Daily Dose 1852

Luis Barragán & Marie-José Van Hee

Daily Dose Monographic Images 1852 | Luis Barragán & Marie-José Van Hee Luis Barragán, Casa Luis Barragán, Mexico City, 1948 Marie-José Van Hee, House Van Hee, Ghent, 1990 "When I graduated there was an economic crisis in Ghent and no opportunities to build, so I began working with the landscape architect Paul Deroose instead. It was in his office that I saw a photograph of an exhibition in New York on Barragán at the Museum of Modern Art. But I couldn't find the book here in Belgium. One day I went to get my hair cut. We were talking about my job and the hairdresser said, “I’m going to New York.” And I said, “Yes! Would you please do something for me? Could you go to the exhibition. It will be interesting. And buy me that book?” This was sometime in the 1970s (the MoMA show opened on June 4, 1976). He got me the book and we remained close friends until his recent death." Marie-José Van Hee for Drawing Matter. Photography of the House Van Hee by David Grandorge.