Denver Art Museum, Frederic C. Hamilton Building construction photographs
Scope and Contents
Collection contains 981 color slides documenting the construction (July 2003-March 2007) of the Denver Art Museum's Frederick C. Hamilton Building designed by Polish architect Daniel Libeskind. The images are taken from the vantage point of the neighboring Denver Public Library. Additional materials include clippings, ticket, program, and museum guide about the design, construction and opening of the building.
Dates
- 2003-2007
Creator
- Jensen, Claudia R.(Claudia Rae). (Person)
- Jensen, Claudia R. (Claudia Rae), (Person)
Language of Materials
Material is in English unless otherwise noted.
Conditions Governing Access
Contact Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library, Denver, Colo.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright is retained by the author of the items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Biographical / Historical
Denver Art Museum's Frederick C. Hamilton Building opended on October 7, 2006. Designed by Polish architect, Daniel Libeskind, the building is connected to the North Wing of the Denver Art Museum via a walkway over 13th Street. Galleries in the building hold the Modern and Contemporary art collection, Architecture and Design collection, and Oceanic art collection. The complex geometric design of the building is made up of 20 sloping planes covered in 230,000 square feet of titanium sheathing.
Extent
1 photo box
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift;Claudia R. Jensen;2014.
General
Title supplied by cataloger.
Processing Information
Physical condition: color slides are in good condition and housed in photo sleeve pages.
- Art museums -- Colorado -- Denver -- Design and construction -- Photographs. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Art museums -- Colorado -- Denver -- Photographs. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Clippings (information artifacts) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Color slides. Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Denver (Colo.) -- Photographs. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Denver Art Museum. Frederick C. Hamilton Building -- Design and construction -- Photographs.
- Denver Art Museum. Frederick C. Hamilton Building -- Photographs.
- Ephemera (general object genre) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Hamilton, Frederic C. -- Buildings -- Photographs.
- Libeskind, Daniel, 1946- -- Buildings -- Photographs.
- Title
- Finding Aid for the Denver Art Museum, Frederic C. Hamilton Building construction photographs
- Author
- Finding Aid prepared from MARC data.
- Description rules
- Rda
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Denver Public Library, Western History and Genealogy Repository
