Gordon Bunshaft and SOM: Building Corporate Modernism

0024076 Gordon Bunshaft and SOM: Building Corporate Modernism Yale University Press New Haven Monograph on the life and work of the architect Gordon Bunshaft of the firm Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill. Many mentions of Moore, beginning (p.79) with Bunshaft approaching him as a potential designer of a sculpture to go outside the Chase Manhattan building designed by SOM; Moore turned down the commission. Other Moore topics include: Bunshaft's relationship with Moore, and his ownership of works by Moore (in total 29, including Helmet Head No.1 (illus), Two Piece Reclining Figure No.4, and Three Rings); the Lincoln Center Reclining Figure; and the Banque Lambert, which a cast of Locking Piece sits outside.