The collection consists of three drawings by Greville Rickard: "Sherry-Netherland Fire" (circa 1927, crayon on paper mounted on board, 51 x 34.5 cm.), "Residence of Dr. Charles V. Paterno, Greenwich, Conn." (circa 1937, ink on card, 56 x 32 cm.), and an aerial view of Paul Martinot house, Mt. Harmony Road, Bernardsville, New Jersey (circa 1946, crayon, ink, and watercolor on paper). The drawings were signed by Rickard
Description:
Greville Rickard was born in Denver, Colorado, on December 8, 1889, the son of Stephen Rickard. He received a BS degree from Sheffield Scientific School at Yale University in 1912, and studied afterward at the Yale School of Architecture. Rickard practiced architecture in Colorado and, from 1923, in New York. He died in El Paso, Texas, on May 3, 1956., The fire at the Sherry-Netherland, a hotel-apartment building at 781 Fifth Avenue in New York, occurred in April 1927 while the building was under construction. The residence on the Paterno estate, "Round Hill," on John Street in Greenwich, was completed in 1940., Title devised by cataloger., and Captions in English.
Subject (Geographic):
United States.
Subject (Name):
Paterno, Charles, 1878-1946, Martinot, Paul, and Rickard, Greville, 1889-1956.
