National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden; Pavilion Café
Olin, Laurie; Leithauser, Mark
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Alternative Title
Pavilion Café
Date
1999-2000Description
General view of the Pavilion Café, showing the south (left) and east (right) elevations. Guimard's Metro entrance is visible in the center; National Gallery of Art staff Mark Leithauser, chief of design; Gordon Anson, chief lighting designer; James M. Grupe, senior architect; Carl Campioli, assistant senior architect; and former curators of twentieth-century art, Mark Rosenthal and Marla Prather. The cafe evokes the Art Nouveau ironwork of Guimard. One of Guimard's Paris Metro entrances is installed outside the Pavilion Cafe. Source: National Gallery of Art [website]; http://www.nga.gov/ (accessed 1/29/2008)
Type of Work
garden structure; outdoor caféSubject
architectural exteriors, business, commerce and trade, contemporary (1960 to present), Twentieth century
Rights
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Licensed for educational and research use by the MIT community only