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Photographer: Hedrich-Blessing (architectural photography studio, 1929 - present). Views of 860-880 Lake Shore Drive Towers. 1951. 2 vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver prints. Each 25,3 x 20,7 cm. Photographer's credit limitation stamp, therein negative number and annotated in pencil on the verso. The design for the Lake Shore Drive towers was initially not accepted because it was considered too extreme. Eventually this view shifted over the years and this advanced aesthetic was copied extensively, being considered what is now characteristic of the modern International Style. The materials are steel, aluminum and glass, yet what made these buildings so extraordinary was the structural clarity and composition, following Mies van der Rohe's principle “less is more”, which is demonstrated in his self-proclaimed "skeletal” architecture. – Some handling marks, otherwise a fine tonal prints in very good condition.