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Medium:
paper; ink (multicolored)/ lithographed
Type:
Postage Stamps
Place:
Pennsylvania
United States of America
Date:
May 19, 2005
Description:
The Postal Service issued a souvenir sheet of the 37-cent Masterworks of Modern American Architecture commemorative stamps in twelve designs on May 19, 2005, in Las Vegas, Nevada. The stamps were designed by Margaret Bauer of Washington, DC, and went on sale nationwide May 20, 2005.
The stamp issue celebrates twelve masterworks of modern American architecture. Art director Derry Noyes and designer Margaret Bauer chose breathtaking photographs to honor the following buildings: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum by Frank Lloyd Wright; Chrysler Building by William Van Alen; Vanna Venturi House by Robert Venturi; TWA Terminal by Eero Saarinen; Walt Disney Concert Hall by Frank Gehry; 860-880 Lake Shore Drive by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe; National Gallery of Art East Building by I.M. Pei; Glass House by Philip Johnson; Yale Art and Architecture by Paul Rudolph; High Museum of Art by Richard Meier; Exeter Academy Library by Louis I. Kahn; and Hancock Center by Bruce Graham and Fazlur Kahn.
Ashton-Potter (USA), Ltd., printed 60 million stamps in the offset process.
Reference:
Postal Bulletin (April 14, 2005).
unused
Topic:
Architecture  Search this
Contemporary (1990-present)  Search this
Art & Photography  Search this
U.S. Stamps  Search this
Credit line:
Copyright United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.
Object number:
2005.2021.62
See more items in:
National Postal Museum Collection
Data Source:
National Postal Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm8d52b91c1-8193-428c-9d5b-5b92a85e4ea0
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npm_2005.2021.62