harry francis cunningham (5 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New. In.

Zustand: New.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good-. Limited Edition. Privately printed, 1926. 8vo. 30[1]pp. Bound in plain card stock, printed black paper jacket with title on front cover and author's initials. Jacket rubbed, crease to both folds. Book in fine condition, unopened, text printed in black and red, red design on top margin each page. With edge-worn, black board slipcase, open at both vertical edges, large orange manuscript initials "F.P.S." on one side. Harry Francis Cunningham (1888-1959) was a noted architect from Nebraska, known especially for his design contribution and involvement with the Bertram G. Goodhue Nebraska State Capital in Lincoln, Nebraska. Inscribed & signed by Cunningham in light blue ink on the front endpaper: "To Frank (F.P.S.) who provides most of one's inspiration - Harry 9th July 1926". According to a penciled note on a separate card laid in, FPS is Francis P. Sullivan [orange initials on slipcase). Limitation leaf states that William Dana Orcutt printed and bound 100 copies. Also on the front free endpaper, Cunningham crossed through "are" and substituted "is" [for sale], from which his light blue line leads to his inked comment: "W.L.S. called my attention to this awful Bull which, however, G.B.S. makes with impunity H.F.C." GBS initials probably for George Bernard Shaw; not clear who FPS is. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 31 pages; Signed by Author.

No Binding. Zustand: Very Good. Harry Francis Cunningham (1888-1959), Rare Drawing project for the Nebraska World War Memorial in the Capitol 1934 Scale 1/2 - Schem "B" - Pencil, color crayons, watercolor, gouache, gilded on cardboard Signed and dated Harry Francis Cunningham Architect 1934 13 x 17.5 inches or 44,5cm x 33 cm Architect-in-charge for the Nebraska Capitol tower, Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue Associates, Architects, New York, New York Colonel Harry Francis Cunningham was a distinguished member of the architectural profession in Nebraska, first as the architect-in-charge of design development and construction documents for Bertram G. Goodhue Associates during the tower construction phase of the Nebraska Capitol, 1926-1930, then as founder and first chairman of the Department of Architecture in the College of Engineering at the University of Nebraska in 1930, where he served as chair until 1934. Cunningham enjoyed a rich and varied career, both in the U. S. Army, and as an architect practicing in Washington, D. C., New York, St. Petersburg, Florida, and Lincoln, Nebraska. Cunningham was born in Washington, D. C. on April 15, 1888. After high school he studied both in the United States and France, taking his first architecture job back home with the supervising architects of the U. S. Treasury in 1907. His military career began with World War I, after which he returned to architecture from 1919 until 1939, when he again resumed military duties as an intelligence officer and strategic planner. In 1949 he returned to Lincoln where he remained until his death on April 25, 1959. He was a member of American Legion Post 3, the Roundtable, and the American Institute of Architects, which elected him Fellow in 1955. The Harry F. Cunningham Gold Medal is the highest honor AIA Nebraska can bestow upon an individual and is awarded in recognition of the most distinguished achievement in architecture or service to the profession of Architecture. Signed by Author(s).