sheldon Museum of Art

Philip Johnson · Lincoln, United States · 1963

Key featuresA travertine temple of tapered columns and arches around a grand central hall.

Architect
Philip Johnson
Place
Lincoln, United States
Year
1963
Typology
Museum
Movement
Late modernism
Region
Americas
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