Lunch and Lecture: Edward Durell Stone: American Modernist
Saturday, March 17 | 11 amEast Building | Museum Auditorium
$23 Members (per session)
$28 Nonmembers (per session)
Edward Durell Stone, designer of the NCMA’s East Building, was one of the first American architects to experiment with European modernism in the early 1930s with a series of prominent homes in the Northeast and in his design for the Museum of Modern Art. Stone embraced Frank Lloyd Wright’s aesthetic in the immediate postwar years but turned to classical precedent in his projects of the mid-1950s, such as the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi, India, and the U.S. Pavilion at the 1958 Brussels World’s Fair. In this slide lecture, Stone’s youngest son and biographer, Hicks Stone—himself a practicing architect—documents the breadth of his father's life and career. The lecture coincides with the debut of his book, Edward Durell Stone: A Son's Untold Story of a Legendary Architect, published by Rizzoli.
These seminars begin with a lecture by curators or other experts, and the discussion continues over a lunch catered by Iris, the Museum Restaurant. Register online, by calling (919) 715-5923, or in person at the NCMA Box Office. Registration and payment for the combined program required by 4 pm on the Wednesday before the event.
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