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Feb 13, 2015 · The legendary architect and his companion, the curator David Whitney, spent their weekends in the world’s most famous transparent box. Or did they? Philip Johnson, left, with his partner,...
- Behind the Glass Wall - The New York Times
In his Glass House, America’s most public architect, Philip...
- Philip Johnson’s Brick House and Its Hidden Boudoir, Exposed
Yet since 2008 visitors to the New Canaan compound where...
- Behind the Glass Wall - The New York Times
Jun 7, 2007 · In his Glass House, America’s most public architect, Philip Johnson, created an utterly transparent intimacy.
Jun 20, 2018 · The exhibition Personal Effect: Works from the Collection of Philip Johnson and David Whitney is installed in a grass-covered subterranean gallery space that Johnson designed in 1965.
Philip Johnson designed the Painting Gallery to house the collection of large-scale modern paintings that he and David Whitney collected throughout their lives. Works by Frank Stella, Andy Warhol, Robert Rauschenberg, David Salle, Cindy Sherman, and Julian Schnabel are represented in the permanent collection housed in this building.
Philip Johnson and David Whitney acquired the land for the Glass House site over a fifty-year period. Johnson purchased the initial five-acre parcel in late 1945. By 1949, the core parcel featured the Glass House, Brick House, and the courtyard between the two structures.
Apr 13, 2024 · Yet since 2008 visitors to the New Canaan compound where Johnson lived with his longtime partner, the collector and curator David Whitney, before donating it to the National Trust for...
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He was the life partner of architect Philip Johnson (1906–2005) for 45 years until their deaths five months apart. He was also a close friend of Andy Warhol.
