above: Henry P. Glass, Wacker Plaza Lobby - View From EntrancePencil on tracing paper, 1955, 16 x 21 inchesArchiTech is a historically comprehensive commercial gallery of architectural art, in Chicago's River North gallery district. Their recent show,
opened January 9 and ends this weekend on May 30, 2009.The majority of the works in the exhibition are those of late Chicagoan architect and designer, Henry P. Glass (for which the gallery also serves as the representative of the estate) but the show also includes a few works by Vincent Raney, Bertrand Goldberg and R.G. Martelet.David Jameson, the gallery owner, describes the exhibit as follows:
opened January 9 and ends this weekend on May 30, 2009.The majority of the works in the exhibition are those of late Chicagoan architect and designer, Henry P. Glass (for which the gallery also serves as the representative of the estate) but the show also includes a few works by Vincent Raney, Bertrand Goldberg and R.G. Martelet.David Jameson, the gallery owner, describes the exhibit as follows:
Mid 20th Century Modernism's most flamboyant designers. Industrial and architectural drawings from post-war to post-moon landing.Here are some drawings from the gallery exhibit. Please click on the images to enlarge:above: Henry P. Glass, Kling Studios LobbyPencil on tracing paper, 1946, 18 x 23 inchesabove: Henry P. Glass, Kling Studios Director's OfficePencil on tracing paper, 1946, 18 x 23 inchesabove: Henry P. Glass, Hotel Flamboyant Typical Cottage,Graphite on Paper, 1949, 21 x 42 inchesabove: Henry P. Glass, Hotel Flamboyantdimensions unknownabove: Henry P. Glass, Design for Hairpin ChairPastel and ink on toned paper, Circa 1940s, 9 1/2 x 15 inchesabove: Henry P. Glass, DH1 Laminated Plywood ChairPrismacolor on paper collage, 1966, 10 1/4 x 12 inchesabove: 1958 Chair, Graphite on tracing paper, 195811 1/2 x 8 1/2 inchesabove: Henry P. Glass, Night Table LampGraphite on tracing paper, Circa 1949, 16 x 13 inchesabove: Henry P. Glass, Desk LampGraphite on tracing paper, Circa 1949, 16 x 13 inchesabove: Henry P. Glass, Swingline Desk and ArmchairPastel and colored pencil on tracing paper, 1949, 16 x 13 inchesabove: Henry P. Glass, Eastern Knitters Sales RoomWatercolor and collage on toned paper with shaped mat, 1946, 20 1/2 x 30 inchesabove: Vincent Raney, Detail of Theatre for Los BanosPencil on drafting linen, 1947, 15 x 16 inchesabove: R.G. Martelet, Detail of Design B (Boat/Trailer Combination)Prismacolor and chalk on toned paper, 1961, 16 x 30 inchesabove: Bertrand Goldberg, Architect; Henry Gould, Delineator, San Diego Theater, La Jolla Marker on artist's board, 1969, 12 1/2 x 17 1/2 inchesclick here to see more of David's notes on the Exhibition:above: ArchiTech Gallery Owner David Jameson, photo by Jay KingArchiTech Gallery730 North Franklin Streetsuite 200Chicago, IL, USA60654
Henry P. Glass was perfectly suited to this new visual language. Freed from his Nazi prison camp, he began his design career in America with drawings that practically walked off the paper and into production.Television and tourism helped transform the new reality away from wartime into the future and that's where we wanted to live. Bertrand Goldberg created theaters, hospitals and apartment buildings that could have come from colonies on the Moon.In the era when a man's vehicle could resemble his rocket ship to get there, Ron Martelet drew speedboats that could transform into their own transport trailers. His Jet-Skis of the 60s looked to be straight out of "Goldfinger."What began as atomic nightmares transformed into space age dreams in "Techni"-colors that were no longer army drab but instead, pink, aqua and hues never before classified. Mid-Century Modernism was something completely different.
