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Finding Aid for the Richard Neutra drawings, 1928-1949 0000318

Finding aid prepared by Chris Marino Architecture and Design Collection, Art, Design & Architecture Museum Arts Building Room 1434 University of California Santa Barbara, California, 93106-7130 805-893-2724 [email protected]

Finding Aid for the Richard 0000318 1 Neutra drawings, 1928-1949 0000318 Title: Richard Neutra drawings Identifier/Call Number: 0000318 Contributing Institution: Architecture and Design Collection, Art, Design & Architecture Museum Language of Material: English Physical Description: 6.0 Linear feet(2 flat file folders) Date (inclusive): 1928-1949 creator: Neutra, Richard Joseph, 1892-1970 Access Open for use by qualified researchers. Preferred Citation note Richard Neutra drawings, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara. Biographical/Historical note Richard Josef Neutra was born on April 8, 1892 in Vienna. Neutra studied at the Technical University, Vienna in Austria and graduated in 1917. He was the city architect for Luckenwalde and from 1921 to 1922 was a draftsman for the architect Erich Mendelsohn, before relocating to the United States in 1923. In the United States, Neutra participated in Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin Fellowship in Spring Green, Wisconsin. By the end of 1924, Neutra had moved to Los Angeles, California and began collaborating with Rudolph Schindler. The two architects became partners in 1926 in a firm they called Architectural Group for Industry and Commerce, which dissolved in 1927. By 1928, Neutra was working independently in Los Angeles until 1970, the year he died. His most productive years were during the 1930s and 40s. Neutra, in the last decade of his life, worked with his son Dion. Scope and Content note The Richard Neutra drawings span 6 linear feet and date from 1928 to 1949. The collection consists of two flat file folders of drawings in the form of reprographic copies documenting the Dr. P. M. Lovell house (Los Angeles, Calif.) and the Charles C. Chase house (Santa Barbara, Calif.). Related Archival Materials note Esther McCoy research papers, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara. ADC Study collection, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara. Richard and Dion Neutra Papers (Collection Number 1179). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA. Subjects and Indexing Terms Neutra, Richard Joseph, 1892-1970 Architectural drawings Blueprints Reprographic copies

FlatFile 1 Dr. P. M. Lovell house (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1928 Language of Material: English Physical Description: 3.0 Linear feet(1 flat file folder) Scope and Content note 35 architectural drawings in the form of blueprints (some blueprints are duplicates). Drawings include: floor plans, elevations, a plot plan, roof plan, sections, a plan of the retaining wall, details, and a basement plan.

Finding Aid for the Richard 0000318 2 Neutra drawings, 1928-1949 0000318 FlatFile 2 Charles C. Chase house (Santa Barbara, Calif.) 1949 Language of Material: English Physical Description: 3.0 Linear feet(1 flat file folder) Scope and Content note Six architectural drawings in the form of reprographic copies. Drawings include: a foundation plan, framing plan, sections, floor plan, exterior elevations, and a site and roof plan.

Finding Aid for the Richard 0000318 3 Neutra drawings, 1928-1949 0000318