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25 Avenue de Versailles, Paris: the upper storeys and roof deck with the architect Jean Welz, seen from the rear courtyard

RIBA Ref No RIBA5233
Architect/DesignerGinsberg, Jean (1905-1983)
Lubetkin, Berthold (1901-1990)
CountryFrance
CityParis
Subject Date1931
Image Date1931
ViewExterior
StyleModern Movement
MediumPhotoprint
Library Reference5015/13a
OrientationPortrait
Colour InfoBlack and white
CreditRIBA Collections
SubjectRailings ; Roofs ; Balconies ; Flats ; Housing
NOTES: The South African architect/artist Jean Welz (1900(1908?)-1975) was in Paris from 1925 until the early-mid 1930s when this picture was taken.
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