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October 25 - November 25, 2001
In the mid-1930s, John Nicholas and Anne Brown commissioned Richard
Neutra, the great Vienna-born architect, to design a summer house
for them on Fishers Island, New York. Completed in 1938, Windshield
(named for its large expanse of glass) was the first house Neutra
built on the East Coast. A striking example of International Style
architecture that featured many modern innovations, the house was
severely damaged by a hurricane only weeks after its completion. The
Browns rebuilt the house and continued to occupy it until 1959; it
was destroyed by fire in 1973.
This exhibition at Harvard University's Arthur M. Sackler Museum accompanies
a book.
