Louis I. KahnAmerican, 1901–1974Travel Sketch, Egypt, Interior View
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Where is “Travel Sketch, Egypt, Interior View” now? Collection: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Not on view at present. Checked October 12, 2026.
Chicago, United States
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- The museum
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- Accession number
- 1986.1056
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- Art Institute of Chicago
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In the life of Louis I. Kahn
The whole life1950
Architect-in-residence at the American Academy in Rome
The stay in Rome and visits to the ruins of ancient buildings in Italy, Greece and Egypt marked a turning point: Kahn, who had worked in a fairly orthodox International Style, went back to basics and developed a style of his own. The residency and travels are placed in the 1950s; in the terse sketches of those years he sought architecture's archetypes.
1953
Anne Tyng goes to Rome to have their daughter
When Anne Tyng became pregnant, she went to Rome for the birth to soften the scandal; there their daughter Alexandra was born.
1953
Elected a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) elected Kahn a Fellow.
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