ID: 700008384 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008384	Record Type: Movable Work
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Model for the Endless House (architectural model; Frederick Kiesler (American architect and painter of Austria...; 1959; Whitney Museum of American Art (New York City, New York stat...; 89.8)

Note: Although it was never built, Kiesler exhibited a maquette of the Endless House in 1958-1959 at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. This model of the womblike house dates from the same period, and shows Kiesler’s interest in organic, continuous form, which he conceived as the antithesis of the sterile, rectilinear aesthetic that had come to dominate modern architecture by the middle of the twentieth century. Kiesler began to explore the concept of “endless” architectural space in 1922, continuing to elaborate on the theme throughout his career. He spent fifteen years working on the design for the Endless House, which he described as follows: The Endless House is called the “endless” because all ends and meet continously.

Titles:

Model for the Endless House (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,A)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

architectural model [300379809] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by function>, models (representations))

sculpture (visual works) [300047090]

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

Classifications:

sculptures (preferred)

Creation Date: 1959

Creator Display:

Frederick Kiesler (American architect and painter of Austrian birth, 1890-1965) [preferred,VP]

sculptor Kiesler, Frederick (American architect and painter of Austrian birth, 1890-1965) [500031038]

Locations:

Current: Whitney Museum of American Art (New York City, New York state, United States) [500303638] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 89.8

Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Lillian Kiesler

Display Materials: cement, steel wire mesh, and plastic

	cement (construction material) [300010362]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material)

	welded wire fabric [300191173]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, building materials)

	Plexiglas (TM) [300014436]
	.......(Brand Names Facet, Brand Names (hierarchy name), brand name materials)

Dimensions: Overall: 35 5/8 × 97 1/4 × 39 9/16 in. (90.5 × 247 × 100.5 cm)

Cultures:

American (preferred)

General Subject:

architecture (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	house [300005433]
	.....(Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, residential structures, dwellings) (AAT)

Creation Number: © artist or artist’s estate

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: decorative and utilitarian works

Sources and Contributors:
Model for the Endless House	........ [VP]
	........ Whitney Museum [online] (2009-) accessed 10 April 2014

Subject: ....... [VP]

....................... Whitney Museum [online] (2009-) accessed 10 April 2014

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Whitney Museum [online] (2009-) accessed 24 February 2018