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PHOTOGRAPHIC CHRONOLOGY OF FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT PORTRAITS
The purpose of this page is to document, clarify and date photographs and portraits of Frank Lloyd Wright. Please feel free to send us any information that will clarify any of these images. We also welcome new images that we do not have. 1883 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1895 1900 1903 1905 1908 1914 1915 1919 1920 1923 1924 1925
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1975 1976 1978 2016Books Related to Women in Wright's Life Catherine Tobin Wright Mamah Borthwick Cheney Miriam Noel Wright Olgivanna Lloyd Wright Mrs. John Lloyd Wright Anne Baxter Frank Lloyd Wright (June 8, 1867 - April 9, 1959) Catherine Tobin Wright (March 25, 1871 - March 24, 1959) Catherine Lee (Kitty) Clark Tobin was born on March 25, 1871 in Nebraska. She was the daughter of a wealthy businessman. On June 1, 1889, Catherine and Frank were married in Chicago, Illinois. She was 17 years old. They honeymooned in Wisconsin. Raising a family dominated most of her time. In 1909, after six children and twenty years of marriage, Frank left his wife and family and traveled to Europe with Mamah Borthwick Cheney settling in Italy for about a year. In 1922 she granted Wright a divorce. Catherine passed away on March 24, 1959, fifteen days before Frank Lloyd Wright. Mamah Borthwick Cheney (June 19, 1869 - August 15, 1914) Mamah Borthwick was born in Boone, Iowa. She received a BA at the University of Michigan, and later worked as a librarian in Port Huron, Michigan. In 1899, she married Edwin Cheney, an electrical engineer from Oak Park, Illinois, USA. They had two children: John (1902) and Martha (1905). Edwin commissioned Wright to design them a home in 1903. In 1909, Mamah and Frank left their respective spouses and traveled to Europe, settling in Italy for about a year. Upon their return, they settled at Taliesin in Spring Green, Wisconsin. On August 15, 1914, one of Wright's recently hired domestic workers murdered Mamah, both her children, three of Wright's associates, and a son of one of the associates. He set fire to one wing of Taliesin, and murdered the seven people with an ax as they tried to escape the fire. At the time, Wright was overseeing work on Midway Gardens in Chicago. Catherine Wright refused to give Wright a divorce until November 13, 1922. Miriam Noel Wright (May 9, 1869 - January 3, 1930) Immediately after the tragic death of Mamah Cheney on August 15, 1914, Miriam Noel sent condolences to Wright. Within weeks Wright became involved with Miriam and she moved into Taliesin. On November 7, 1915 she was quoted in the Chicago Daily Tribune "...Frank Wright and I care nothing for what the world may think. We are as capable of making laws for ourselves as were the dead men who made the laws by which they hoped to rule the generations after them." Although Wright had not yet received a divorce from Kitty, they live together and travel to Tokyo, Japan in 1916. In 1922, Wright's first wife, Kitty, granted him a divorce. He was required to wait one year and on November 19, 1923, Miriam and Frank were married in Spring Green, Wisconsin. Their relationship was quite tumultuous. Wright explains in his Autobiography that he married her to rescue their relationship. "Marriage resulted in ruin for both. Instead of improving with marriage, as I had hoped, our relationship became worse." (An Autobiography, p 260). They quarreled a great deal, she was addicted to morphine, and in less than a year they were separated. In 1924, after the separation, but while still married, Wright met Olgivanna at the Petrograd Ballet in Chicago. On November 27, 1925 Miriam filed for a divorce, alleging desertion and cruelty. After a three year legal battle, they were divorced on August 26, 1927. Olga and Frank were married on August 25, 1928 at midnight in Rancho Santa Fe near La Jolla. The ceremony was held one year to the day after Wright's divorce from Miriam. Miriam Noel Wright passed away on January 3, 1930 at the age of 61.
TIMELINE OF MIRIAM'S RELATIONSHIP TO FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT:
● Immediately after the tragic death of Mamah Cheney on August 15, 1914, Miriam Noel sent condolences to Wright. Within weeks Wright became involved with Miriam and she moved into Taliesin. ● 1922. Wright's first wife, Kitty, granted him a divorce. ● 1923. He was required to wait one year and on November 19, 1923, Miriam and Frank were married in Spring Green, Wisconsin. ● 1924. In May 1924 Miriam walked out of Taliesin. (MT p75) ● 1924. Frank and Olga met at the Petrograd Ballet in Chicago Nov 30, 1924 while she was separated from her husband. (MT p75) ● 1925. Wright moved Olgivanna into Taliesin in February and had an out-of-wedlock child by end of year. (MT p75, 77) ● 1925. April 20. Second fire at Taliesin destroys the living quarters. ● 1925. On November 27, Miriam filed for a divorce, alleging desertion and cruelty. ● 1925. On December 2, Olgivanna gives birth to Wright's child Iovanna Lazovich Lloyd Wright in Chicago. ● 1926. Spring. Wright is photographed with his daughter Iovanna at Taliesin. ● 1926. On May 20 Miriam appears in Madison court room in an efforts to settle divorce, effort failed. ● 1926. On June 3 Miriam attempted to take Taliesen, by storm but failed to get beyond the front gate. (NYT 6/4 p 9) ● 1926. In August Miriam refused to grant divorce and demanded the right to live at Taliesin. She sues Olgivanna. (MT p75) ● 1926. In September the bank foreclosed on Taliesin Mortgage. ● 1926. Wright was arrested at the kitchen door of a Lake Minnetonka cottage on October 21. It developed that Mr. Wright came to Lake Minnetonka on September 7, and rented the cottage. (MT p75, 77) ● 1926. After Wright's arrest in October Miriam waited at the Southmoor Hotel in Chicago for instructions from her lawyer. (FF p 195) ● 1926. Miriam disappears from Chicago, possibly due to an eviction from the Southmoor Hotel in Chicago. They later enter a claim against her for $1500 when she left for California. (FF p 203) ● 1926-27. Miriam lived in the Claremont Apartments on Sutter Street in San Francisco from December 1926 to at least Feb. 1, 1927. ● 1927. In January the bank orders Wright to sell some of his Japanese prints. (FF p 202) ● 1927. Feb. 1, Miriam found at the Claremont Apartments in San Francisco where she has been living since December 1926. ● 1927. March 7, Miriam says she's going to battle for her rights, which she claims have been usurped by a pretty Russian dancer. ● 1927. Miriam and Frank were finally divorced on August 26. Wright travels with Olgivanna to Puerto Rico for two months. (FF p 199) ● 1927. Miriam arrested in dining room of Madison's Lorain Hotel for mailing Wright an obscene letter. (FF p 206) ● 1927. Wright, Olgivanna and children spent Winter of 1927 in rented cottage on beach at La Jolla, CA. (Masks p297) ● 1927. September 21, "Good-bye trouble; Hello Art. Admitting cinema ambitions and hinting at movie offers, Mrs. Frank Lloyd Wright quietly left San Francisco for Hollywood, Chicago, Paris and points East." ● 1928. In January the bank orders Wright out of Taliesin. In July the bank sells Taliesin at sheriff's sale. (MT p77) ● 1928. In January Wright heads to Arizona and consults on Arizona Biltmore. (FF p 208) ● 1928. In March Olga and Frank move to cottage in La Jolla, CA. (FF p 208) ● 1928. In July Miriam trashes Wrights cottage in La Jolla, CA and is arrested. (FF p 212) ● 1928. Olga and Frank were married on August 25, at midnight in Rancho Santa Fe near La Jolla. They honeymooned in Phoenix, Arizona at the Arizona Biltmore Hotel. ● 1928. In October, Wright, Olgivanna and children mover back into Taliesin. ● 1930. Miriam Noel Wright passed away on January 3, at the age of 61. Olga (Olgivanna) Ivanovna Milanoff: Aka, Olga Lazovich Milanov. Short biography of her early years: (December 27, 1898 - March 1, 1985) Olga's first marriage was to a Russian architect, Vladimar Hinzenberg, in on January 31, 1917 (F45). She gave birth to a daughter Svetlana on Sept. 27 (F47). They divorced in 1925. Wright and Olga met at a Petrograd Ballet in Chicago in 1924 while she was separated from her husband. They were married on August 25, 1928 at midnight in Rancho Santa Fe near La Jolla. They honeymooned in Phoenix, Arizona at the Arizona Biltmore. (Note: She was 31 years younger.)
Early 1920's Olgivanna started studying dance with Gurdjieff. Her husband sails for America, she and her daughter stay to study dance (F58).
In April 1922, Olgivanna's brother Vlado, and his wife moved to American with her four and a half year old daughter Svetlana (F59).
In January 1924, Olgivanna arrived in New York from Paris where she was reunited with her six and a half year old daughter (F77). She was a dancer with Gurdjieff's Russian Ballet. In March, 1924 she performed at Carnegie Hall. From there she preformed with the Ballet in Chicago. After returning to New York, funds were short, and when Gurdjieff headed back to Paris, Olgivanna was left behind. She found passage and returned to Paris with her daughter. When Gurdjieff closed his Ballet group, she sailed back to New York in October 1924 with her seven year old daughter (F91). She spent one month in NY (F94). In Mid-November she left for Chicago where she and her daughter stayed in her husbands apartment (F96). She realized her marriage to Vladimar was coming to an end. On November 30, 1924, Wright attended the afternoon a matinee at the Eighth Street Theatre with a friend, artist Jerry Blum, whom Olgivanna had recently met. Karsavina, the Petrograd ballerina was to perform a Russian Ballet. One seat was vacant in their box. Olgivanna was ushered in (F97). Wright remembered the moment vividly, recalling it in his Autobiography p508. Between Wright's busy schedule and travel they saw each other.
On January 1, 1925 Olgivanna asked for a divorce. She visited Taliesin in January, and by the end of the month came back to stay (F101). April 20, 1925 Taliesin II burned to the ground. Only the drafting room was spared. With Olgivanna pregnant, Wright finally filed for divorce from Miriam around June or July (F111). Wright's divorce was nearly settled until Miriam found that Olgivanna was giving birth. Iovanna was born on December 2. She assailed the new mother in her Chicago West Side Hospital room (F112). The new parents fled to New York.
Two months later in Feb. 1926, Wright and Olgivanna left for Puerto Rico (F114). She had lost much weight and was very gaunt. After two months, in April 1926, they headed back to Taliesin. On their way through Chicago, they picked up Svetlana who was staying with her father. On June 3, 1926 Miriam attempted to take Taliesin, by storm but failed to get beyond the front gate (NYT 6/4 p 9). Wright is briefly jailed. August 30, Miriam files Suite for $100,000. Beginning of Sept. Wright runs ad in Newspaper that he is going abroad. Attorneys publicly suggestion they go to Canada. With two children they head to Make Minnetonka, arriving Sept 7. Olgivanna's husband sues for custody fearing they are leaving country (F115). Wright arrested on Wednesday evening, October 20, 1926. On Oct. 30 they appeared in court. In December they go to New York and stay with Wright's sister Maginel (F117).
Jan 6-7, 1927 Wright's collection of Japanese Prints sold at Anderson Galleries auction, to pay debts. Also in January, friends incorporate Wright, it became effective in August (MT76). In May, they left NY and returned to Taliesin (F122). August 26, Wright was granted a divorce from Miriam at a high financial cost (F123).
Jan 1928 McArthur offers Wright salary to help with Arizona Biltmore. They were married on August 25, 1928 at midnight in Rancho Santa Fe near La Jolla. They honeymooned in Phoenix, Arizona at the Arizona Biltmore.Wedding announcement of Frank Lloyd Wright and Olgivanna Wright 1883 Wright at 16 (1883) Wright at 16.
The Lloyd-Jones clan in 1883. Portrait of the Lloyd Jones family photographed in the Spring Green area. The empty chair in the front row was in memory of the wife of Richard Lloyd Jones. Front row (L-R): Thomas, Mary, Jenkin, Charles, Richard, Frank Lloyd Wright (to the right of the empty chair) holding his sister Maginel, Susan with Mary Lloyd at her feet, and Jenkin with Richard at his feet. Middle row (L-R): Elinor holding Agnes, Laura holding Maud, J. Richard holding Gwen, Orren, Ellen, Edward, M. Helen, Jane (with her niece Jane standing behind her), Elsie. Back row (L-R): Enos holding Chester, James holding Scott, John, Nettie, Thomas B. Jones, Margaret, Thomas, Esther, William Carey Wright and his wife Anna (Frank Lloyd Wright's parents), James Philip, and Mary, three unidentified girls in front of them. Hand written on verso: "The clan. (Frank, setting next to empty chair, is holding Maginel.) Slipping pasted to verso: "The Lloyd-Jones clan in 1883: (Frank Lloyd Wright, seated to the right of the empty chair, holds his sister, Maginel in his lap."
Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph.
0000.36.07191885 Wright at 18 (1885)
Wright at 18. Frank Lloyd Wright Portrait (circa 1885).
In 1885 Wright takes a job working for Allan Conover, a consulting engineer in downtown Madison, Wisconsin. Published in "Frank Lloyd Wright's Monona Terrace", Mollenhoff; Hamilton, 1999, page 52, Dated late 1885.
Photographer E.R. Curtiss, Wisconsin Historical Society.
High-res digital 4 x 5 image.
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1886 Wright at 19 (1886) Wright at 19. Frank Lloyd Wright Portrait (circa1886).
In January 1886, Wright was admitted to the University of Wisconsin. In early 1887 Wright left Madison for Chicago.
5.75 x 7.1 Print, High res digital image.
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1887 Wright at 20 (1887)
Wright at 20. In early 1887 Wright left Madison for Chicago. Almost immediately he acquired an entry level job as a tracer with Joseph Lyman Silsbee, an architect well known for Queen Anne and Shingle-Style homes. He was soon promoted to draftsman. In 1888 he took a job as a draftsman for Adler and Sullivan. Portrait of Wright shortly after he arrived in Chicago in 1887.
Published in "An Autobiography, Frank Lloyd Wright", Wright, 1977, page 64f. Dated at age 20; "Frank Lloyd Wright A Biography", Secrest, 1992, page 80. Dated at age 20. Published in "Frank Lloyd Wright's Monona Terrace", Mollenhoff; Hamilton, 1999, page 60, Dated at age 20.
4.25 x 6 Print, High res digital image.
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Wright at 20 (C1887) Wright at 20. Circa1887.
Wright is looking to the left of the camera. A pleasant, calm look on his face. In January 1886, Wright was admitted to the University of Wisconsin. In early 1887 Wright left Madison for Chicago. Almost immediately he acquired an entry level job as a tracer with Joseph Lyman Silsbee, an architect well known for Queen Anne and Shingle-Style homes. He was soon promoted to draftsman. In 1888 he took a job as a draftsman for Adler and Sullivan. Text on sleeve: "Wright-Portrait -7. American. Wright during Oscar Wilde phase, ca. 1887. Full view. 1882-92. U of Virginia FAIC." Acquired from the archives of the University of Virginia.
35mm Color slide, sandwiched between glass, plastic mount.
0004.06.05201888 Wright at 21 (C1888) Wright at 21.
Frank Lloyd Wright and Cecil Corwin in Chicago, circa 1888.In early 1887 Wright left Madison for Chicago. Almost immediately he acquired an entry level job as a tracer with Joseph Lyman Silsbee, an architect well known for Queen Anne and Shingle-Style homes. He was soon promoted to draftsman. In 1888 he took a job as a draftsman for Adler and Sullivan. It was during his employment with Silsbee that he met and developed his relationship with Corwin. Wright wrote extensively about his friendship with Corwin in An Autobiography, Including a chapter about Corwin. "During these later months at Silsbee's Cecil and I were inseparable. Discussed everything in the heavens above, the earth beneath and the waters thereof. We would go to Madame Galle's Italian table d'hdte and various other cozy restaurants. Or, if we had a little money, to the Tip Top Inn in the Pullman Building." 1932, P.75. Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation.
8 x 7.75 B&W photograph.
0009.09.08201889 Wright at 22 (1889) Wright at 22. Frank Lloyd Wright Portrait (circa 1889).
International Newsreel Photo - Received 9/20/29. Typed caption on back: "Friends incorporate F.L. Wright, Architect. Chicago Ill... Frank Lloyd Wright, internationally famous architect who is now an institution under the charter of Frank Lloyd Wright, Inc., following the establishment of the corporation by his friends. Wright may now give his talent free play unhampered by domestic or financial matters. He is said to have invented a method that will revolutionize skyscrapers." Time line: Wright arrived in Chicago in 1887. Set up his own practice in 1893.
Original silver gelatin photo. 6 x 8.
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1890 Wright at 23 (1890) Wright at 23. Wright Family, Summer 1890.
On June 1, 1889, Catherine and Frank were married in Chicago, Illinois. She was 17 years old. During the Summer of 1890, at one of the family gatherings, this photograph was taken on the front steps of Wright's newly completed home. Always aware of appearance, Wright placed an oriental carpet on the stairs, and a tennis racket in his Aunt's hand. (L to R) Uncle Jenkin Lloyd Jones and his wife Aunt Susan Lloyd Jones; Wright's sister Jane; Catherine holding Frank Lloyd Wright, Jr. (Lloyd); his mother Anna Wright; his sister Maginel; Wright; and Mary, the daughter of Jenkin and Susan.
Published in "Frank Lloyd Wright's Monona Terrace", Mollenhoff; Hamilton, 1999, page 61, Dated late 1890.
6.75 x 5.5 Print, High res digital image.
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Detail: (L to R) Catherine Wright holding Frank Lloyd Wright, Jr. (Lloyd); his mother Anna Wright; his sister Maginel; and Frank Lloyd Wright.
Detail: (L to R) Wright's sister Maginel; and Frank Lloyd Wright.
1895 Wright at 28 (1) (1895)
Wright at 28. Portrait of Wright in 1895.
Frank Lloyd Wright: Wright was about 28 at the time this picture was taken, circa 1895. Just two years earlier he had left the employment of Louis Sullivan and begun his independent practice of architecture. Courtesy National Library of Australia.
Published in "Frank Lloyd Wright, His Life and His Architecture", Twombly, 1979, page 23 but dated 1889.
3.25 x 5.6 Print, High res digital image.
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Wright at 28 (1b) (1895) Wright at 28 (Circa 1895) (Published by the Frank Lloyd Wright Home & Studio Foundation. #3268)
"Frank Lloyd Wright: Wright was about 28 at the time this picture was taken, circa 1895. Just two years earlier he had left the employment of Louis Sullivan and begun his independent practice of architecture. Photo a gift of David and Gladys Wright."¯
4.25 x 6 Postcard.
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Wright at 28 (2) (1895)
Wright at 28. 1895. "A self-photograph. No "picture-taker" could satisfy him. So he rigged up his camera with a long rubber tube, and at the right moment, squeezed the bulb! It was the year 1895." John Lloyd Wright, published in "My Father Who is on Earth", 1946, page 18. Also published in "An Important Lamp by Frank Lloyd Wright for Susan Lawrence Dana House" Hanks, 2002, page 8, dated circa 1904-1906. Stamped on verso, "August 26, 86".
Original 8 x 10 B&W Print.
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1900 Wright at 33 (Circa 1900)
Wright at 33. Circa 1900. Wright wearing a hat, looking to the left.
5 x 6.2 Print, High res digital image.
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1903 Wright at 36 (Circa 1903)
Wright at 36. Circa 1903. Portrait of Wright slightly facing to the right, resting his head on his hand. May have been photographed at the same one dated 1905 (Wright at 38), but his hair does not have the touch of gray.
Published in "Frank Lloyd Wright" Thomas, 1997, page 6 and dated 1903.
4 x 5 Print, High res digital image.
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1905 Wright at 38 (Circa 1905)
Wright at 38. Circa 1905. Wright slightly facing to the right. This portrait has been dated circa 1926, which would place Wright at 59. A more accurate date would be circa 1905.
A very similar portrait is published in "Frank Lloyd Wright Collected Writings", Volume 1, Pfeiffer, page 2.
5 x 7 Print, High res digital image.
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1908 Wright at 41 (Circa 1908)
Wright at 41. Circa 1908. Portrait of Wright slightly facing to the right. Hair has just a touch of gray. May have been photographed at the same one dated 1905 (Wright at 38).
Published in "Frank Lloyd Wright Collected Writings" Volume 1, Pfeiffer, page 2. Also published in "Frank Lloyd Wright Monograph 1907-1913 (3), Pfeiffer, 1991, page v, and dated 1908 by Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer. "Many Masks"¯ Gill, 1987, page 180.
7 x 8.2 B&W photograph,
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Wright at 41 (Circa 1908) Dana-Thomas Residence Circa 1908 (1902 - S.072).
Deigned by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1902 for Susan Lawrence Dana, it was completed in 1904. Single photograph with three images on it. 1) Portrait of Frank Lloyd Wright slightly facing to the right. Hair has just a touch of gray. Caption: "Top Left: Frank Lloyd Wright, Dana Thomas House architect. Photo taken during House construction (sic)." 2) Susan Lawrence Dana, looking slightly to the right. Caption: "Top Right: Susan Lawrence Dana, circa 1910. She hired Wright to design a house suitable for entertaining." 3) View of the entrance to the Dana House. Caption: "Right: Dana-Thomas House entrance shortly after construction was completed." Published in Frank Lloyd Wright, Ausgefuhrte Bauten, Wright, 1911, p.35. Text: Photos Courtesy of Illinois State History Library.
Original 8 x 10 B&W photograph.
0085.49.0720Wright at 41 (Circa 1908) Wright at 41. Circa 1908.
Portrait of Wright facing to the right, looking at the camera. Very similar to S#64.02, but his head is turned a little more to the right, and sitting up a little straighter. Hair has just a touch of gray. Hand written on face: "Frank Lloyd Wright." Hand Written on verso: "Frank at time he met Mamah Borthwick Cheney - his first soul mate - who was murdered. Frank Lloyd Wright." Edwin Cheney commissioned Wright to design them a home in 1903. In 1909, Mamah and Wright left their respective spouses and traveled to Europe, settling in Italy for about a year. Upon their return, they settled at Taliesin in Spring Green, Wisconsin. On August 15, 1914, one of Wright's recently hired domestic workers murdered Mamah, both her children, three of Wright's associates, and a son of one of the associates. May have been photographed at the same one dated 1905. Stamped on verso: "Filed Jun 21 1932."
Original 8 x 10 B&W photograph.
0085.38.02181914 Wright at 47 (Circa 1914) Wright at 47. Circa 1914 Portrait of Wright facing slightly to the left. This was taken about the time he was completing Midway Gardens.
Published in "An Autobiography, Frank Lloyd Wright", page 192a. 1932 Edition caption reads "At Taliesin just before the tragedy of 1914."
4.6 x 7 Print, High res digital image.
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1915 Wright at 48 (Circa 1915) Wright at 48. Circa 1915 Portrait of Frank Lloyd Wright facing left, looking down. This was taken about the time Wright began working on the Imperial Hotel. May have been taken about the same time as the 1914 image. Published in "The Metropolitan Museum of Art" Bulletin, Fall 1982, page inside front cover.
8 x 10 B&W Photograph.
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1919 Wright at 52 (1919) Wright at 52 Portrait of Wright facing slightly to the left.
Published in "Frank Lloyd Wright Monograph 1914-1923 Volume 4", Pfeiffer, Futagawa, 1990, page v, dated 1919. Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation. Published in "Truth Against The World", Meehan, 1987, page 20. Courtesy of the R. M. Schindler Archive.
8 x 10 Print, High res digital image.
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1920 Wright at 53 (1920)
Wright at 53. Portrait of Wright in 1920. Courtesy of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, William J Meuer Photoart House.
Published in "Truth Against The World", Meehan, 1987, page 48. Dated circa 1920-1930.
4.75 x 6 Print, High res digital image.
0142.06.0509
1923 Wright at 56 (1) (1923)
Wright at 56. Frank Lloyd Wright Portrait. November 27, 1923.
Photographed by Arnold Genthe, AMICO Public Collection, Washington DC.
High-res 3 x 4 digital image.
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Wright at 56 (2) (1923) Wright at 56. Circa 1923. Very similar to the portrait by Arnold Genthe. Wright is seated on the ground, facing left, his legs are crossed. His arms are resting on his knees. There is a slight smile on his face. 1923 was the period in Wright's life he designed the four textile block homes in California. Gift from Randolph C. Henning.
Original 4x 5 B&W photograph.
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Wright at 56 (3) (1923) Wright at 56 (November 1923) Portrait of Wright, looking at the camera, but turned to the right. Published in "The Life Work of the American Architect:, Frank Lloyd Wright". The "Foto" (German) is dated November 1923. Also published in "An Autobiography, Frank Lloyd Wright" Wright, 1977, and indicates that this photograph was taken about the time he met Olgivanna (page 192e). (Note: Wright and Olgivanna met at the Petrograd Ballet in Chicago in 1924 while she was separated from her husband. So this would have been taken before they met.)
6.5 x 9.25 print, High res digital image.
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Wright at 56 (4) (1923) Wright at 56 (November 1923) Portrait of Wright at 56. November 1923. Heavily airbrushed portrait of Wright, looking at the camera, but turned to the right. See original above (0156.04). Dated November 1923. Partial printed news clipping pasted to verso shows this photograph to the left of a photograph of Miriam Noel Wright. Partial caption on verso reads "Miriam... Yesterday Miriam... suit for $100,000... beautiful Russian..." Acquired from the archives of the Chicago Tribune.
Original 3 x 5.5 B&W Print.
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1924 Wright at 57. Circa 1924. Set of eight images (found to date), photographed at the same time at Taliesin. Outfit is the same in each of these six photographs. Some publications indicate that these are possible self-portraits. The Library of Congress notes that one of the images was a photograph by Rudd.
Wright at 57 (1) (1924)
Wright at 57. Circa 1924. Wright in his living room at Taliesin. Drafting pencil in his right hand. Part of a set of eight images to date photographed at the same time. Possibly a self-portrait, photographed at the same time as 157.03. Courtesy of the Wisconsin Historical Society. Dated circa 1924.
Published in "Frank Lloyd Wright A Biography" Secrest, 1992, page 261; "Frank Lloyd Wright, An Interpretive Biography", Twombly, 1973, page 149; "Truth Against The World", Meehan, 1987, page 2. "Taliesin 1911-1914", Menocal, 1992, page ii.
6 x 5.25 print, High res digital image.
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Wright at 57 (2) (1924) Wright at 57. Circa 1924. Wright in his living room at Taliesin. Seated at a table, a floral Japanese screen in the background. Pencil in his right hand, possibly a cigarette in his left. Part of a set of eight images to date photographed at the same time.
4 x 4.6 print, High res digital image.
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Wright at 57 (3) (1924) Wright at 57. Circa 1924. Portrait of Wright working at his drafting table at Taliesin. Part of a set of eight images to date photographed at the same time.
5 x 4.9 Print, High res digital image.
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Wright at 57 (4) (1924) Wright at 57. Circa 1924. Close-up portrait of Wright working at his drafting table at Taliesin. Part of a set of eight images to date photographed at the same time.
Published in "Frank Lloyd Wright, The Heroic Years: 1920 - 1932" Pfeiffer, 2009, page 112, dated 1924.
3.5 x 4.1 Print, High res digital image.
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Wright at 57 (5) (1924) Wright at 57. Circa 1924. Portrait of Frank Lloyd Wright facing slightly to the right, photographed at Taliesin. Part of a set of eight images to date photographed at the same time.
Courtesy Library of Congress. Library of Congress notes that photograph by Rudd.
4 x 5.5 Print, High res digital image.
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Wright at 57 (6) (1924)
Wright at 57. Circa 1924. Portrait of Wright seated on a drafting table, holding a cane at Taliesin in front of a model of the Press Building Project (1912, San Francisco). Part of a set of eight images to date photographed at the same time. Possibly a self-portrait, photographed at the same time as 157.02. Wright is holding the same cane as in 171.02. Courtesy of the Wisconsin Historical Society. Dated 1924.
Published in "Truth Against The World", Meehan, 1987, page 86.
4.2 x 6 print, High res digital image.
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Wright at 57 (7) (1924) Wright at 57. Circa 1924. Portrait of Wright seated next to a drafting table, holding a cane at Taliesin in front of a model of the Press Building Project (1912, San Francisco). Part of a set of eight images to date photographed at the same time.
4 x 3 print, High res digital image.
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Wright at 57 (8) (1924) Wright at 57. Circa 1924. Portrait of Wright in the Living Room leaning against the fireplace at Taliesin. Cane is leaning against the fireplace on the right side, partly hidden behind the Japanese sculpture. This was photographed before the fire that struck Taliesin the second time in April 1925. Part of a set of eight images to date photographed at the same time.
6.5 x 4.5 print. High res digital image.
0157.09.0110
Olga Milanoff at 26 (approximately) (Circa 1924) Olga Milanoff at 26 (approximately). Circa 1924. Olga (Olgivanna) Ivanovna Milanoff: Aka, Olga Lazovich Milanov. Approximately the first time she met Frank Lloyd Wright. Olga's first marriage was to a Russian architect, Vladimar Hinzenberg, in 1917. They divorced in 1925. In the early 1920's Olgivanna started studying dance with Gurdjieff. Her husband sails for America, she and her daughter stay to study dance. In January 1924, Olgivanna arrived in New York from Paris. She was a dancer with Gurdjieff's Russian Ballet. In March, 1924 she performed at Carnegie Hall. From there she preformed with the Ballet in Chicago. After returning to New York, funds were short, and when Gurdjieff headed back to Paris, Olgivanna was left behind. She found passage and returned to Paris with her daughter. When Gurdjieff closed his Ballet group, she sailed back to New York in October 1924 with her seven year old daughter. This possibly could be a publicity photograph. Wright and Olga met at a Petrograd Ballet in Chicago in 1924 while she was separated from her husband. They were married on August 25, 1928 at midnight in Rancho Santa Fe near La Jolla. They honeymooned in Phoenix, Arizona at the Arizona Biltmore. Originally retouched by Walter A. Jones (embossed bottom right). Restored by Douglas M. Steiner.
Original B&W photograph. 8 x 10.
0157.10.0210
(Note) Unrestored original 8 x 10 B&W photograph of Olga (Olgivanna) Ivanovna Milanoff. Originally retouched by Walter A. Jones (embossed on the bottom right). Restored (above) by Douglas M. Steiner. Olga Milanoff, Circa 1924 Olga Milanoff, Circa 1924 Olga (Olgivanna) Ivanovna Milanoff, Circa 1924. Turned to the her right, facing forward looking to her left. Partial news clipping pasted to the verso: "Accused Home Wrecker. FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT, noted American architect has fled (to Can)ada to the arms of his "most wonderful woman" (Olga) Milanoff, Russian danseuse (female ballerina) and the architect's former (lover), and their infant son, according to Miriam Noel (the) architect's wife. Mrs. Wright, who is a sculptress, (ends in h, m or n) this statement in answer to the charges of her hus-(band's att)orney that his client was forced to leave the United (States to) recoup his fortune after she had financially ruined (- - -) bitter pen. According to Mrs. Wright, Mme. Milanoff's (baby was) born in Chicago after she had spent three years in (- - his) household and her hasty departure was caused (by the) immigration authorities being on her trail. Mrs. Wright (said s)he is certain her husband has joined the young Russian (- - n) a new love nest in Canada." Hand written on verso: "Olga Milanoff, 1/16 or 7/16". Note: two corrections from account. 1) There is no record of Wright or Olgivanna fleeing to Canada, but in the beginning of September 1926, to throw Miriam off track in her heated pursuit to find Wright, he runs ad in Newspaper that he is going abroad. Attorneys publicly suggestion they go to Canada. With two children they head to Make Minnetonka, arriving Sept 7. 2) Their daughter (not son as reported) Iovanna Lazovich Lloyd Wright was born on December 2, 1925 in Chicago, Illinois. The caption would place the publication date during Sept 1926. But the photograph was most likely taken in the early 1920s as a promotional photograph for her performances with the Russian Ballets. In January 1924, Olgivanna arrived in New York from Paris. She was a dancer with Gurdjieff's Russian Ballet. In March, 1924 she performed at Carnegie Hall. From there she preformed with the Ballet in Chicago. Similar photograph published in "The Fellowship" Friedland & Zellman, 2006, page 44. Acquired from the achieves of the Chicago Sun Times. Restored by Douglas M. Steiner.
Original 3.2 x 5.5 B&W print.
0157.11.1110
(Note) Unrestored original 3.2 x 5.5 B&W photograph of Olga (Olgivanna) Ivanovna Milanoff. Restored (above) by Douglas M. Steiner.
Olga Milanoff at 26. (1924) Olga Milanoff at 26. (1924) Olga Milanoff and daughter Svetlana Hinzenberg, 1924. Olga's first marriage in 1917 was to a Russian architect, Vladimar Hinzenberg. Svetlana was born on September 27, 1917. In January 1924, Olgivanna arrived in New York from Paris where she was reunited with her six and a half year old daughter. She was a dancer with Gurdjieff's Russian Ballet. In March, 1924 she performed at Carnegie Hall. From there she preformed with the Ballet in Chicago. After returning to New York, funds were short, and when Gurdjieff headed back to Paris, Olgivanna was left behind. She found passage and returned to Paris with her daughter. When Gurdjieff closed his Ballet group, she sailed back to New York in October 1924 with her seven year old daughter. Svetlana and her son Daniel were killed in an automobile accident on September 30, 1946. (Note: Svetlana at twelve published in "Frank Lloyd Wright's Monona Terrace" page 78.)
7 x 6 Print, High res digital image.
0198.02.0310
1925 Wright Files for Dissolution (1925) Wright Files for Dissolution Wright Files for Dissolution of Marriage. Photograph of court document dated July 10, 1925. "State of Wisconsin, Sauk County. In Circuit Court. Frank Lloyd Wright, Plaintiff, -vs- Miriam Wright, Defendant. (Stamped on face: Clerk of Circuit Court. Filed Jul 10 1925. Sauk County.) -Complaint- Now comes Frank Lloyd Wright, by his attorney, James H. Hill... That the parties hereto were married in Wisconsin on the 12th day of November, 1923... That the plaintiff during all said time has faithfully kept and performed his marriage contract and at all times supported the defendant in a manner befitting his station in life. That notwithstanding this and without any cause or provocation on the part of this plaintiff, the defendant deserted this plaintiff and for more than one year since said deserted has continuously remained away. Wherefore, plaintiff prays judgment that the bonds of matrimony now subsisting between the parties be wholly dissolved and set aside and that he be freed therefore, and for such other and further relief as to the court seems just and equitable. James H. Hill (signature), Plaintiff's attorney." Stamped on verso: "Dec 1 1925". Hand written on verso "26239".
Original 8 x 10 B&W photograph.
0171.15.0713
Wright Responds to Press (1925) Wright Responds to Press Wright Responds to Press. Circa 1925. Photograph of hand written note. "I feel that this is no matter for the public. I have no wish to add more than this word to the mass of idle speculation already fabricated and published to gratify idle curiosity. Further than this I have absolutely no word to say. Frank Lloyd Wright." Hand written on verso "26239". (Not dated, but same number on verso as photograph dated Dec 1 1925.)
Original 10 x 6 B&W photograph.
0171.16.0713
1926 Wright at 59 (1926) Wright at 58 (Verso)
Wright at 59. Portrait of Wright holding his baby daughter Iovanna at Taliesin. Iovanna Lazovich Lloyd Wright was born on December 2, 1925. No other copy of this print is known to exist. This photograph was loaned to Ken Burns for his 2004 Wright documentary. Inscribed on verso: "Frank Lloyd Wright and baby daughter Iovanna at Taliesin". Kelmscott Gallery, Chicago, acquired this photograph from Wright's granddaughter Nora Natof in 1980.
Original vintage 2.5 x 4.25 silver gelatin photograph.
Similar image published in "Frank Lloyd Wright, His Life and His Architecture", Twombly, 1979, page 184 but dated early 1924.
0171.02.1206
Wright at 59 (1926) Wright at 59.
Portrait of Frank Lloyd Wright, Photographed by DeLonge Studio on March 1, 1926. Wright is facing to the right of the camera, but looking to the left. He is holding a hat that can be seen in the bottom right hand corner. Published in "Frank Lloyd Wright A Biography", Secrest, 1992, page 157, but dated 1905. Photographed by DeLonge Studio. Courtesy of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. Label pasted to verso: "Frank Lloyd Wright. Photo by DeLonge Studio, Madison. Whi (X28) 2958." Clipping pasted to verso: "Frank Lloyd Wright was born in Wisconsin, Although the year is in question." Stamped on clipping: "Feb 6 1993." Stamped on verso: "State Historical Society of Wisconsin."
Original 8 x 10 B&W photograph.
0172.47.0619Wright at 59 (1926)
Wright at 59. Portrait of Frank Lloyd Wright, Photographed by DeLonge Studio on March 1, 1926. Wright is facing to the right of the camera, but looking to the left. Published in "Frank Lloyd Wright A Biography", Secrest, 1992, page 157, but dated 1905. (Note: Cropped out of the bottom right hand corner of the photograph is the hat he is holding in photograph #0249.17 below.) Courtesy of the Wisconsin Historical Society. 5 x 6 Print. High-res digital image.
Photographed by DeLonge Studio, Courtesy of the Wisconsin Historical Society.
Published in "Frank Lloyd Wright A Biography", Secrest, 1992, page 157, but dated 1905. (Note: Cropped out of the bottom right hand corner of the photograph is the hat he is holding in photograph #0249.17 below.)
5 x 6 Print. High-res digital image.
0249.09.0706
Wright at 59 (1926) Wright at 59.
Portrait of Frank Lloyd Wright, Photographed by DeLonge Studio on March 1, 1926. Wright is facing to the right of the camera, but looking to the left.
Published in "Frank Lloyd Wright A Biography", Secrest, 1992, page 157, but dated 1905. (Note: Cropped out of the bottom right hand corner of the photograph is the hat he is holding in photograph #0249.17 below.) Printed on sleeve: "The American History Slide Collection. 1977 Instructional Resources Corporation."
Original 35mm Slide and 5 x 8 high res digital image.
0172.45.1218Wright at 59 (1926)
Wright at 59. (1926) Portrait of Wright by DeLonge Studio, March 1, 1926.
Photographed at the same time as 249.09. He is wearing a long black coat, with a second draped over his left arm which is holding a hat. A pair of glassed are in his right hand.
Published in "Truth Against The World", Meehan, 1987, page 32 dated circa 1910-1920. Courtesy of the Wisconsin Historical Society.
4.75 x 6 Print. High res digital image.
0249.17.0509
Wright at 59 (1926) Wright at 59 (1926)
Portrait of Wright in 1926 by DeLonge Studio. Photographed at the same time as 249.09 and 249.17. He is wearing a long black coat, with a second draped over his left arm. The hat that was in the other portraits is now on his head. Hand written on verso: "Frank Lloyd Wright. Noted architect& manyof many romances. 2/26/26." Also: "This photograph is copy righted therefore credit lines must appear in every publication. Copyrighted photograph by O. F. DeLonge Studio, Madison Wis." (Note: decorations added by hand.)
Original 7.5 x 7.75 B&W photograph.
0172.41.0219Olga Milanoff at 26 (1924) Olga Milanoff at 26 (1924) Olgivanna Lloyd Wright 1924, but used with an article dated February 22, 1926. Portrait of Olgivanna, facing to the right, looking to the left of the camera. Clipping pasted to verso: "Russian Danseuse said to be in Hiding With Famous Architect. Frank Lloyd Wright, noted American architect, has fled to Canada to the arms of his "most wonderful woman," Olga Milanoff, Russian danseuse and the architect's former housekeeper, and their infant son (sic), according to Miriam Noel Wright. The architect's wife. Mrs. Wright, who is a sculptress, gave forth this statement in answer to the charges of her husband's attorney that his client was forced to leave the United States to recoup his fortune after she has financially ruined him with her bitter pen. According to Mrs. Wright, Mme. Milanoff;s son was born in Chicago after she had spent three years in Wright's household, and that her hasty departure was caused by the immigrations authorities being on her trail. Mrs. Wright asserts she is certain her husband has joined the young Russian woman in a new love nest in Canada. (BFM) 2-22-26."
8 x 10 B&W photograph.
0172.24.0115
Olga Milanoff at 28 (1926)
Olga Milanoff at 28 (1926) Olgivanna and daughter Iovanna, Spring-Summer 1926. Olga (Olgivanna) Ivanovna Milanoff met Frank Lloyd Wright at a Petrograd Ballet in Chicago in 1924 while she was separated from her husband. Iovanna Lazovich Lloyd Wright was born on December 2, 1925 in Chicago, Illinois. During the Spring and summer they were living at Taliesin in Spring Green Wisconsin. In September, after the bank foreclosed on Taliesn, they move to Lake Minnetonka, Minnesota, where on the evening of October 20, 1926, Wright is arrested for violation of the Mann act and spends an evening in jail. Wright and Olgivanna were married on August 25, 1928 at midnight in Rancho Santa Fe near La Jolla. Stamped on verso: "From Chicago Bureau. 7 South Dearborn St."
Published in "Many Masks"¯ Gill, 1987, page 293. Caption reads "Olgivanna and Iovanna at Lake Minnetonka. Milwaukee Journal". Also published in "Frank Lloyd Wright A Biography" Secrest, 1992, page 321.
Original B&W photograph, 6.3 x 4.8, Digitally restored high res image.
0172.08.1110
(Note) Unrestored original 6.3 x 4.8 B&W photograph of Olga (Olginvanna) Ivanovna Milanov and Iovanna Lazovich Lloyd Wright. Restored (above) by Douglas M. Steiner.
Wright at 58 (1926) Wright at 58. 1926.
Frank Lloyd Wright holding his daughter Iovanna Lloyd Wright. She was born on December 2, 1925. This photograph was published in An Autobiography, Wright, 1932. Caption: "Father and daughter at Minneapolis." Text hand written on face: "Frank Lloyd Wright and his and Olga's baby." Hand written on verso: "Frank Lloyd Wright and his last baby - his seventh child." Stamped on verso: "Filed June 21 1932."
Original 9 x 10 B&W photograph.
0172.46.0619Wright at 59 (1926) Wright at 59. (1926) Wright arrested in Minnesota. On Wednesday evening, October 20, 1926, Hennepin county deputy sheriffs arrested Wright at a Wildhurst, Lake Minnetonka cottage. When the deputies came to the kitchen door of the cottage Wednesday night they were met by the cook and maid, Miss Viola Meyerhaus. He was brought to the Hennepin county jail, where he was held without charge for Baraboo, Wis., authorities. After arresting Wright, deputies returned to Minnetonka and brought Olga Milanoff and two children to the county jail. (L to R) Miss Viola Meyerhaus, Frank Lloyd Wright and Hennepin county deputy. Possibly seen on the far left behind screen door is Olga Milanoff. (See 1926 article.)
5.5 x 3.75 Print, High res digital image.
0172.05.0310
Wright at 59 (1926) Wright at 59. (1926) Wright and Olga leave court, October 21, 1926. Published caption on verso: "F. Lloyd Wright and Olga Released on $12,000 bond. Frank Lloyd Wright, world famed architect, and his companion, Mrs. Olga Milanoff, former Russian dancer, pleaded "not guilty" in Minneapolis court today to Mann act charge lodged against them. After spending a night in jail, the two were released on bonds totalling (miss spelled) $12,500, and the case set for hearing Oct. 30th. The charges against the couple were filed with their discovery in a love nest at Lake Minnetonka, Minn., where they had been living since Sept. 7th while a country wide search was being made for them. CC 65743 Chicago Bureau. (Photo shows L. to R. - A Deputy U.S. Marshal; Olga Milanoff; a police matron; and Frank Lloyd Wright)" Stamped on verso: "From Chicago Bureau. 7 South Dearborn St. Oct 23, 1926." (See 1926 article.)
5.75 x 4.5 and 8.25 x 6 B&W photographs.
0172.06.0310, 0172.20.0314
Wright at 59 (1926) Wright at 59 (1926)
Frank Lloyd Wright at 59. 1926. Vladimir Hinzenberg, Olga Milanov and Frank Lloyd Wright waiting in Court. A Picture Tells a Thousand Words. Vladimir Hinzenberg (left) glaring at Milanov, is leaning slightly away from her, looking slightly intimidated as she looks right through him. His legs are crossed, and he nervously moved his foot back and forth. Olga Milanov (Olgavanna) leans away from him, up against Wright. She is tense, her lips are pursed, is glowering at him, a slight pained look on her face. Frank Lloyd Wright's legs are crossed, an overcoat sets over his lap, cane hooked on his left arm, his hands are crossed, very relaxed. He is facing away from both, staring off in space, deep in thought. Hand written on verso: "3 of principals in Frank Lloyd Wright love triangle. Left to right - Vladimir Hinzenberg (divorced husband of Mme Milanov). Mme Olga Milanov (Companion of F L Wright). Frank Lloyd Wright. 10/23/26."
Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph (background airbrushed).
0172.42.0218Wright at 59 (Circa 1926) Wright at 59. (Circa 1926) Frank Lloyd Wright at 59. Circa 1926. Frank Lloyd Wright and unidentified male. Possibly Wright's attorney. Possibly courthouse in background. Hand written on verso: "Wright being taken to jail." Wright's second wife, Miriam Noel, harassed him publicly for years. On November 19, 1923, Miriam and Mr. Wright were married in Spring Green, Wisconsin. In May 1924 Miriam walked out of Taliesin. On November 30, 1924 Mr. Wright and Olga met at the Petrograd Ballet in Chicago. She was separated from her husband. In February, 1925. Mr. Wright moved Olgivanna into Taliesin. On November 27, 1925, Miriam filed for a divorce, alleging desertion and cruelty. On December 2, 1925,Olgivanna gives birth to Iovanna Lazovich Lloyd Wright in Chicago. On May 20, 1926, Miriam appears in Madison court room in an efforts to settle divorce, effort failed. On June 3 Miriam attempted to take Taliesin, by storm but failed to get beyond the front gate. In August, Miriam refused to grant divorce and demanded the right to live at Taliesin. She sues Olgivanna. In September the bank foreclosed on Taliesin Mortgage. Wright was arrested at the kitchen door of a Lake Minnetonka cottage on October 21, where he had lived since September 7. Miriam and Frank were finally divorced on August 26, 1927. Wright travels with Olgivanna to Puerto Rico for two months. Miriam arrested in dining room of Madison's Lorain Hotel for mailing Wright an obscene letter. Wright, Olgivanna and children spent Winter of 1927 in rented cottage on beach at La Jolla, CA. In January, 1928, the bank orders Wright out of Taliesin. In July the bank sells Taliesin at sheriff's sale. In January, 1928, Wright heads to Arizona and consults on Arizona Biltmore. In March, 1928, the Wrights move to a cottage in La Jolla, CA. In July, Miriam trashes the Wrights cottage in La Jolla, CA and is arrested. On August 25, Mr. Wright and Olgivanna were married at midnight in Rancho Santa Fe near La Jolla. They honeymooned in Phoenix, Arizona at the Arizona Biltmore Hotel. In October, the Wright's moved back into Taliesin. On January 30, 1930, Miriam Noel Wright passed away at the age of 61. Stamped on verso: "From Chicago Bureau. 7 South Dearborn St."
7.5 x 10 B&W photograph.
0172.21.0714
1928 Architect's Home. LaJolla, Calif. (7/17/28) "Architect's Home. LaJolla, Calif. "Photo shows the home of Architect Wright, smashed by his irate wife. It is on the seashore of an exclusive district of La Jolla, Calif. HA 7/17/28." On November 30, 1924 Frank Lloyd Wright met Olga in Chicago. On November 27, 1925, Miriam, Wright's third wife files for a divorce, but subsequently reverses her decision and begins hounding him. Meryle Secrest writes "... she took a taxi there and discovered that the back door was unlocked. "I went in... and found my own belongings all over the place. I decided to get on the front page of the newspaper and see what effect publicity would have upon the situation. I thought the happy home belong to Frank, so I wrecked the place inside, and as a wreck it was a perfect success." Frank Lloyd Wright A Biography, p 340. International Newsreel Photo, Los Angeles Bureau. Original 7.4 x 4.6 B&W photograph.
0215.06.0510
Wedding announcement Original Wedding announcement of Frank Lloyd Wright and Olgivanna Wright, at Rancho Santa Fe, California, 25 August 1928. "Iovanna. Married, August 25, Rancho Santa Fe, California. Olga Ivanovna, Daughter of Ivan Lazovich and Militza Milan of Gettinje Montenegro, To Frank Lloyd Wright, Son of Anna Lloyd-Jones and William Cary Wright, Taliesin, Wisconsin, 1928."
Designed and calligraphed by Wright, then photographically printed on vellum or rice paper and laminated to buff-colored card stock. A portrait of their daughter Iovanna Lazovich Lloyd Wright at upper left; one portion hand-colored in red (4.5 x 5.5"). Olga and Frank were married on August 25, 1928 at midnight in Rancho Santa Fe near La Jolla. The ceremony was held one year to the day after Wright's divorce from Miriam Noel Wright, and almost three years after their daughter Iovanna (shown in the hexagonal portrait) was born (December 2, 1925 in Chicago, Illinois). They honeymooned in Phoenix, Arizona at the Arizona Biltmore Hotel.
A book was purchased from the daughter of the Melvyn Maxwell Smith Residence (S.287 1946) designed by Wright in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. The invitation was in the book.
Published in "Many Masks" Gill, 1987, page 301; "Frank Lloyd Wright A Biography" Secrest 1992, page 321; "Frank Lloyd Wright, The Interactive Portfolio" Stipe 2004, page 49 (Facsimile in sleeve); "Frank Lloyd Wright, Complete Works 1917-1942" Pfeiffer 2010, page 181.0215.01.1106
Wright at 61 (1928) Wright at 61 (1928)
Frank Lloyd Wright wearing a calf skin coat. He is leaning on his left arm, looking slightly to the right of the camera. Wright is in his studio at Taliesin, Spring Green. Caption taped to verso: "Associated Press Photo. Chicago Bureau. Frank Lloyd Wright at "Taliesen" (sic - Taliesin). Frank Lloyd Wright's First Picture In Four Years, Showing the Famous Architect, Whose Love Tangles for a Long Time Occupied The Newspapers, At Work in The Mammouth Studio of His Summer Home "Taliesen" at Spring Green, Wis."¯
Original 8.5 x 6.5 B&W photograph.
0215.38.0922Wright at 61 (1928) Wright at 61 (1928) Frank Lloyd Wright wearing a calf skin coat. While separated from Miriam Noel, Wright met Olgivanna at the Petrograd Ballet in Chicago on Nov 30, 1924. In February 1925 Wright and Olgivanna moved into Taliesin. Miriam filed for divorce on November 27. On December 2, 1925 Iovanna Wright was born. For the next few year Miriam would torment Wright. Divorce was finally finalized on August 26, 1927. In January, 1928, the bank orders Wright out of Taliesin. Wright heads to Arizona and consults on Arizona Biltmore. In March, Frank and Olgivanna move to La Jolla, CA. In July, Miriam trashes Wrights cottage in La Jolla. Taliesin is sold at a sheriff's sale in July. Wrights are finally married on August 25, 1928 at midnight in Rancho Santa Fe near La Jolla. In October, Wright, Olgivanna and children mover back into Taliesin.
10 x 7.5 B&W photograph.
0215.13.0714
1930 Wright at 63 (1930) Wright at 63. 1930.
Portrait of Frank Lloyd Wright. Facing to the left, looking directly at the camera. Published in 1931, Modern Architecture, Being the Kahn Lectures for 1930, Wright, Frontispiece.
Portrait published in 1932 Poster announcing Frank Lloyd Wright's lectures on Modern Architecture at the Albright Art Gallery. Portrait published in Architectural Record, September, 1936, p 179. Credit: Photograph by Price Studios. Published in "My Father Who is on Earth", Wright, John Lloyd, 1946, page 195, and "Truth Against The World", Meehan, 1987, page 122. Bottom right hand corner: "43532" etched in negative. Clipping pasted to verso. Stamped on verso: "Mar 7 1931." Hand written on verso: "Wright, Frank Lloyd."
Original 4.5 x 5.5 B&W photograph.
0249.52.0819Wright at 63 (1930)
Wright at 63. Portrait of Wright in 1930. Courtesy Library of Congress. Photographed by Price Studios. See Architectural Record, September, 1936, p 179.
Published in "My Father Who is on Earth", Wright, John Lloyd, 1946, page 195, and "Truth Against The World", Meehan, 1987, page 122. image also used in 1932 Poster.
8 x 10 Print, High res digital image.
0249.16.0509
Wright at 63 (1930) Wright at 63. Wright at the Art Institute of Chicago, September 24-25, 1930. Wright is looking at a model of the Richard Lloyd Jones Residence (S.227 - 1929). Traveling exhibition entitled "The Show" at the Art Institute of Chicago, September 25 - October 12, 1930. "The Show" exhibited in New York City; Chicago; Eugene, Oregon; Seattle, Washington; several European cities; and Milwaukee's Layton Gallery. It included 600 photographs, 1,000 drawings and four models (three of which were the Richard Lloyd Jones Residence, Gas Station and St. Marks-in-the-Bouwerie Towers). On October 1 & 2, 1930, Wright delivered two lectures at the Art Institute of Chicago entitled "In the Realm of Ideas" and "To the Young Man in Architecture". These two speeches were published in 1931 as "Two Lectures on Architecture". Clipping pasted to verso: "Back into the Public Eye - Frank Lloyd Wright, America's most famous architect, who has been some while in retirement, comes back into the public eye with an exhibition of his model buildings at the Art Institute of Chicago. Herald and Examiner photo" Stamped on clipping: "Herald & Exam. Sept 26, 1930". Published in the Herald and Examiner, Chicago, IL. Note: Richard Lloyd Jones was Wright's Cousin. Second clipping pasted to verso: "Berlin Academy Honors Wright. Berlin, Feb. 1. (AP) - Frank Lloyd Wright, known in the United States for his new school of the Middle Western architecture, has been elected as extraordinary member of the Academy of Arts, Plastic Arts Section. A native of Richland Center, Wisconsin, Wright was architect of the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo and numerous buildings of note. In Europe he is known as the originator of the "American expression in architecture." " Stamped on clipping: "Herald & Exam. Feb 2, 1932." Published in the Herald and Examiner, Chicago, IL. Image restored by Douglas M. Steiner.
Original 8 x 10 B&W print.
0249.24.0811
1931 Wright at 64 (1931) Wright at 64, Circa 1931. Portrait of Frank Lloyd Wright by Samuel Johnson Woolf (1880 - 1948), drawn from life. S. J. Woolf interviewed Wright for the January 17, 1932 issue of the New York Times Magazine. Wright sat for the portrait during the interview with Woolf. Caption reads "Drawn from life by S. J. Woolf." According to Brier Hill Galleries, "Woolf was born in New York City into a family long active in the arts, Woolf was a portrait artist and printmaker. He studied at the Art Students League and at the National Academy of Design under Kenyon Cox and George deForest Brush. He is best known for his portraits, some commissioned by Collier's magazine, and others paired with interviews that appeared in The New York Times in the 1920s. Wolf served as an artist-correspondent during both World Wars I and II. His work was widely exhibited and resides in the permanent collections of numerous public and private institutions. He died at New York City."
6 x 9 B&W photograph.
0300.10.0115
1932 Wright at 65. 1932 
Wright at 65. Wright in court with apprentices. According to Wright in "An Autobiography", 1943, page 432-3, Wright was struck "violently several times on the back of the head." during the struggle he was kicked "on the bridge of the nose with his boot heel... Blood spurted all over him. ...unknown to me, my boys (four of them) went out after their man, got into his house... the police came and arrested the boys and the assassin. ...they spent a couple nights in the county jail... The boys were paying a fine of several hundred dollars. On the "installment plan," of course. The Taliesin Fellowship had got off to a very bad start." According to Brendan Gill, "Many Masks", page 332, "...his grievance against Wright was based on the fact that Wright allegedly had long owed his wife money for domestic service at Taliesin - by Wright's account, he was found guilty, fined, and soon thereafter left town. Clipping pasted to verso: "Architect's students admit whipping his foe. Rudolph Mock (left), Karl Jansen, Frank Lloyd Wright Portrait, noted architect; Sam Ratensky, and William Peters. The four students at Wright's trade and craft school at Taliesin, Wis., who are shown here with the architect admitted horsewhipping C. R. Secrest of Madison, Wis., after Secrest had broken Wright's nose in fight over debt. (Acme Photo.)" Karl Jansen was Wright's secretary at the time before Gene Masselink replaced him. Stamped on clipping: "Nov 6 - 1932". Stamped on Verso: "Photo by Acme Newspapers, Inc. Chicago Bureau, Tribune Towers, Chicago, ILL. Published in "Many Masks", page 331.
Original 9 x 6.5 B&W photograph.
0361.02.0811
Wright at 65. 1932 Wright at 65.
Published in American Architect - May 1932 (Published monthly by International Publications, Inc., New York)Article by Frank Lloyd Wright "America Tomorrow. We must choose between the Automoblie and the vertical city. A more sensible proceeding to let the automobile take the city to the country. The city has today only about one-third of the motor car men it will inevitably have. And congestion, as it is, is nothing at all to what it must become when the city- man is the success he will be if promises are kept. His success means a car. His family and the family of his increase our dreaming of it now and envying the neighbor who has one or two - or Three..." Includes two illustrations by Ernest Born and one photographic portrait of Wright.
Wright at 65. 1932 Wright at 65. Published in Scholastic magazine, September 24, 1932 issue. Published by Scholastic Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA.
Article by Frank Lloyd Wright Books That Have Meant Most To Me. I suppose the books one has chosen or has happened to read are important. Everybody makes a more or less natural selection, I should say, notwithstanding suggestions or commands. And the book fodder for which we have a natural taste does most to feed the thing we call ourselves. The Arabian Nights fascinated me as a boy. Aladdin and his wonderful lamp - "imagination" was the lamp as I see now - was one of the tales that never tired me... Includes on portrait of Wright.
1933 Wright at 66. 1933 Wright at 66. Frank Lloyd Wright facing slightly to the right, looking to the left. His left arm is raised, his had in hand. His overcoat is draped over his right arm. He stands in front of wood file cases. Stamped on verso: "Mar 14 1933." and "Photo by Acme Newspictures, Inc. Chicago Bureau, Tribune Tower, Chicago, Ill. Acquired from the achieves of the Chicago Tribune.
8 x 10 B&W photograph.
0370.04.1213
1934 Wright at 67 (1934)
Wright at 67. Frank Lloyd Wright Portrait.
This print was given to Lucian Schlingen Sr. by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1934-35. This print was purchased from his son. (Note on back: Return to Taliesin, Spring Green, Wisconsin)
Original 5 x 7 Sepia tone.
0397.02.0606
1935 Wright at 68 (1935) Wright at 68. 1935.
Portrait of Frank Lloyd Wright. Wright is facing forward, looking directly at the camera. Both hands are in his suite jacket pockets. Eye glasses are hanging down. This photograph appears to be taken in a studio, the background is modeled.
This portrait was published in Time Magazine, July 15, 1935, p.44. The photograph is credited: “Keystone.” Keystone Press Agency became one of the most respected became prominence after the World War I and became one of leading press agencies of the era. Printed on a thick stock stat has turned light tan with age.
Original gelatin silver 7 x 9.5 B&W photograph.
0397.86.0824Wright at 68 (1935) Frank Lloyd Wright
Published in Time Magazine - July 15, 1935. Citizens bent on refining Pittsburgh's ebullient Mayor William Nissley McNair last fortnight took him to Kaufmann's Department Store to see "Broadacre City," a scale model of a modernistic decentralized community by Radical Architect Frank Lloyd Wright. Mayor McNair whistled, let fly: "It's all right but you could never put Democrats in there. What if they'd want to get drunk or visit somebody's wife? This thing is Utopia. I'll bet they even tell you how many babies to have in each house. I just sent a gang of drunks to the workhouse. Put that bunch in Wright's village and it wouldn't be two weeks before they'd wreck it. This town is built for a lot of social workers."
"The Mayor," snapped sinewy, grey-maned Architect Wright, "knows next to nothing about drunks, babies or Democracy." Furious Mr. Wright's opinion of Pittsburgh shortly appeared in the Sun-Telegraph: "Pittsburgh as a centralization is obsolescent.
Last week when Architect Wright turned up in Pittsburgh, newshawks took him on a tour of the city. Passing over slums, mills, grimy houses, he fixed on the new Mellon Institute, which looks like the Parthenon, snorted: "That's what happens when men get rich and bring Greece to Pittsburgh." Of University of Pittsburgh's Gothic, sky-scraping Cathedral of Learn-ing: "The most stupendous 'Keep off the Grass' sign I've even seen."
"What," asked newshawks, "could be done about Pittsburgh?"
Judged Architect Wright: "It would be cheaper to abandon it!" Includes one portrait of Frank Lloyd Wright. Original cover price 15c. Photograph by Keystone. (Sweeney 385)
0385.00.0323Wright at 68 (1935) Wright at 68. Portrait of Frank Lloyd Wright. Facing slightly to the right, looking straight into the camera. Wearing a coat and tie. Photographed by Don Keller, Phoenix Ariz. Text bottom left: Photo by Don Keller, Phoenix Ariz, 4-5-35." Published in American Architect, May 1935, p.55.
Original 6 x 9 B&W photograph.
0397.06.0921
1936 Wright at 69 (1)(1936)
Wright at 69. Portrait of Wright seated. His cane is hooked on his left arm, he is holding his hat on his lap.
High res digital 4x5 digital image, 1936.
0404.10.0307
Wright at 69 (2) (1936)
Wright at 69, Olgivanna at 38 (1936) Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lloyd Wright. Frank Lloyd Wright and his wife Olgivanna, seated together reading in the living room at Taliesin. Photographed by Melvin E. Diemer.
Published in "Frank Lloyd Wright Collected Writings", Volume 4, Pfeiffer, 1994, page 121; "Frank Lloyd Wright, His Life and His Architecture", Twombly, 1979, page 289 but dated early 1940s.
4.4 x 6 print. High res digital image.
0404.20.0509
1937 Wright at 70 (1937) Wright at 70 (1937) Wright at 70, 1937. Wright with group of apprentices at Taliesin. Front row left to right: Benjamin Dombar, Kevin Lynch, Frank Lloyd Wright, James Thomson, Wesley Peters and Robert Mosher. Back row, left to right: Carey Carraway, John Lautner, John Howe, Eugene Masselink, Blaine Drake, Ellis Jacobs, E. Brookins, Herbert Fritz, Burton Goodrich and Edgar Tafel. According to Tafel, it was photographed by Kenn Hedrich, Hedrich Blessing, taken during the preparation for the January 1938 issue of Architectural Forum. Caption on Face: "Architect Frank Lloyd Wright surrounded by apprentices in 1938. This rare photograph is one of 300 in Time Magazine's anniversary issue; "The Amazing 60 Years in History." Two copies. Stamped on verso: "Nov 10 1983". Stamped on verso of second: "Jul 16 1998".
Published in "Letters to Apprentices", Wright, 1982, page 32; "Architectural Forum", January 1938, page 3.
Original 10 x 8 B&W print.
0429.07.0609, 0429.44.1118
Wright at 70 (1937)
Wright at 70 Detail (1937)
Wright at 70 (1937) Wright with apprentices at Taliesin. Behind Wright on the left is John Lautner. To his right is Robert Mosher, Edgar Tafel and Wesley Peters. According to Tafel, it was photographed by Kenn Hedrich, Hedrich Blessing, taken during the preparation for the January 1938 issue of Architectural Forum.
Published in "About Wright"¯ Tafel 1993, page 149. Similar photograph published in "Years With Frank Lloyd Wright, Apprentice to Genius", Tafel, 1979, on the cover of the soft cover version and page 162-163.
7x 5 print. High res digital image.
0429.08.0609
Wright at 70 (1937) Wright at 70, 1937 Wright with apprentices at Taliesin. Behind Wright on the left is John Lautner. To his right is Robert Mosher, Edgar Tafel and Wesley Peters. According to Tafel, it was photographed by Kenn Hendrich, Hendrich-Blessing, taken during the preparation for the January 1938 issue of Architectural Forum. Similar photograph published in "Years With Frank Lloyd Wright, Apprentice to Genius", Tafel, 1979, on the PB cover and page 162-163. Stamped on verso: "Hendrich-Blessing."
Original 8 x 10 B&W photograph.
0429.16.0514
Wright at 70 (1937) Wright at 70, 1937 Frank Lloyd Wright at Taliesin Spring Green, December 1937. Wright is standing under a tree, looking to the left of the camera. He is wearing a cap, scarf and long coat draped over his shoulders. His cane is in his right hand. Although not published in the issue, it was photographed by Hedrich-Blessing during the preparation for the January 1938 issue of Architectural Forum. Published on the cover of "Truth Against the World," Meehan, 1992, attributed to Bill Hedrich. Very similar pose published in "Apprentice to Genius," Tafel, 1979, p.23, attributed to Edgar Tafel. It appears to be taken at the same time as the Hedrich photograph. Different view but similar photograph, also attributed to Tafel, published in "About Wright," Tafel, 1993, p.174. Two years later, 1939, Tafel photographed Wright in a very similar pose and outfit during a picnic at Taliesin, publishing three photographs in "About Wright," p.192-3. A photograph very similar to the 1939 images was published on the cover of "Frank Lloyd Wright, Architectural Drawings and Decorative Art" 1985, and is attributed to Tafel.
8 x 10 B&W photograph.
0429.21.0315
Wright at 70 (1937)
Wright at 70 (1937)
Wright at 70, Circa 1937. Portrait of Frank Lloyd Wright by Don Wallace (1891 - February 21, 1939). Frank Lloyd wright is facing the camera and looking directly at it. He is wearing a grey overcoat, black shirt and black pants. Around his neck is a dark grey tie of scarf. Below his tie, a pair of glasses hung from a chain. Around his shoulder is what appears to possibly be the belt for the overcoat. It is made from the same material.
Published in Coronet, December, 1937, p. 172. Also published in Popular Photography, May 1939, p.47. Caption: "Frank Lloyd Wright by Don Wallace, 1891-1939. Footnote: "This phonograph and one of Mrs. Wallace were Don's two favorite pictures. Also published in Frank Lloyd Wright, Apprentice to Genius, Tafel, 1979, Frontispiece, and attributed to Wallace. Published on the cover of Frank Lloyd Wright, Architectural Drawings and Decorative Art, Hanks, 1985, but credited to Edgar Tafel. Of note: Very similar to a photograph of Frank Lloyd Wright by Hedrich-Blessing (S#0429.21), same overcoat, strap around his shoulders and glasses hanging below his tie. Wright is wearing the same outfit in the photograph "Group in the Workshop. Architectural Forum, January 1938, p.2, Hedrich-Blessing.
Acquired from the estate of Hollywood Actress Nina Lunn Black, the daughter of Nina Lunn, the third wife of C. Leigh Stevens, Auldbrass Plantation (1939 - S.262).
Auldbrass Plantation was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1938 for C. Leigh Stevens. Besides the main Residence, it also included a Guesthouse, Cottages, Caretaker's Quarters and other outbuildings. Frank Lloyd Wright designed some of the first buildings on the property in 1938. " “Old Brass" was the name given to a tract of land in South Carolina that includes over 4,000 acres. "In the mid 1930s the Savanna River Lumber Co. Which owned the tract of land slid into bankruptcy. C. Leigh Stevens took over the responsibility of reorganizing the company, and ended up "with its shares held by Stevens." Old Brass was one of many holdings owned by the reorganized Savanna River Lumber Co. The modern history of "Auldbrass" which Wright adapted from Old Brass started in 1939 when C. Leigh Stevens commissioned Frank Lloyd Wright to create a plantation complex of buildings for his southern home..." Auldbrass, The Plantation Complex Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, Loring, 1992.
According to David Delong, construction began on the complex in September, 1940, but was halted in 1942 due to the war and shortage of funds. Construction began again in 1946. In 1950, Stevens married his third wife, Nina Lunn, who took an interest in Auldbrass and started to direct the workers herself.
From the beginning of their relationship Nina had shown an active interest in Auldbrass, and she now set out to "make a nest there." Upon her arrival accompanied only by her eldest daughter, as it turned out, for Stevens had departed on one of his trips-she found the place unfinished and neglected, the kitchen hopelesly abandoned with no evidence of use. "The place is plumb deserted," the caretaker told her, adding that the last lime Stevens's had gone away, he "didn't come back for near four years. * This would correspond with the period from 1942 to 1946, when construction had stopped and Stevens was otherwise involved. Nina took a more aggressive stance than Stevens's second wife. She began to direct the workers herself... (p.137). Auldbrass, The Plantation Complex Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, Delong, 1992.
Stevens took Nina to Taliesin so they could discuss these matters with Wright, reestablishing communications after a period of some three years. In anticipation of their visit, Wright prepared a new furniture layout, dated June 1, 1951, that outlined how built-in seats and tables would relate with freestanding pieces to complete the architectural enclosure of the living room. Nina brought pictures showing how Auldbrass actually looked; things were not what Wright expected. The original copper foil on the roofs had long since disintegrated, the result of acid producing leaves that fell in profusion each fall... (p.142). Auldbrass...
Whatever Nina's misgivings regarding Wright, and however bitter her later views of Stevens might have been, she was able to perceive remarkable qualities in both. As she wrote some years after her divorce, "Ordinary men are fearful of being different; afraid to break a pattern or to ignore tradition. Not these two. Both believed their creative ability led to greater and greater achievement. What Wright dared to do for architecture, Leigh did for industry. (P.166) Auldbrass...
It could have been after this visit, or on a subsequent trip that Wright gave to Nina and Leigh this gift dated July 1, 1951. It is inscribed by Frank Lloyd Wright: To "Ma_ _a" and "Papa" at Taliesin July 1 / 51. Frank Lloyd Wright. Provenance: Hollywood Actress Nina Lunn Black, daughter of Nina Lunn, the third wife of C. Leigh Stevens, Auldbrass Plantation. Photographed by Don Wallace.
Original 16 x 20 B&W photograph. Frame: 22.5 x 27.5.
0429.61.0123
Inscribed by Frank Lloyd Wright: To "Ma_ _a" and "Papa" at Taliesin July 1 / 51. Frank Lloyd Wright. See additional Frank Lloyd Wright autographs...Set of 11 photographs of Frank Lloyd Wright at the offices of the Architectural Forum, which was published by Time, Inc., New York, which also published Life Magazine. In December 1937, Wright visited the offices in preparation for publishing the January 1938 issue of Architectural Forum, which Frank Lloyd Wright designed and wrote. Photographed by Peter Stackpole. Stackpole was one of the original four staff photographers listed by Life Magazine which launched in November 1936. The other three photographers were Margaret Bourke-White, Alfred Eisenstaedt and Thomas McAvoy. Wright at 70 (1937) Wright at 70, 1937 1) Wright at 70, 1937. Frank Lloyd Wright at the office of Architectural Forum. He is sitting at a table, looking out the window to the right. He has a cigarette in his right hand. Part of a set of 11 photographs of Frank Lloyd Wright at the offices of the Architectural Forum, which was published by Time, Inc., New York, which also published Life Magazine. In December 1937, Wright visited the offices in preparation for publishing the January 1938 issue of Architectural Forum, which Frank Lloyd Wright designed and wrote. Photographed by Peter Stackpole.
10 x 6.5 B&W photograph.
0429.25.0715-1
Wright at 70 (1937) Wright at 70, 1937 2) Wright at 70, 1937. Frank Lloyd Wright at the office of Architectural Forum. He is sitting at a table, looking at the camera. His head is resting on his left hand, he has a cigarette in his right hand. In December 1937, Wright visited the offices in preparation for publishing the January 1938 issue of Architectural Forum, which Frank Lloyd Wright designed and wrote. A proof of page 8, for the January issue is directly in front of him. Page three is to the right. The back cover of the December 13, 1937 issue of Life Magazine is to the far right. Part of a set of 11 photographs of Frank Lloyd Wright at the offices of the Architectural Forum, which was published by Time, Inc., New York, which also published Life Magazine. Photographed by Peter Stackpole.
10 x 6.5 B&W photograph.
0429.25.0715-2
Wright at 70 (1937) Wright at 70, 1937 3) Wright at 70, 1937. Frank Lloyd Wright at the office of Architectural Forum. He is sitting at a table, looking to the left. He has a cigarette in his mouth, his hands are ready to strike a match. In December 1937, Wright visited the offices in preparation for publishing the January 1938 issue of Architectural Forum, which Frank Lloyd Wright designed and wrote. A proof of page 8, for the January issue is directly in front of him. Page three is to the right. The back cover of the December 13, 1937 issue of Life Magazine is to the far right. Part of a set of 11 photographs of Frank Lloyd Wright at the offices of the Architectural Forum, which was published by Time, Inc., New York, which also published Life Magazine. Photographed by Peter Stackpole.
10 x 6.5 B&W photograph.
0429.25.0715-3
Wright at 70 (1937) Wright at 70, 1937 4) Wright at 70, 1937. Frank Lloyd Wright at the office of Architectural Forum. He is sitting at a table, looking straight at the camera. He has a cigarette in his mouth, his hands are ready to strike a match. In December 1937, Wright visited the offices in preparation for publishing the January 1938 issue of Architectural Forum, which Frank Lloyd Wright designed and wrote. A proof of page 8, for the January issue is directly in front of him. Page three is to the right. The back cover of the December 13, 1937 issue of Life Magazine is to the far right. This image was published on page 1 of the January 1938 issue of Architectural Forum. Part of a set of 11 photographs of Frank Lloyd Wright at the offices of the Architectural Forum, which was published by Time, Inc., New York, which also published Life Magazine. This image was used for a postcard. Photographed by Peter Stackpole.
10 x 6.5 B&W photograph.
0429.25.0715-4
1937 Postcard, Wright at 70, 1937. Real photo postcard. Frank Lloyd Wright at the office of Architectural Forum. In December 1937, Wright visited the offices in preparation for publishing the January 1938 issue of Architectural Forum, which Frank Lloyd Wright designed and wrote. This image was published on page 1 of the January 1938 issue of Architectural Forum. In this image, the cigarette was airbrushed out of Wright's mouth. (See original.) Time, Inc., published Architectural Forum, Life and Time Magazine. (Note: Many postcards have been produced related to Wright's work, but this is the only portrait postcard of Frank Lloyd Wright that we have ever seen to date. One can only speculate, was this postcard produced in conjunction with the article published in Architectural Forum?) Photographed by Peter Stackpole. Stackpole was one of the original four staff photographers listed by Life Magazine which launched in November 1936. The other three photographers were Margaret Bourke-White, Alfred Eisenstaedt and Thomas McAvoy. Real photo postcard. Verso: "Post Card. D O P S (Stamp Box). Address. All rights reserved - The L. L. Cook Co., Milwaukee." The DOPS (Developed Out Prints) process dated between 1925 to 1945. Early DOPs, were unstable and lost highlight detail over time (as this one has).
5.5 x 3.5
0429.26.0615
1937
Postcard. Wright at 70, 1937. Real photo postcard. Frank Lloyd Wright at the office of Architectural Forum. In December 1937, Wright visited the offices in preparation for publishing the January 1938 issue of Architectural Forum, which Frank Lloyd Wright designed and wrote. This image was published on page 1 of the January 1938 issue of Architectural Forum. In this image, the cigarette was airbrushed out of Wright's mouth. (See original.) Time, Inc., published Architectural Forum, Life and Time Magazine. (Note: Many postcards have been produced related to Wright's work, but this is the only portrait postcard of Frank Lloyd Wright that we have ever seen to date. One can only speculate, was this postcard produced in conjunction with the article published in Architectural Forum?) Photographed by Peter Stackpole. Stackpole was one of the original four staff photographers listed by Life Magazine which launched in November 1936. The other three photographers were Margaret Bourke-White, Alfred Eisenstaedt and Thomas McAvoy. Real photo postcard. Verso: "Post Card. Kodak - Paper (Stamp Box). Address. All rights reserved - The L. L. Cook Co., Milwaukee."
5.5 x 3.5.
0429.40.0718, 0429.64.0224Wright at 70 (1937) Wright at 70, 1937 5) Wright at 70, 1937. Frank Lloyd Wright at the office of Architectural Forum. He is sitting at a table, looking down as he lights the cigarette in his mouth. In December 1937, Wright visited the offices in preparation for publishing the January 1938 issue of Architectural Forum, which Frank Lloyd Wright designed and wrote. A proof of page 8, for the January issue is directly in front of him. Page 3 is to the right. The back cover of the December 13, 1937 issue of Life Magazine is to the far right. Part of a set of 11 photographs of Frank Lloyd Wright at the offices of the Architectural Forum, which was published by Time, Inc., New York, which also published Life Magazine. Photographed by Peter Stackpole.
10 x 6.5 B&W photograph.
0429.25.0715-5
Wright at 70 (1937) Wright at 70, 1937 6) Wright at 70, 1937. Frank Lloyd Wright at the office of Architectural Forum. He is sitting at a table, making notes on a sheet of paper. Two editors are to Wright's left. In December 1937, Wright visited the offices in preparation for publishing the January 1938 issue of Architectural Forum, which Frank Lloyd Wright designed and wrote. Page 12 is under the sheet of paper he is writing on. Page 3 is on the left, page 8 is on the right. A lit cigarette is in his left hand. Part of a set of 11 photographs of Frank Lloyd Wright at the offices of the Architectural Forum, which was published by Time, Inc., New York, which also published Life Magazine. Photographed by Peter Stackpole.
10 x 6.5 B&W photograph.
0429.25.0715-6
Wright at 70 (1937) Wright at 70, 1937 7) Wright at 70, 1937. Frank Lloyd Wright at the office of Architectural Forum. He is sitting at a table, confirming with one of the editors at the Architectural Forum. In December 1937, Wright visited the offices in preparation for publishing the January 1938 issue of Architectural Forum, which Frank Lloyd Wright designed and wrote. A pencil is in his right hand, a lit cigarette is in his left. Part of a set of 11 photographs of Frank Lloyd Wright at the offices of the Architectural Forum, which was published by Time, Inc., New York, which also published Life Magazine. Photographed by Peter Stackpole.
10 x 6.5 B&W photograph.
0429.25.0715-7
Wright at 70 (1937) Wright at 70, 1937 8) Wright at 70, 1937. Frank Lloyd Wright at the office of Architectural Forum. He is sitting at a table, confirming with one of the editors at the Architectural Forum. In December 1937, Wright visited the offices in preparation for publishing the January 1938 issue of Architectural Forum, which Frank Lloyd Wright designed and wrote. Page 12 is next to Wright's hand, page 8 is in the foreground. Page 13 is in the center, page 3 on the far left. The back cover of the December 13, 1937 issue of Life Magazine is to the far right. Part of a set of 11 photographs of Frank Lloyd Wright at the offices of the Architectural Forum, which was published by Time, Inc., New York, which also published Life Magazine. Photographed by Peter Stackpole.
10 x 6.5 B&W photograph.
0429.25.0715-8
Wright at 70 (1937) Wright at 70, 1937 9) Wright at 70, 1937. Frank Lloyd Wright at the office of Architectural Forum. He is sitting at a table, confirming with the editors at the Architectural Forum. In December 1937, Wright visited the offices in preparation for publishing the January 1938 issue of Architectural Forum, which Frank Lloyd Wright designed and wrote. Part of a set of 11 photographs of Frank Lloyd Wright at the offices of the Architectural Forum, which was published by Time, Inc., New York, which also published Life Magazine. Photographed by Peter Stackpole.
10 x 6.5 B&W photograph.
0429.25.0715-9
Wright at 70 (1937) Wright at 70, 1937 10) Wright at 70, 1937. Frank Lloyd Wright at the office of Architectural Forum. He is sitting at a table, confirming with the editors at the Architectural Forum. In December 1937, Wright visited the offices in preparation for publishing the January 1938 issue of Architectural Forum, which Frank Lloyd Wright designed and wrote. Part of a set of 11 photographs of Frank Lloyd Wright at the offices of the Architectural Forum, which was published by Time, Inc., New York, which also published Life Magazine. Photographed by Peter Stackpole.
10 x 6.5 B&W photograph.
0429.25.0715-10
Wright at 70 (1937) Wright at 70, 1937 11) Wright at 70, 1937. Frank Lloyd Wright at the office of Architectural Forum. He is sitting at a table, looking straight at the camera. He has a cigarette in his left hand. In December 1937, Wright visited the offices in preparation for publishing the January 1938 issue of Architectural Forum, which Frank Lloyd Wright designed and wrote. A proof of page 12, for the January issue is directly in front of him. Page 8 is to the right. The cover of the December 13, 1937 issue of Life Magazine is to the right. Part of a set of 11 photographs of Frank Lloyd Wright at the offices of the Architectural Forum, which was published by Time, Inc., New York, which also published Life Magazine. Photographed by Peter Stackpole.
10 x 6.5 B&W photograph.
0429.25.0715-11
Wright at 70 (1937) Wright at 70 (1937) Portrait of Frank Lloyd Wright for cover of Time Magazine. Wright is wearing a dark jacket, dark suit and tie. He is facing slightly to the right, but looking toward the upper right corner. There is an illustration of Fallingwater behind him. There is also a small Asian figurine behind him on the left. This might indicate that it was photographed at Taliesin, Spring Green. This photograph was published on the cover of Time Magazine, January 17, 1938, which would indicate that the photograph would have been taken in the later part of 1937, so they would have it in time for the January 1938 issue. This photograph was also used on the cover of the 1977 edition of "An Autobiography," Wright, Horizon Press. Text on face: "Photograph of Frank Lloyd Wright, by Valentino Sarra. From: An Autobiography by Frank Lloyd Wright. Publication date: May 12, 1977. $17.50." Stamped on verso: "Jun 21 1977." Photograph by Valentino Sarra.
Original 5 x 7.25 B&W photograph.
0429.27.1015
1938 Wright at 71 (1938) Wright at 71, 1938 Frank Lloyd Wright standing in front of a waterfall. Looking off to the right, he is wearing a double-breasted suit and tie, and beret. Location not identified, but possibly close to Colorado Spring, Colorado. Stamped on verso: "Shewmaker's Camera Shop, May 12 1938, 36 N. Tejon, Colo. Springs, Colo."
2.75 x 5 B&W photograph.
0460.20.0115
Wright at 71 (1938)
Wright at 71 Detail (1938)
Wright at 71 (1938) Portrait of Frank Lloyd Wright and four apprentices in the Taliesin, Spring Green studio. Wright is relaxed, scarf is loosely around his neck. He is seated behind the drafting table, studying plans. His glasses are sitting on the table. Four apprentices (L to R) Gene Masselink, Benjamin Dombar, Edgar Tafel and John Howe. According to AP, this photograph was taken on August 16, 1938. Published in "At Taliesin". Newspaper Columns by Frank Lloyd Wright and the Taliesin Fellowship 1934-1937, Henning, page 9, dated mid 30's.
7 x 5 B&W photograph. High res digital image.
0404.21.0709
Wright at 71 (1938) Wright at 71, 1938.
Portrait of Frank Lloyd Wright in his Taliesin, Spring Green studio. Wright is relaxed, scarf is loosely around his neck. He is seated behind the drafting table, looking directly at the camera. His glasses are sitting on the table. According to AP, this photograph was taken on August 16, 1938.
Original 8 x 10 B&W photograph.
0460.30.1121Wright at 71 (1938) Wright at 71, 1938 Wright at 71, 1938. Wright spoke at the Chicago Real Estate Board Conference in June.
"If Real Estate were to go before some bar of judgement where human values were uppermost, it would be taken out and shot at sunrise as it stands. The good it has done is so little as compared to the injustice and misery it has deliberately caused for its own profit..." The whole speech is published in "Frank Lloyd Wright Collected Writings" Wright; Pfeiffer, 1993, p.267-270. Caption pasted to verso: "L. To R. Arthur Kruggel, President, Chicago Real Estate Board, Frank Lloyd Wright, world-renowned architect, speakers at Chicago Real Estate Board housing conference banquet in Palmer House June 2, 1938, attended by 1,000 realtors." Stamped on verso: "Daily Times. Jun 2 1938."
8 x 6.5 B&W photograph.
0460.21.0115
Wright at 71 (1938) Wright at 71. 1938 (published in 1942). Portrait of Wright by Laura Gilpin. Wright is seated in a chair facing the camera. His right arm is resting on the back of the chair, his finger is resting on the side of his face. He is wearing a suit and tie, holding a cane, with a beret resting atop his knee. A pocket watch hangs from a cord around his neck and is tucked in his breast pocket. This is exactly the same outfit he wore when he visited the construction site of the Annie Pfeiffer Chapel in December, 1938. This print is a photogravure, 5.5 x 6.5 on a page that is 6x 8.5. Text at the bottom: "Frank Lloyd Wright. Laura Gilpin." This is actually a page cut out of "The Complete Photographer", September 20, 1942, page 2376c. The caption reads: "A portrait of a great American architect, taken in 1938. The pose is natural, as is the lighting - and the beret on the knee adds an almost whimsical touch." Gift from Randolph C. Henning.
5.5 x 6.5 on a page that is 6x 8.5. (Full page measures 7 x 10)
0593.06.0913
1939 Wright at 72 (Circa 1939) Wright at 72, Circa 1939 Portrait on the cover of "An Organic Architecture: The Architecture of Democracy. Frank Lloyd Wright." By Wright, Frank Lloyd. (Hard Cover DJ) (Published by Lund Humphries & Co. LTD., London)
The Sir George Watson Lectures of the Sulgrave Manor Board. Four lectures delivered on four different evenings... "were given by Mr. Frank Lloyd Wright at the Royal Institute of British Architects during his visit to England in May, 1939, as holder of the Sir George Watson chair of the Sulgrave Manor Board." In 1953, the four lectures were reprinted in full as part of "The Future of Architecture"¯ pages 221-293. Begins with a color photograph of Taliesin, and ends with 24 illustrated plates with included: A layout of Taliesin, six photographs of Taliesin, Spring Green, one of which includes Broadacre City models; Three photographs and two illustrations of Fallingwater; One photograph of the model, floor plan and side view of the Ardmore Experiment (Suntop Quadruple); Three illustrations of the Jacobs House; Three photographs and three illustrations of S. C. Johnson; and two photographs of Taliesin West. Original cover price £6. (First & Second Editions) (Sweeney 463)
0463.01
Wright at 72 (1939) Wright at 72, 1939.
Frank Lloyd Wright is standing, facing the camera, a stoic expression on his face. He is wearing a suit and ties, scarf, overcoat, a glove on his right hand, while holding a cane. According to the St. Louis Star Times, this was photographed in January 1939 on his visit to St. Louis. He took the opportunity on January 9, 1939 to critique the architecture of St. Louis.
Original 8 x 10 B&W photograph.
0501.61.1121Wright at 72 (1939) Wright at 72, 1939.
Frank Lloyd Wright in the garden at Taliesin, September 1, 1939.
Text on face: "The Wright State. Frank Lloyd Wright in Wisconsin. September 11 - November 8, 1992. Milwaukee Art Museum... Frank Lloyd Wright in the garden at Taliesin, September 1, 1939. Courtesy The Frank Lloyd Wright Archives." Clipping pasted to verso: "Frank Lloyd Wright in the garden at Taliesin, Sept. 1, 1939. A photograph from the Wright archives that is part of the current show at the Milwaukee Art Museum, where it continues through Nov. 8." Stamped on clipping: "Su Sep 20 1992." Second clipping pasted to verso: "Frank Lloyd Wright at Taliesin, 1939: In her book about the great architect, Meryle Secrest describes Wright as a phenomenally energetic, creative, self-absorbed man who rivaled Picasso in his ability to reinvent his art." Stamped on clipping: "Fr Oct 2 1992." Third clipping pasted to verso: "Frank Lloyd Wright stands in the garden at Taliesin on Sept. 1, 1939." Stamped on clipping: "We Aug 25 1993."
Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph.
0501.40.0719Wright at 72 (Circa 1939) Wright at 72, Circa 1939 Frank Lloyd Wright leaning over a desk, cigarette in his left hand, pencil in his right. In the January 1938 issue of Architectural Record, Wright was photographed with a cigarette in his mouth. In 1940 Yousuf Karsh photographed Wright with a cigarette in his hand. Wright is wearing a suit with "peaked" lapels, which he wore from the late 1920s through the early 1950s.
11 x 14 B&W photograph.
0501.25.1014
1940 Wright at 73 (1940)
Wright at 73. 1940. Portrait by Yousuf Karsh in New York. His left hand is holding a cigarette, his right is in his pocket. "Although seventy-three years of age, he literally breezed into my hotel suite, radiating vitality and charm, and dressed like a fashion plate."
Published in "Faces of Destiny, Portraits by Karsh", Karsh, 1946, pages 158-159.
5.5 x 6.5 print. High res digital image.
0531.22.0509
Wright at 73 (1940) Wright at 73 (3) (1940)
Crystal Heights, Washington D.C. (1940 Project). Frank Lloyd Wright is seated at a table, facing forward but looking to the left, with drawings for Crystal Heights in Washington, D.C. on September 25, 1940. Wright is gesturing with his right hand as he describes the project laid out on the table in front of him. Wright is wearing a three piece suit, and a gold chain with a pocket watch on the end of it, tucked in his pocket. Bottom right hand corner on face: "Harris & Ewing." Stamped on verso: "Copyright by Harris & Ewing." Typed description taped to verso: "New Informal photo of Frank Lloyd Wright. Washington D.C. Sept. 25 - Late informal of Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect, described by some as the living master of the modern school of architecture. 9-25-40." Photographed by Harris & Ewing.
Original 6. X 8.5 silver gelatin B&W photograph.
0531.50.1015
Wright at 73 (1940) Wright at 73 (1940) Crystal Heights, Washington D.C. (1940 Project). Frank Lloyd Wright is seated at a table with drawings for Crystal Heights in Washington, D.C. on September 25, 1940. Wright is facing slightly to the left, pointing to his design as he describes the project laid out on the table in front of him. According to Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer, in August, 1940, Thurman commissioned Wright after purchasing a large tract of land known as Dean Estates, or Temple Heights in Washington D.C. Treasures of Taliesin, 1985, p.54-57. Thurman had requested a multi-use development, including a hotel with 1230 rooms, 138 residential apartments, banquet hall, Oak tree gardens, shops a large theater and parking garage. Wright's enthusiasm for the project was evident. By September 25, he was in Washington D.C. presenting conceptual drawings for the project. But there was so much opposition to the modern looking design in Washington D.C. that did not have Greek columns, that it remained a project. Courtesy of The Library of Congress. Photographed by Harris & Ewing.
8 x 10 B&W photograph.
0531.51.1015
Wright at 73 (1940) Wright at 73, 1940. Portrait of Wright facing camera by Valentino Sarra.
Published in New Masses, December 17, 1940. Published in "Saturday Review" September 3, 1949, page 21 (flipped). Also published on the cover of "A Testament", Wright, 1957. (Note: Valentino Sarra also photographed the cover of "Time", January 17, 1938.)
8.1 x 10. Original B&W photograph.
0798.09.1109
Wright at 73, 1940 / Circa 1965 Wright at 73. 1940 / Circa 1965
Portrait of Wright facing camera by Valentino Sarra.
Published circa 1963, This photograph was first published in New Masses, December 17, 1940. Also published in"Saturday Review" September 3, 1949, page 21 (flipped), and published on the cover of "A Testament", Wright, 1957. Text on face: "Frank Lloyd Wright (1869-1959). American architect and writer. Founded Prairie school of architecture. Oak Park Unity Temple, Museum of Modern Art, New York, Imperial Hotel, Tokyo, and many private homes. Published by Giant Photos of Rockford, Ill. 61105. Historical Pictures Service - Chicago." Valentino Sarra also photographed the cover of "Time", January 17, 1938. Very poor quality of a published photograph.
8.5 x 11. Original B&W copy photograph.
0531.109.09231941 Wright at 74 (1941) Wright at 74. 1941. Clipping pasted on verso: "Frank Lloyd Wright. London, Jan. 2, - (AP) - Award of the Royal Gold Medal for Architecture to Frank Lloyd Wright, American architect was approved yesterday by King George. Wright, who designed the Imperial hotel in Tokyo and other noteworthy structure, makes his home at "Taliesin," an estate at Spring Green, Wis." For more information see Architectural Forum, February 1941, Pencil Points, March 1941, and Architectural Forum, August 1941. Acquired from the archives of the Chicago Sun-Times.
Original 7 x 9 B&W print.
0571.05.1210
Wright at 74 (1941) Wright at 74. Circa 1941. Wright is wearing the same suite, tie and eye glasses as the 1941 London photograph. Wright is facing right, holding a scarf in his left hand, his right is resting on his knee. His suit coat is buttoned, his eyeglasses are hanging around his neck on a cord. Scotch Pine are visible in the background. Gift from Randolph C. Henning.
Original 4x 5 B&W photograph.
0571.06.0913
1944 Wright at 77 (Circa 1944) Wright at 77 (Circa 1944) Portrait of Wright, seated, facing right, looking at camera. Note: This photograph published in Frank Lloyd Wright American Architect for the Twentieth Century. Sommer, 1993, p.7. and dates the photograph 1944.
Original 11.75 x 16.5 B&W photograph.
0857.08.0113
Wright at 77 (Circa 1944) Wright at 77 (Circa 1944)
Portrait of Wright, seated, facing right, looking at camera. His head is leaning back slightly and it appears that he may be nodding off. He is wearing a three piece suite, and is holding a cane in his right hand. He is seated in an armchair, a table is to the left with a large vase of flowers. Acquired from the archives of the PM New York City Daily News and was taken between 1940-1948. (PM was a liberal leaning daily newspaper published in New York City by Ralph Ingersoll from June 1940 to June 1948 and financed by Chicago millionaire Marshall Field III.)
8 x 8 B&W photograph and an original 2.25 x 2.25 B&W negative.
0685.15.05151945 Wright at 78 (1945)
Wright at 78. Portrait of Wright in 1945, crossing his arms. Photographed by Blackstone Studios at Taliesin on July 20, 1945. Courtesy Blackstone Studios,
4.5 x 5.75 print. High res digital image.
0647.12.0509
Wright at 78 (1945) Wright at 78. Circa 1945.
Portrait of Frank Lloyd Wright. Facing, and looking to the left of the camera. He is wearing a dark suit coat, tie with a handkerchief in his breast pocket. Photographed by Blackstone Studios, and the photograph is set within a Blackstone Studios folder. Appears to be photographed at the same sitting as S#0647.12, but changing his suite coat and tie.
Original 11 x 14 B&W photograph, Folder 13 x 16.
0647.37.0919Wright at 78 (1945) Wright at 78. 1945.
Frank Lloyd Wright speaks to women's club. Wright looking to the left. He is wearing a three piece suit, his eyeglasses, hanging from a gold chain are setting in his breast pocket. Clipping taped to verso: "Main street is outmoded in American cities, said Frank Lloyd Wright, famed architect who spoke at Women's Club Tuesday. He is shown telling Mrs. J. Frank Fraser that irrational, unexpressive, unimaginative examples of" 'tory minded architecture" has resulted from lack of originality in American education." Stamped on clipping "Dec 5 1945." Note: it was reported on December 5, 1945 in the Racine Journal Times, that Wright spoke at the Women's Club in Minneapolis on Tuesday (December 4, 1945), page 4. Stamped on verso "Nov 14." Original photograph is cut, overlapped, and glued. Restored by Douglas M. Steiner.
Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph.
0647.23.0514
Wright at 78 (1945) Wright at 78 (1945)
Wisconsin Magazine of History - September 1945 (Published quarterly by the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Madison)
Fifty-two Years of Frank Lloyd Wright's Progressivism, 1893 -1945. Fifty-two years have passed since Frank Lloyd Wright began his independent career as an architect. But his personal adventure in building for the modern age dates from well before 1893. As an engineering student at the University of Wisconsin he was able to help Dean Conover with the construction of that schools Science Hall. He left the university after two years residence and came to Chicago in 1887 where he entered the office of J. S. Silsbee. There he remain for a few months only; before the end of the year he had been employed as a draftsman in the progressive and influential firm of Denkmar Adler and Louis Sullivan. In this office Wright took over the design of domestic structures. From this firm, which had taught him so much and brought him so enlightened a sense of the mission of the architect, he broke away in 1893... Includes one portrait of Frank Lloyd Wright. Caption: "Frank Lloyd Wright. From a recent photograph."
Pp Cover 61-71
0632.00.07201946 Wright at 79 (1946) Wright at 79. 1946. Portrait of Wright glancing to the left, wearing a three-piece suit. His left hand is under his chin. We have seen a copy of this print inscribed "Taliesin, August 18, 1946.
4.75 x 6. High Res digital image.
Published in "The Fellowship", Friedland, Zellman, 2006, page 356.
0685.06.0609
1947 Wright at 80 (1947) Wright at 80. 1947.
Portrait of Frank Lloyd Wright sharpening his pencil. Wright is standing behind his desk in his office at Taliesin West. The fireplace and dessert rubble walls form the backdrop. Guerrero writes: On one of my visits to Taliesin West I asked Mr. Wright in 1947 if he would allow me a few minutes to do a portrait in the studio. "Oh, Pete, do you really think we need one?" "Why not? Unless, of course, you feel you can't or won't." I went off to kill time... Sometime after lunch I reloaded the camera and was hunched over some insignificant object about to be made into an insignificant picture when Gene Masselink called and said Mr. Wright was ready. "He didn't think much of the idea, so do it quickly." I saw by my exposure counter that I had two frames left. "...Damn - I had hours to prepare for this!." I grab two flashbulbs, hardly what I wanted to use, and went in. Mr. Wright was sharpening a pencil. "What do you want me to do?" he asked, looking up. Flash. "Exactly what you're doing," I said. Flash. Picturing Wright Guerrero, 1994, p.26. (Note: second photograph published on page 27, and in Pedro E. Guerrero, Guerrero, 2007, p.38.) Also published in The Future of Architecture, Wright, 1953, Frontispiece. Printed from an original photograph by Kelmscott Gallery. Signed on the original photograph: "Pedro E. Guerrero 12/120."
Original 8 x 10 B&W photograph.
0720.23.0918Wright at 80 (1947) Wright at 80. 1947.
Portrait of FLW sharpening his pencil. Wright is standing behind his desk in his office at Taliesin West. The fireplace and dessert rubble walls form the backdrop. Published in Picturing Wright, Guerrero, 1994, p.27. Text: On one of my visits to Taliesin West I asked Mr. Wright in 1947 if he would allow me a few minutes to do a portrait in the studio. "Oh, Pete, do you really think we need one?" "Why not? Unless, of course, you feel you can't or won't." I went off to kill time... Sometime after lunch I reloaded the camera and was hunched over some insignificant object about to be made into an insignificant picture when Gene Masselink called and said Mr. Wright was ready. "He didn't think much of the idea, so do it quickly." I saw by my exposure counter that I had two frames left. "...Damn - I had hours to prepare for this!." I grab two flashbulbs, hardly what I wanted to use, and went in. Mr. Wright was sharpening a pencil. "What do you want me to do?" he asked, looking up. Flash. "Exactly what you're doing," I said. Flash. Guerrero, 1994, p.26. Published on page 27, and in Pedro E. Guerrero, Guerrero, 2007, p.38.) Photographed by Pedro Guerrero.
Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph.
0720.43.1121Wright at 80 (1947)
Wright at 80. 1947. Portrait of Wright by Arnold Newman. Wright is seated at a table with architectural plans, drawing pencil and glasses in his right hand. A drawing of the Huntington Hartford Sports Club Project, Hollywood, CA (1947) is on the wall behind him.
7.5 x 6 print. High res digital image.
0720.07.0509
Wright at 80 (1947) Wright at 80. 1947.
Portrait of Frank Lloyd Wright at Taliesin, Spring Green, by Arnold Newman. Wright is seated at a table with architectural plans. A drawing of the Huntington Hartford Sports Club Project, Hollywood, CA (1947) is on the wall behind him. He is wearing a suit and tie. He is looking straight at the camera. His left hand is on his hip. He is holding a pencil and glasses in his right hand. Photographed by Arnold Newman, at Taliesin, Spring Green in 1947.
Original 8 x 5.75 photo litho.
0720.27.11191948 Wright at 81 (1948) Wright at 81. 1948. Frank Lloyd Wright visits the University of Illinois, October 5, 1948. Wright is seated, studying a set of plans, ten students and faculty are standing around him looking on. Label pasted to verso: "Date: 10-5-48. Subject: Famed Architect. Location: University of Illinois, Navy Pier. Caption: Frank Lloyd Wright, noted architect explains to students and part of the school faculty the high spots on architecture. Kenneth Shopen, Head of Art Dept., U. Of Ill."
10 x 8 B&W photograph.
0746.16.0115
1949
Wright at 82 (1949) Wright at 82, March 1949. Wright receives A.I.A. Gold Metal. The A.I.A.'s decision is a follow-up of its convention resolution in 1948 that the next Gold Medal should go to Wright. The resolution was prompted by a group of A.I.A.'s younger members. This was the first time the Institute had given its highest honor to a non-member. Wright presented Gold Metal by A.I.A. President Douglas William Orr, at A.I.A.'s annual convention held Houston, March, 1949. Typed on verso: "Frank Lloyd Wright (left) and Douglas Orr..." Stamped on verso: "International News Photo, New York. Mar 22, 1949".
Published in L'Architecture D'Aujourd Hui - No 24, June 1949, page V.
Original 7 x 10 B&W photograph.
0771.01.0911
Wright at 82 (1949) Wright at 82. 1949. Frank Lloyd Wright visits White House. May 26, 1949. Caption taped to verso: "Harris & Ewing Photos. Famous Architect Would Move Nation's Capital to Western Plains. Washington, D.C., May 26. Frank Lloyd Wright, of Phoenix, Ariz., noted architect (shown left) and Robert Richman, Director of the Institute of Contemporary Arts, today called on President today to propose the removal of the U.S. Capital from Washington. Wright said that President Truman agrees with him that the Capital should be moved "out on the rolling prairies" west of the Mississippi. He further stated that "there is not a noble building in this city". 5-26-49." Wright is facing to the left, looking to the right of the camera. Wearing a suit and tie, a cane and overcoat are draped over his left arm.
Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph.
0798.25.0116
Wright at 82 (1949) Wright at 82. 1949. Frank Lloyd Wright visits Washington D. C. May 26, 1949. Caption on face: "5/26/49 - Washington, D.C... Frank Lloyd Wright, noted architect, and Robert Richman, Director of the Institute of Contemporary Arts, are shown at the White House today as they called on Mr. Truman to urge that the U.S. Capital be moved west of the Mississippi, and a new city be built "out on the rolling prairie"." Wright is facing to the left, looking to the right of the camera. Wearing a suit and tie, a cane and overcoat are draped over his left arm. Stamped on verso: "International News Photo."
10 x 8 B&W photograph.
0798.18.0115
Wright at 82 (1949) Wright at 82. 1949. Frank Lloyd Wright facing the camera, looking off to the right, pork-pie had under his arm. Possibly photographed at Taliesin, Spring Green, from one of the balconies. Caption pasted to verso: "The "Genius," Frank Lloyd Wright, and Pork-Pie Hat. "Farm boy" gazes out over his beloved native Wisconsin valley." Stamped on verso: "Jun 12 1949."
6.25 x 8.25 B&W photograph.
0798.17.0115
Wright at 82 (Circa 1949) Wright at 82, Circa 1949
Portrait of Frank Lloyd Wright by Carlyle Studios, New York, Circa 1949
Published in The Seminary News - April 1950
0831.74.0319Wright at 82 (1949) Wright at 82, 1949. Photographed in New York City, Nov. 2, 1949. Stamp on back also indicated that this photo was published Jun 3, 1951 and Dec 6, 1953.
Published in "Frank Lloyd Wright - A Visual Encyclopedia" 1999 Thomson, page 10 and 341.
Original 5 x 7 silver gelatin photo.
0760.01.0706
Wright at 82 (1949) Wright at 82. 1949.
Portrait by Richard Avedon (1923-2004). Frank Lloyd Wright is facing the camera and is captured with his eyes closed and a slight mile on his face. Avedon chose to crop the image closely on his face. The New York Times described Avedon's fashion and portrait photographs as helping to define America's image of style, beauty and culture for the last half of the twentieth century. He has also been described as one of the most important and influential photographers of the last half of the twentieth century.
Published in Harper's Bazaar, June 1952, p.71. Also published in "Observations." Photographs By Richard Avedon, text by Truman Capote (Author). Sheet Fed Photogravure from original negative, 1959. Printed by C.J. Bucher Ltd., Lucerne, Switzerland.
Original 10" x 14" Photogravure.
0798.36.1019Wright at 82 (1949) Wright at 82. 1949.
Portrait by Richard Avedon (1923-2004). Frank Lloyd Wright is facing the camera and is captured with his eyes closed and a slight mile on his face. The New York Times described Avedon's fashion and portrait photographs as helping to define America's image of style, beauty and culture for the last half of the twentieth century. He has also been described as one of the most important and influential photographers of the last half of the twentieth century. Published in "Harper's Bazaar, June 1952, p.71. Also published in "Observations." Photographs By Richard Avedon, text by Truman Capote (Author).
8 x 8.5 B&W photograph.
0798.37.1019Wright at 82 (1949) Wright at 82 (1949)
Photograph phblished in AIA Journal of The American Institute of Architects - March 1949 (Published monthly at The Octagon, Washington, D. C.)
Includes portrait of Frank Lloyd Wright by Karsh. (Sweeney 790)
0790.00.0924
Olgivanna at 51 (1949) Mrs. Frank Lloyd Wright (at 51). Helen Morrison Photographer. Hedrich-Blessing owned the rights to the negative, but were not the photographers. Verso: "Reprinted by Hedrich-Blessing. (Not a Hedrich-Blessing Photograph). Negative Number 44206".
Published in "About Wright"¯ Tafel 1993, page 297, dated 1949; "An Autobiography" Wright 1977, page 320, dated 1945 (see page 619, Photographers' Credits).
Original 8 x 10 silver gelatin photo.
0798.06.0906
1950 Wright at 83 (1950) Wright at 83. (1950) (Brandoch approximate age 8). Wright and grandson, Brandoch Peters. His parents were architect William Wesley Peters and Svetlana Hinzenburg, Wright's adopted daughter from Olgivanna's previous marriage. In 1946 when Brandoch was four years old, his mother Svetlana and brother Daniel, were killed in an automobile accident at Taliesin in 1946. The Wrights helped raise Brandoch and raised him as their own. He grew up at Taliesin at his grandfather's side. The verso is stamped "Edgar L. Obma, A.P.S.A. Master of Photography. Dodgeville, Wisconsin." (Note: Obma Studio opened in Dodgeville on March 1, 1941 after Edgar and his wife Elizabeth purchased the former Letcher Studio. They were married for 38 years. He passed away on January 31, 1976, she on October 5, 2002.) (See Obma Article)
Similar photograph (coat and tie) "Frank Lloyd Wright speaks on The Mile-High Building"
8 x 10 print, High res digital image.
0831.18.0709
Wright at 83 (1950) Wright at 83. (1950) Studio portrait of Frank Lloyd Wright in suit and tie, facing forward, looking slightly to the left. Photographed by Edgar L. Obma, Dodgeville, Wisconsin. Possibly photographed at the same time as portrait of Wright and Brandoch Peters. (We have verified a copy of this photograph that is dated August 24, 1950.) Press photograph for exhibition at the Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C., opening July 1, 1988. Label taped to verso: "Exhibition: "Frank Lloyd Wright: In the Realm of Idea", an exhibition that explores the ideas and achievements of architectural theorist, designer and educator Frank Lloyd Wright..." (Note: Obma Studio opened in Dodgeville on March 1, 1941 after Edgar and his wife Elizabeth purchased the former Letcher Studio. They were married for 38 years. He passed away on January 31, 1976, she on October 5, 2002.)
Original 8 x 10 B&W photograph.
0831.24.0811
Wright at 83 (1950) Wright at 83. (1950) Wright at 63 and 83, 1930 and 1950. UPI Caption: "4/9/59 - Phoenix, Arizona: Frank Lloyd Wright, 89, dean of American architects, died 4/9 in St. Joseph's Hospital here. Wright underwent an operation 4/6. He is shown her in 1926 (1930) photo (top) and 1950 photo (bottom). UPI Telephoto/Files." 1930 photograph published in "My Father Who is on Earth", Wright 1946, page 195, and "Truth Against The World", Meehan, 1987, page 122. Also used in the 1932 Poster. Acquired from the archives of the Chicago Tribune.
Original 7 x 9.2 B&W Print.
- 0249.21.0910 (1930)
- 0831.22.0910 (1950)
Wright in his 80s. (Circa 1950) Wright in his 80s (Circa 1950) Wright in his 80s, Circa 1950s. Frank Lloyd Wright walking in the garden at Taliesin, Spring Green. Wright walking to the right. Wearing a suit and tie, overcoat, scarf and hat, a cane is in his right hand.
Original 8 x 10 B&W photograph.
0831.27.0612
Wright at 83 (Circa 1950) Wright at 83 (Circa 1950) Frank Lloyd Wright along the Pacific Coast, possibly Carmel California on a visit to the area, circa 1950.
Possibly on a visit to the Walker Residence (1948 - S.306) in Carmel California. Wright is standing with his arms behind his back, looking to the right. He is wearing a hat. A wind swept evergreen tree is in the background. Vegetation appears coastal. Overcoat appears to match the coat in (S#831.42).
Original 8 x 10 color photograph.
0831.43.0215
Wright at 83 (1950) Wright at 83 (Circa 1950)
Frank Lloyd Wright Bronze Portrait Bust, 1950, By John Karl Daniels.
Limited edition cast bronze bust of Frank Lloyd Wright, by sculptor John Karl Daniels. Daniels (1875-1978) was a Norwegian-American sculptor. His home and studio was on the grounds of the Van Dusen Mansion in Minneapolis. A majority of his sculptures in bronze and stone are located in Minnesota.
The bronze sculpture is numbered 12/100 and signed in overlapping letters “JKD 50" in-mold to left shoulder. It is mounted on a black honed and polished stone base with gilt-incised inscription: “Frank Lloyd Wright – Architect.” Some reports indicated that Wright sat for this bust in the sculptor’s Minneapolis studio in October of 1950. Text on back of bust: “Frank Lloyd Wright, 1950.” (Note: Back top left corner of stone is damaged.)
5.0" Wide x 10.5" High x 5.0" Deep, Bust: 3.5" Wide x 6.0" High x 3.5" Deep.
0831.118.03241951 Wright at 84 (1951)
Wright at 84 (1951) Publicity photograph. Verso: Stamped May 7, 1951. Will speak in Detroit 8 p.m. May 14th.
8 x 10 Print, High res digital image.
Wright at 84 (1951) Wright at 84 (1951) Frank Lloyd Wright and Anne Baxter. Anne Baxter was Wright's Academy Award winning Granddaughter. Both are looking to the right. Published in "Frank Lloyd Wright in New York,"¯ Hession, Pickrel, 2007, p. 23. Also published on the cover of Frank Lloyd Wright Quarterly, Winter 1993.
8 x 10 B&W photograph.
0857.16.0614
Wright at 84, (1951) Wright at 84, 1951.
Frank Lloyd Wright and Anne Baxter. Anne Baxter was Wright's Academy Award winning Granddaughter. Both are looking to the right. Published in "Frank Lloyd Wright in New York,"¯ Hession, Pickrel, 2007, p. 23. Also published on the cover of Frank Lloyd Wright Quarterly, Winter 1993.
Original 8 x 10 B&W photograph.
0857.60.1121Wright at 84 (1951) Wright at 84, 1951.
Wright in drafting room at Taliesin West in 1951. Photographed by Ezra Stoller. Similar image in "Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin West", Stoller, 1999, p 8. Mr. Wright facing toward the left, looking at the camera. He is sitting on a table, leaning against a beam. He is wearing a suit and tie, a pork pie hat, with a pencil and triangle in his right hand. Blueprints are rolled up on the right. Hand written on verso: "Wright, Frank Wright." Stamped on verso: "The Huntsville Times Library." Acquired from the Huntsville Times.
Original 8 x 10 B&W photograph.
0857.36.1118Wright at 84 (1951) Wright at 84 (1951)
B) Top Right: Wright at 84, 1951. Wright in drafting room, Taliesin West in 1951. Photographed by Ezra Stoller. Similar image in "Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin West", Stoller, 1999, p 8. Montage of four portraits of Frank Lloyd Wright. Stamped on verso: "Nov 9 1998". Three copies.
Original 3.75 x 4.75 B&W photograph.
0857.06.0911, 0857.07.0911, 0857.09.0213
Wright at 84 (1951)
Wright at 84 (1951) 1952 Wright at 85 (1952)
Wright at 85 (1952) Frank Lloyd Wright seated outside, in a chair, a cane propped against his leg, gesturing with his hand. World Wide Photo.
Original 6.25 x 9 B&W photograph.
0910.19.1210
Wright at 85 (1952) Wright at 85 (1952) Wright at 85. 1952. Wright and Olgivanna relaxing during a Sunday afternoon picnic June 8, 1952. Press photo for "Frank Lloyd Wright", a film by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick. "Frank Lloyd Wright and his Third Wife, Olgivanna Milanov Hinzenberg Wright, June 8, 1952. While Wright managed to forge an innovative harmony in his works, his personal life was tangle of scandal and chaos. Scarred by the murder of a mistress and the breakup of his first marriage, Wright was in the midst of a bitter separation from his second wife when he met 26 -year-old Olgivanna, who was less than half his age. Intelligent and focused, Olgivanna was the driving force in Wright's later years, urging him to lecture and write, and later, to set up the Taliesin Fellowship program."
Two original 8 x 10 B&W photograph.
0910.23.1112, 0910.39.0619
Wright at 85 (Circa 1952) Wright at 85. Circa 1952. Frank Lloyd Wright and apprentices on hillside at Taliesin, Spring Green. Possibly a Sunday afternoon picnic which he was known for. Apprentices unidentified. Wright is standing, white shirt, dark pants, fingers wrapped around his belt holding a white handkerchief. He is wearing a white cap. He was photographed between 1951 and 1956 wearing this type of white hap. (Picturing Wright, p. 57-8, 1953.)
Original 5 x 7 B&W photograph.
0910.30.0215
Wright at 85 (1952) Wright at 85 (1952)
A conversation with Frank Lloyd Wright and Hugh Downs 1952. Frank Lloyd Wright photographed during the filming of the program, "Conversations with Elder Wise Men -- A Visit with Frank Lloyd Wright" Episode 105, which aired on May 17, 1953, Chicago. The host for the program was Hugh Downs. Wright is sitting on a chair, facing to the left of the camera, a book is setting on his lap. For a detailed description of the dating of this photograph see S#0910.40. Caption pasted to verso: "Frank Lloyd Wright, brilliant American architect, will be presented in a conversation with Hugh Downs of NBC's Chicago staff, Sunday, May 17, at 2:30 p.m. CT over WNBQ - Channel 5 and NBC. This will be the fifth in a series of filmed conversations with distinguished figures of this age." 8 x 10 B&W photograph.
8 x 10 B&W photograph.
0987.71.0115
Wright at 85 (1952) Wright at 85 (1952)
Frank Lloyd Wright photographed during the filming of the program, "Conversations with Elder Wise Men -- A Visit with Frank Lloyd Wright" Episode 105, which aired on Sunday, May 17, 1953. The host for the program was Hugh Downs. Wright is seated in a chair, facing to the left. His legs are folded, he is holding a book on his lap. Clipping pasted to verso: "The Home should reflect the home owner's tastes." Hand written on clipping: "Frank Lloyd Wright." Stamped on clipping: "Herald American Nov 23 1952." Stamped on verso: "Eng Dept. 1952 Oct 20." Note: The episode with Wright and Downs aired on May 17, 1953. Hession and Pickrel, in their book "Frank Lloyd Wright in New York" indicate that: "Wright's segment, produced by NBC's Ben Park, was nearly nine months in the making..." p.85, which would indicate they began corresponding with Wright in September 1952. We have a total of five photographs taken during the filming of the program. Two other photographs, three in all have the date stamp "Nov 23 1952." We assumed that date to be incorrect. But this is the third image with the "1952" date. We have a copy of the NBC (Chicago) contract signed by Wright for this episode, which is dated Nov 14, 1952. The show was filmed at the Kling Studio in Chicago. Chicago Herald American: The Chicago Evening American was published between 1914 through 1939. The Chicago Herald and Examiner was published from 1918 through 1939. In 1939, William Randolph Hearst consolidated the two papers and it became the Chicago Herald American. On April 12, 1953 the name was changed again to the Chicago American, and in 1956 it was purchased by the Chicago Tribune. This would appear to indicate that the contract was signed on November 14, 1952, the episode photographed by November 23, 1952, with the photographs published in the Herald American on November 23, 1952. It then went into production. 90 minutes of raw footage was condensed to 30 minutes, and it was broadcast on May 17, 1953. (The "1952 Oct 20" date stamp is puzzling.) It is interesting to note that at the beginning of the program, Wright's vest is buttoned. At 1:50 it is unbuttoned, then as the angle of the camera changes, his vest is buttoned again. Two of the five photographs - buttoned, three - unbuttoned.
Original 8 x 10 B&W photograph.
0910.40.1119Wright at 85 (1952) Wright at 85 (1952) Frank Lloyd Wright seated in a chair, his legs are folded, holding a book on his lap. Photographed during the filming of the program, "Conversations with Elder Wise Men -- A Visit with Frank Lloyd Wright" Episode 105, which aired on Sunday, May 17, 1953. The host for the program was Hugh Downs. For a detailed description of the dating of this photograph see S#0910.40. Caption pasted to verso: "The City is Dated and the trend is toward decentralization." Hand written on verso: "Father of Modern Architecture, Frank Lloyd Wright." Stamped on clipping: "Herald American Nov 23 1952."
Original 6 x 9 B&W photograph.
0910.22.0811
Wright at 85 (1952) Wright at 85 (1952) Mr. Wright facing right, leaning over a drawing board, wearing a pork pie hat, pencil in his right hand. Published in "Picturing Wright," 1994, page 7, Guerrero wrote "...numerous occasions arose to photograph him him as he inspected work in progress at various sites, including here at the Usonia homes in Pleasantville, New York in 1952. There always were revisions to be made and challenges posed by unforseen problems; sometimes he would simply a drawing that had a workman confused." Photographed by Peter Guerrero.
Original 8.5 x 8 B&W photograph.
0910.29.0514
Wright at 85 (1952)? Wright at 85 (1952)? Wright mid 80s, Early 1950, Circa 1952? Frank Lloyd Wright facing the camera, looking slightly to the right. "Frank Lloyd Wright, American architect, June 9, 1869 - April 9, 1959. International Portrait Gallery. Gale Research Co. - Book Tower - Detroit - 1968.
8.5 x 11, portrait 6 x 8.
0910.26.0414
Wright at 85 (1952)
Wright at 85 Detail (1952)
Wright at 85 (1952) 1953 Wright at 86 (1953)
Wright at 86. 1953. Portrait of Wright seated behind his drafting table at Taliesin, dressed in a white suit facing to the right. Has a small leaf pinned to his lapel. Photographed on June 8, 1953 by James Roy Miller shortly before his birthday party.
Published in "Truth Against The World", Meehan, 1987, page 230. Courtesy of the Ryerson & Burnham Archives, The Art Institute of Chicago.
8 x 6.75 B&W photograph.
0987.30.0509
Wright at 86 (1953) Wright at 86, June 8, 1953. Frank Lloyd Wright celebrates his 86th birthday at Taliesin Spring Green, photographed during the presentation of box projects. Wright is seated, dressed in a white suit and white shoes, facing to the left. He has a small leaf pinned to his lapel, and a gold chain hanging from his breast pocket. He points a pencil as he critiques the work of one of his apprentices, possibly the work of Nancy D'Astous, seated on the floor in the foreground. She and her husband David were apprentices in the 1950s. Both were from Canada. Wright appears to be seated in a chair similar to one he designed for Herman T. Mossberg. The carpet design has a variation of the Japanese Chrysanthemum crest within an octagon. Photographed by David Mann, photographer for the Sun Times.
8 x 10 B&W photograph.
0987.78.0215
Wright at 86 (1953)
Wright at 86. June 8, 1953. Frank Lloyd Wright celebrates his 86th birthday at Taliesin Spring Green, photographed during the presentation of box projects. Wright is seated, dressed in a white suit facing to the left. He has a small leaf pinned to his lapel, and a gold chain hanging from his breast pocket. He points a pencil as he critiques the work of one of his apprentices. Little girl to Wright's left bits her finger nail. Publicity photograph made for an exhibition at the Kelmscott Gallery, Chicago, held in early 1980s. This is from an original silver gelatin photograph, with Wright's signature on the image lower left hand corner of the print. Photographed by David Mann, photographer for the Sun Times. Acquired from Kelmscott Gallery.
Original 8 x 10 B&W photograph.
0798.07.1206
Wright at 86, (1953) Wright at 86, June 8, 1953. Frank Lloyd Wright celebrates his 86th birthday at Taliesin Spring Green, photographed during the presentation of box projects. Wright is seated, dressed in a white suit and white shoes, facing to the right. He has a small leaf pinned to his lapel, a cap on his lap, and a gold chain hanging from his breast pocket. He has a pencil in his right hand as he critiques the work of one of his apprentices, possibly the work of Nancy D'Astous, seated on the floor to his right. She and her husband David were apprentices in the 1950s. Both were from Canada. The young girl to his left is Celeste Davison (leg brace), daughter of Kay and Davy Davison. Wright appears to be seated in a chair similar to one he designed for Herman T. Mossberg. The carpet design has a variation of the Japanese Chrysanthemum crest within an octagon. Photographed by David Mann, photographer for the Sun Times.
8 x 10 B&W photograph.
0987.79.0215
Wright at 86 (1953) Wright at 86, June 8, 1953. Frank Lloyd Wright celebrates his 86th birthday at Taliesin Spring Green, photographed during the presentation of box projects. Wright is seated, dressed in a white suit, facing to the left. He has a small leaf pinned to his lapel, a cap on his lap, and a gold chain hanging from his breast pocket. He has a pencil in his right hand as he critiques the work of one of his apprentices. Wright appears to be seated in a chair similar to one he designed for Herman T. Mossberg. Possibly photographed by Marya Lilien.
8 x 10 B&W photograph.
0987.80.0215
Wright at 86 (1953) Wright at 86 (Circa 1953) Frank Lloyd Wright on the street in New York City. Facing toward the right, looking at the camera. Wearing a porkpie hat and suit. Overcoat is draped over his right arm, he is holding his cane in his right hand. His glasses are in his breast pocket. Photograph by Halley Erskine. Published in "Frank Lloyd Wright in New York", Hession; Pickrel, 2007, p.123.
8 x 10 B&W photograph.
0987.66.0714Wright at 86 (1953) Wright at 86. 1953.
Portrait of Frank Lloyd Wright, facing the camera but turned slightly and looking to the right. His left arm is outstretched. He is wearing a suit coat and short tie. His eyeglasses are hanging from a chain and in his breast pocket. He appears to be wearing the same suit jacket as in the twelve images of "The Hands of Frank Lloyd Wright"¯ by Pedro Guerrero (S#0987.101). He appears to have the same chain for his glasses in a candid photograph of Frank Lloyd Wright on the streets of New York City (S#0987.66). Stamped on verso: "Received Apr 28 1953. Salt Lake Tribune Library.¯ Acquired from the archives of The Salt Lake Tribune.
Original 8 x 10 B&W photograph.
0987.131.0223Wright at 86 (1953) Wright at 86. 1953
Wright's Hands #3. Portrait of Frank Lloyd Wright demonstrating with his hands the difference of between organic architecture and conventional architecture, photographed at Mr. Wright's suite at the Plaza Hotel. "Ben Raeburn of Horizon Press, the publisher of Mr. Wright's forthcoming book The Future of Architecture, alerted me in 1953 to be prepared to photograph Mr. Wright in New York. During a television interview with Hugh Downs on the Today Show some months earlier he had demonstrated with his hands the differences between organic and conventional architecture. Raeburn wanted to use the series to accompany the complete text of Mr. Wright's conversation in the book. There was no videotape then to capture the event, so Raeburn needed reenactments of each technique as illustrations. I met him at Mr. Wright's suite at the Plaza Hotel, and step-by-step we recreated the television lesson. The resulting twelve images... (3) cutting and slashing partitions." Picturing Wright, Guerrero, 1994, p.156-7. Published in Pedro E. Guerrero, Guerrero, 2007, p.98-9. Also published in The Future of Architecture, Wright, 1953, p.19-20. Label pasted to verso: "Kelmscott Gallery, Chicago, IL. Pedro Guerrero. One of Twelve images in "The Hands of Frank Lloyd Wright" Ca. 1940's." Printed from an original photograph by Kelmscott Gallery.
Original 8 x 10 B&W photograph.
0987.101.0918Wright at 86 (1953) Wright at 86 (Circa 1953).
Mr. Wright with His attorney A. C. Newlin and colleague Arthur C. Holden. Frank Lloyd Wright (Right), wearing a porkpie hat, having a conversion with both men. Caption pasted to verso: "Wright chatted with his lawyer, A. C. Newlin (left) and his colleague, Arthur C. Holden (center), before the meeting with the city board of standards and appeals." Stamped on clipping: "Jul 29 1953." Both Newlin and Holden worked with Wright in connection with the Guggenheim Museum.
Original 9 x 6 B&W photograph.
0987.103.0619Wright at 86 (1953) Wright at 86 (Circa 1953) Wright at 86 (Circa 1953). Mr. Wright facing right. Clipping pasted on verso, (Stamped Oct 17 1957): "Architect Frank Lloyd Wright... will join five businessmen in the forum at 2 p.m. Oct. 30, in the Museum of Science and Industry. "Today, Chicago is launching a billion-dollar rebuilding program," said Edward L. Logelin, chairman of the Chicago Dynamic Committee. "Each of us is affected by the way our cities build, so it is vital that forums such as ours bring together the men who know, to give us direction," he said." Includes photograph. Second clipping of photo only stamped Nov 8, 1957. Third clipping pasted on verso, (Stamped Apr 11 1959): "The word nonconformist might have been invented to describe Frank Lloyd Wright. Both in his profession and in his personal life he defied convention at every turn. He had no doubt that he was the world's greatest architect, and once said so in court. Twitted about his conceit, he retorted, "Well, I was under oath, wasn't I?" Not everyone agreed with Wright's estimate of himself. From first to last he carried on a running battle with his fellow architects. In the cases where his competitors finally came reluctantly..." Published in 1953 on the back cover of "The Future of Architecture". Acquired from the archives of the Chicago Daily News.
Original 8 x 10 B&W print and 4x5 B&W negative.
0987.34.1010, 0987.44.0413
Wright at 86 (1953) Wright at 86 (Circa 1953) Mr. Wright facing right. Produced in 1960 as a promotion. "Frank Lloyd Wright: Writings and Buildings, the first compilation containing the full range of Wright's thinking, will be published simultaneously on June 15 by Meridian Books as a paperback and Horizon Press in hard covers. Along with 150 photographs and drawings, editors Edgar Kaufmann and Ben Raeburn have included the first complete list of 500 Wright-executed structures keyed to a map of America."
Published on the back cover of "The Future of Architecture", Wright, 1953. Also published in "Sixty Years of Living Architecture. The Work of Frank Lloyd Wright", Wright, 1954, inside front cover; "An American Architecture", Wright, 1955, Back cover and page 2; "Frank Lloyd Wright Selects the Taliesin Palette in Martin-Senour Paints", Martin-Senour Company, 1955, Cover (image flopped horizontally).
Original B&W photograph. 5 x 7.2.
0987.31.1209
Wright at 86 (1953) Wright at 86 (1953) Wright at 86. 1953. Portrait of Wright seated behind his drafting table at Taliesin. Photographed by Guerrero. Caption: "Portrait of Frank Lloyd Wright in his private study at Taliesin". Published in "Picturing Wright", Guerrero, 1994, pages 62-63. Acquired from the archives of the Chicago Tribune.
Original 10 x 8.8 B&W Print.
0987.33.0910
Wright at 86 (Circa 1953) Wright at 86 (Circa 1953) Frank Lloyd Wright is seated, dressed in a white suit and blue tie, facing to the right. He has a gold chain hanging around his neck, hooked to his breast pocket. Published on the cover of the Frank Lloyd Wright Quarterly, Spring 2000. Caption reads: "Frank Lloyd Wright talks with apprentices at Taliesin West in the 1950s. Photo courtesy Aaron G. Green." The white suite seems to match the suit he wore to his daughter Iovanna's wedding to Arthur Pieper at the Holy Trinity Cathedral, in Chicago on June 18, 1954.
Original 8 x 10 color photograph.
0987.81.0215
1954 Wright at 87 (1954) Wright at 87 (1954)
Original 3.75 x 4.75 B&W photograph.
0857.06.0911, 0857.07.0911, 0857.09.0213
Wright at 87 (1954)
Wright at 87. Portrait of Frank Lloyd Wright, facing right, looking to the left. His hands are folded, he is resting his head on his hands. He is wearing a suit and bow tie. Photographed by Al Ravenna while he was a staff photographer for the New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.
4.5 x 6 B&W photograph and High-res digital image.
0998.02.0706
Wright at 87 (1954) Frank Lloyd Wright at 87 (1954)
Portrait of Frank Lloyd Wright, facing right, looking to the right. He is resting his head on his left hand. He is wearing a suit and bow tie, and has a gold chain around his neck. Photographed by Al Ravenna while he was a staff photographer for the New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper.
Original 8 x 10 B&W photograph.
1045.66.1121Wright at 87 (1954) Frank Lloyd Wright at 87 (1954)
Portrait of Frank Lloyd Wright, facing right, looking up to the right. He is wearing a suit and bow tie, and has a gold chain around his neck. The gold chain is between his fingers. Photographed by Al Ravenna while he was a staff photographer for the New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper.
8 x 10 B&W photograph.
1045.67.0322Wright at 87 (1954) Wright at 87 (1954) Frank Lloyd Wright speaks at Northwestern University. Label on verso: "Chicago Sun-Times. Date: 5/17/54. Photographer: Mann. Title: Frank Lloyd Wright speaks at N.U. Desc: L.to R.: Mrs. George Haight, Pres. of the University Guild, Frank Lloyd Wright, Mr. Arthur Bohnen, Art chairman." Acquired from the archives of the Chicago Sun Times.
Original 10x8 B&W print.
1045.12.0310
Wright at 87 (1954) Wright at 87 (1954) Wright attends the wedding of his daughter Iovanna, to Arthur Pieper (1953 - S.349) at the Holy Trinity Cathedral, 1121 Leavitt Street in Chicago on June 18, 1954. Iovanna's second marriage. Label on verso: "Chicago Sun-Times. Date: 6/18/54. Photographer: Lyon. Title: Social Wedding. 1121 Leavitt. Mr and Mrs Frank Lloyd Wright." Holy Trinity Cathedral was designed by Louis Sullivan and constructed in 1903, ten years after Wright left Sullivan's office. Acquired from the archives of the Chicago Sun Times.
Original 8 x 10 B&W print.
1045.11.0310
Wright at 87 (1954)
Wright at 87 (1954) Portrait of Wright in 1954, leaning against a doorway, holding hat, other hand in pocket.
Photographed by Berenice Abbott, 50 Commerce Street, New York 14, N.Y. Stamped July 13, 1954 on verso.
4.5 x 5.75 Print. High res digital image.
1045.10.0509
Wright at 87 (1954) Wright at 87 (1954) Portrait of Wright in 1954, leaning against a doorway, holding his hat in his left hand, his right hand thumb inserted in his suit pocket.
Photographed by Berenice Abbott. Photographed in July, 1954.
Original 11 x 14 photograph.
1045.17.0912
Wright at 87 (1954) Wright at 87. 1954.
Portrait of Frank Lloyd Wright, gazing out of a window during the remodel of his Hotel Plaza Apartment (1954 - S.381) in New York City. While the Guggenheim Museum was under construction, Wright took up residence at the Plaza Hotel, remodeling it to his tastes. Work began on the Suite in the Spring of 1954. Photographed by Lisa Larsen. Published on the cover of "Frank Lloyd Wright in New York," Hession; Pickrel, 2007, p.cover.
Original 8 x 10 B&W photograph.
1045.53.0619Wright at 87 (1954) Wright at 87 (1954) Wright visits Henry J. Neils Residence 1954 (1949 - S.314).
Frank Lloyd Wright speaks at the University of Minnesota, October 5, 1954, then visits the Neils Residence. Label pasted to verso: "Made by: Ted. Date: 5 October 54. Time: 1030-1045. Ordered by: pafiolis. Where Made: 2801 Burnham Blvd. What is it About? Frank Lloyd Wright in town for lecture at University of Minnesota. Names: Frank Lloyd Wright - stands in front of one of 3,500 fireplaces he's designed into 670 projects." Stamped on label: "Oct 6-1954."
Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph.
1045.39.0416
Wright at 87 (1954) Wright at 87. 1954. Frank Lloyd Wright being presented an award by Gordon Fox. "Frank Lloyd Wright, dean of modern American architects, was awarded the "Son of Wisconsin" medallion by the Wisconsin Society of Chicago at a dinner Tuesday night. E. Gordon Fox, president of the University Wisconsin Alumni Association, presented the medallion, which was mounted on a plaque shaped in the form of the state of Wisconsin. Medallion on plaque reads: "Wisconsin Society of Chicago. Son of Wisconsin Medallion. 1954." Plaque reads: "Awarded to Frank Lloyd Wright, October 26, 1954, For International Fame, In The Field of Architecture." Typed on 4x5 negative sleeve: "Wright - Fran k Lloyd. 10-27-54. Being presented an award by Fox - Gordon for his work in architecture." Acquired from the archives of the Chicago Daily News.
Original 4 x 5 B&W negative, one 46 x 34" High Res Digital image, one 8 x 10 B&W photograph.
1045.37.0915
Wright at 87 (1954) Wright at 87 (1954) 11/11/54 Associated Press. Caption on back: "Feuding with Wisconsin. Architect Frank Lloyd Wright, shown in a New York Hotel, Nov 11, said he is leaving his native Wisconsin because state authorities place "Money before merit". Wright cited a state supreme court ruling that his studio home architectural school, Taliesin, is not an educational institution in the meaning of Wisconsin state law and so is subject to taxation."
Original 8 x 10 silver gelatin photo.
1045.14.1202
Wright at 87 (1954)
Wright at 87 (1954) Wright at 87. 1954. Portrait of Frank Lloyd Wright, face turned slightly to the right, looking straight into the camera. Typed on verso: "Wright, Frank Lloyd 11-13-54". Acquired from the archives of the Associated Press.
Original 4.6 x 6.25 B&W print.
1045.15.1110
Wright at 87 (1954)
Wright at 87 (1954) Wright at 87 (1954) Wright at 87 (1954)
Frank Lloyd Wright at 87. 1954. Wright is facing and looking to the left. He is wearing an overcoat, porkpie hat and has a smile on his face. Appears to be photographs at Taliesin West. Published in the January 1955 issue of House and Home, p.166. Published in January, it would have been taken in 1954. Press photograph for "The Drawings of Frank Lloyd Wright," Drexler, Horizon Press, 1962. Label affixed to verso: "Frank Lloyd Wright. (Drawings of Frank Lloyd Wright. Horizon Press. $15.) Credit: Helen Levitt." Hand written on verso: "1956" and "62." Photographed by Helen Levitt.
Original 5.5 x 4.25 B&W photograph.
1045.61.0321Wright at 87 (1954) Wright at 87 (1954)
Frank Lloyd Wright at 87. 1954. Frank Lloyd Wright in the Drafting Room at Taliesin West. He is leaning forward over the drawing board, a pencil is in his right hand. An apprentice looks on over his right shoulder. Hand written on verso: "Frank L. Wright - Homes of Arizona. 54 - 3/14." Published in Milwaukee Journal, Sunday Picture Journal - March 14, 1954, p.5. Caption: "Noticing Wright at work on something which came to mind and caused him to slip off to a desk, apprentice Paul Bogart of San Francisco edge is up to watch. Wright pays no attention to him. New students are often ignored for weeks until they relax and become one of the gang. They learn by watching and listening. Wright seldom gives personal instruction to any. Each student pays $1500 a year, shares the common labor necessary in the group and dabbles in many fine arts."
Original 4 x 4.75 B&W photograph.
1045.46.0215Wright at 87 (1954) Wright at 87 (1954) "Frank Lloyd Wright, 1954." Photograph by Yousuf Karsh.
(Published by Fotofolio, New York, F124)
Postcard 6 x 4.25.
1990.50.0806
Wright at 87 (1954) Wright at 87 (1954)
Published in Observer Magazine - February 23, 1975.
Wright Caption: “The late Frank Lloyd Wright at 87 wearing a typically impressive curly-brimmed fedora.” Photograph by John Donat.
1996.66.0924
Wright at 87 (1954) Wright at 87 (1954)
Frank Lloyd Wright montage of eight portraits, 1954. Photographed by Al Krescanko (1927-2005), staff photographer for S. C. Johnson. Frank Lloyd Wright touring the S.C. Johnson Headquarters Great Room. Reproduction of a montage of Wright prints initialed five times in the photograph: "FLLW / 54."¯ Three of the photographs published in "Apprentice to Genius,"¯ Tafel, 1978, p.185-187. Background is a photograph of the glass dome in the Advertising Department. Note: We originally dated this photograph 1957, but after further study we dated it 1954. Two Copies.
Original 11 x 14 B&W photograph.
1205.81.0817, 1045.68.0922
1955 Wright at 88 (1955)
Wright at 88 (1955) Wright plays piano before Monona Terrace Testimonial Banquet.
Caption on face: "Madison, Wis. Feb. 11 - Versatile Genius - Frank Lloyd Wright, renowned architect, relaxes at piano before Feb. 10 testimonial dinner when he was given $10,000 to help pay taxes on his studio-home at Spring Green, Wis. Wright said he plans to stay in Wisconsin, not move away and he threatened last fall when tax case came to fore. (AP Wirephoto) 1955." Stamped on verso: Associated Press Wirephoto". Stamped on verso: "Feb 14 1955".
Original 7.5 x 10 B&W photograph.
1092.43.0911
Wright at 88 (1955) Wright at 88 (1955).
Frank Lloyd Wright is keynote speaker at the annual Wisconsin Architects' Association dinner. Clipping pasted to verso: "Architect Frank Lloyd Wright (right) was the speaker at the annual dinner of the Wisconsin Architects' Association at the Pfister Hotel Friday night. He examined an exhibit with Fritz von Grossmann (left), secretary of the architects' group, and William Kaeser, a Madison architect. - Journal Staff." Stamped on verso: "1955 Feb 11." Acquired from the archives of the Milwaukee Journal.
Original 10 x 7.75 B&W photograph.
1092.115.0619Wright at 88 (1955) Wright at 88 (1955) "Wright and apprentices at the Hillside Drafting Room in 1955."¯ Unknown Photographer. Photographed in 1955, printed in 1998 as part of the press kit for the Ken Burns and Lynn Novick film "Frank Lloyd Wright"¯. Seated, from left to right, John Howe of Illinois; Frank Lloyd Wright; Wright's grandson Eric Lloyd Wright of California; Wes Peters of Indiana and John Amarantides of Michigan. First five standing from left to right, Mark Heyman of New York; Gene Masselink of Michigan; Raja Aederi of Kashmir; John Watson or James Pfefferkorn and Alan Wool. Standing just to the right of Wright: Ling Po of China; David Dodge of England; Tom Casey of California and Donald Brown of Vermont. Standing to the right of Eric Wright: Stephen Oyakawa of Hawaii and Kenneth Lockhart of Iowa. Original silver gelatin photo. See "Letters to Apprentices"¯ Wright 1982, Page 106 for a similar image. Similar image published in "Letters to Apprentices", Wright, 1982, page 106.
8x10
1092.12.1006
Wright at 88 (Circa 1955) Wright at 88 (Circa 1955) Frank Lloyd Wright in the drafting Room, Taliesin, Spring Green, Wisconsin. Facing and looking to the right. Detail of the truss support is to the right. The center drawing on his left is possibly the Tracy Residence (1954-5 - S.389). The drawing of the Price Tower (1952 - S.355) is on his right. See "Story of the Tower" page 22.
Two original 14 x 11 B&W photographs.
1092.49.0113
Wright at 88 (Circa 1955) Wright at 88 (Circa 1955).
Portrait of Frank Lloyd Wright with a slight smile on his lips. He is facing and looking to the right of the camera. He is wearing a suit, white shirt and a neckerchief tie. It appears to be photographed outside. In the early 1920's before Olgivanna married Frank Lloyd Wright, she studied dance with George Gurdjieff. Diana Faidy became a member of the Chicago Gurdjieff group in 1930 and spent time with Georges Gurdjieff there and in New York on several occasions. In the late 1930s to early 1940s, she married Chicago architect Abel Faidy, well known for his Art Deco designs. According to Diana's biography, Olgivanna, a student of Gurdjieff, became her 'second teacher in the work,' as she puts it, in 1953. Acquired from the estate of Diane Faidy.
Original 4 x 5 B&W photograph.
1092.97.1216Wright at 88 (Circa 1955) Wright at 88 (Circa 1955)
Portrait of Frank Lloyd Wright facing and looking to the right of the camera. He is wearing a suit, white shirt and a neckerchief tie. It appears to be photographed outside.
4.25 x 5.25 B&W photograph.
1092.98.1216Wright at 88 (1955) Wright at 88 (1955)
Frank Lloyd Wright speaks to the taxation committee at the Wisconsin State Capitol. Wright is standing, looking to the right holding a glass of water. The hearing was held in the Education and Transportation Offices at the Capitol. Wright testified before the Assembly Taxation Committee in favor of a bill that would grant non-profit tax-exempt status to Taliesin as a education institution. Clipping pasted to verso: "Frank Lloyd Wright States His Case. ...tax exempt educational institution, Wright lectured the assembly taxation committee for half an hour at a hearing on a bill to provide the tax exemption. He... United Press Telephoto." Stamped on clipping: "May 18 1955."
Original 6.25 x 9.5 B&W photograph.
1092.119.0819
Wright at 88 (1955) Wright at 88 (1955)
Frank Lloyd Wright at 88 (1955). "Mr. Wright at home in Spring Green, Wisconsin, on his 86th birthday." June 8, 1955. Caption and photograph published in the November 1955 issue of House Beautiful, page 240. Wright is standing on stairs, leaning against a column at Taliesin, Spring Green. He is wearing a medium blue suit and tie. His left hand is in his pocket. Photographed by John Engstead for the November 1955 issue of House Beautiful.
6.5 x 8 B&W photograph.
1092.84.0715
Wright at 88 (1955) Wright and apprentices, 1955. William Wesley Peters (left), Frank Lloyd Wright and Gene Masselink (right) at the Hillside Drafting Room, Taliesin Spring Green. Photographed by John Engstead for the November 1955 issue of House Beautiful, page 242. Possibly photographed on Wright's 88th birthday.
8 x 10 B&W photograph.
1092.72.0714
Wright at 88 (1955)
Wright at 88 (1955) Frank Lloyd Wright at 88 (1955). Frank Lloyd Wright at Taliesin, Spring Green. He is leaning up against a tree, a carved Asian panel is on his right, he is holding his glasses in his right hand. Photographed by John Engstead, it appears that Wright is wearing the same suit, tie, handkerchief and belt as he did when he was photographed on June 8, 1955 for his 88th birthday. Engstead photographed images for the November 1955 issue of House Beautiful.
6.5 x 8 B&W photograph.
1092.86.0715
Wright at 88 (1955)
Wright at 88 (1955) Frank Lloyd Wright at 88 (1955). Mr. & Mrs. Wright at Taliesin, Spring Green. They are sitting outside having tea. Wright is on the left, hat by his right hand, cane leaning against his leg. Photographed by John Engstead, it appears that Wright is wearing the same suit, tie and handkerchief as he did when he was photographed on June 8, 1955 for his 88th birthday. Both are also wearing the same outfits used on the cover and frontispiece of "Our House." On June 8th, Engstead photographed images for the November 1955 issue of House Beautiful. Note image on page 243, bottom right.
8 x 10 B&W photograph.
1092.87.0715
Wright at 88 (1955)
Wright at 88 (1955) Frank Lloyd Wright at 88 (1955). Mr. & Mrs. Wright at Taliesin, Spring Green. They are sitting outside having tea. Wright is on the right, hat is to the right, cane is in his left hand. Photographed by John Engstead, it appears that Wright is wearing the same suit, tie and handkerchief as he did when he was photographed on June 8, 1955 for his 88th birthday. Both are also wearing the same outfits used on the cover and frontispiece of "Our House." On June 8th, Engstead photographed images for the November 1955 issue of House Beautiful. Note image on page 243, bottom right.
8 x 10 B&W photograph.
1092.88.0715
Wright at 88 (1955)
Wright at 88 (1955) Frank Lloyd Wright at 88 (1955). Mr. & Mrs. Wright at Taliesin, Spring Green. Both are looking to the left. Photographed by John Engstead, it appears that Wright is wearing the same suit, tie and handkerchief as he did when he was photographed on June 8, 1955 for his 88th birthday. Used on the cover and frontispiece of "Our House." On June 8th, Engstead photographed images for the November 1955 issue of House Beautiful. Also published in "Letters to Apprentices" Wright 1982, Page 192. Press release photo for "Our House," Horizon Press, 1959.
Original 2 x 2 B&W photograph.
1092.85.0715
Wright at 88 (1955)
Wright at 88 (1955) Frank Lloyd Wright at 88 (1955). Mr. & Mrs. Wright at Taliesin, Spring Green. Frank Lloyd Wright and his wife Olgivanna seated together at Taliesin, she is looking up at him. Photographed at the same time as the image used on the cover and frontispiece of "Our House." Different view. Photographed by John Engstead, it appears that Wright is wearing the same suit, tie and handkerchief as he did when he was photographed on June 8, 1955 for his 88th birthday. Engstead photographed images for the November 1955 issue of House Beautiful.
5 x 6.25 B&W photograph.
0531.23.0509
Wright at 88 (1955) Wright at 88 (1955)
Frank Lloyd Wright at 88 (1955). Mr. & Mrs. Wright at Taliesin, Spring Green. Both are looking to the left. Photographed by John Engstead, it appears that Wright is wearing the same suit, tie and handkerchief as he did when he was photographed on June 8, 1955 for his 88th birthday. On June 8th, Engstead photographed images for the November 1955 issue of House Beautiful. Published in House Beautiful, November 1955, p.243; and on the dust jacket and frontispiece of The Shining Brow, Olgivanna Wright, 1960. Possibly press release photo for The Shining Brow, Horizon Press, 1960. Hand written on verso: "Mr. And Mrs. Frank Lloyd Wright. Rec'd 1960." Photographed by John Engstead.
Original 2 x 2.75 B&W photograph.
1092.140.0420Wright at 88 (1955)
Wright at 88 (1955)
Frank Lloyd Wright at 88 (1955). Mr. & Mrs. Wright at Taliesin, Spring Green. Photograph with three images on it.
1) Mr. & Mrs. Wright at Taliesin, Spring Green. Both are looking to the left. Photographed by John Engstead, it appears that Wright is wearing the same suit, tie and handkerchief as he did when he was photographed on June 8, 1955 for his 88th birthday. On June 8th, Engstead photographed images for the November 1955 issue of House Beautiful. This image is very similar to S#1092.140. Photographed by John Engstead.
2) Taliesin West, Scottsdale, Arizona, Circa 1985 (1937 - S.241). Viewed from the South. Fountain in front on the Cabaret Theater. The Drafting Studio is in the background. Similar photograph published in Frank Lloyd Wright Selected Houses 3, Pfeiffer, 1989, p.102.
3) William Wesley Peters Circa 1985. William Wesley Peters (June 12, 1912 - July 17, 1991), standing in the Gallery of the Cabaret Theater. Test on face: "Wright/Peterson NYT Pictures/ Tim Koors 0409 04118503. Scottsdale: Frank Lloyd Wright's colony of Taliesin West; Wright and his wife Olgivanna; William Wesley Peters, head of the Wright Foundation. The New York Times Pictures."
Original 11 x 8.5 B&W photograph.
1092.165.0820Wright at 88 (1955) Wright at 88 (1955)
Portrait of Frank Lloyd Wright at Taliesin, Spring Green, seated behind his drawing board. He is looking straight at the camera, two pencils in his right hand. A triangle and eraser are in front of him. Photographed by John Engstead on Wright's 86th birthday, June 8, 1955. for the November 1955 issue of House Beautiful. Stamped on verso: "Photograph By John Engstead, Beverly Hills."
Original 11 x 14 B&W photograph.
1092.120.0919Wright at 89 (1955) Wright at 89 (1955) Frank Lloyd Wright at 88 (Circa 1955). Frank Lloyd Wright possibly at Taliesin, Spring Green. Wright is at his drawing table, hands on his t-square, pencil in his right hand. A photograph of the V. C. Morris Gift Shop (1948 - S.210) superimposed in the background. Photographed by John Engstead, it appears that Wright is wearing the same suit, tie and handkerchief as he did when he was photographed on June 8, 1955 for his 88th birthday. On June 8th, Engstead photographed images for the November 1955 issue of House Beautiful. Note images on page 242.
6.5 x 8 B&W photograph.
1092.89.0715
Wright at 88 (1955) Wright at 88 (1955)
Original 3.75 x 4.75 B&W photograph.
0857.06.0911, 0857.07.0911, 0857.09.0213
Wright at 89 (1955)
Wright at 89 (1955) Press photograph for "Architecture: Man in Possession of His Earth".
Includes three images. 1) V. C. Morris Gift Shop (S.310 - 1948). Caption on face below image; "Interior of Morris store, San Francisco (Maynard L. Parker)." Originally photographed in 1948. 2) Mr. And Mrs. Frank Lloyd Wright in a horse draw carriage, 1955. Caption on face below image; "Mr. And Mrs. Frank Lloyd Wright (John Engstead). Photographed by John Engstead, it appears that Wright is wearing the same suit, tie and handkerchief as he did when he was photographed on June 8, 1955 for his 88th birthday. She has changed her outfit. On June 8th, Engstead photographed images for the November 1955 issue of House Beautiful, published on page 243, bottom left. 3) Rendering of the Pilgrim Congregational Church (Project 1958). Caption on face below image; "Architect's rendering of Pilgrim Congregational Church - Redding, California." Caption pasted on verso; "Memoir from a Master Builder. Frank Lloyd Wright's last book, "Architecture: Man in Possession of His Earth," explains architecture in terms of building materials (Doubleday, $5.95). Prefaced by a biography of the late architect by his daughter, Iovanna Lloyd Wright, the volume is illustrated throughout with sketches, renderings, and photographs. Picture Release Date: November 2, 1962. Book Release Date: November 9, 1962. From: Louise Thomas. Doubleday & Co., 575 Madison Ave., N.Y. 22, N.Y. MU8-5300.)
Original 8 x 10 B&W photograph.
1496.03.1210
Detail of above. On June 8th, Engstead photographed images for the November 1955 issue of House Beautiful, published on page 243, bottom left.
Wright at 89 (1955) Wright at 89 (1955) Frank Lloyd Wright at 88 (Circa 1955). Frank Lloyd Wright at Taliesin, Spring Green. Wright is sitting at his desk enjoying a cup of tea. Photographed by John Engstead in 1955. Possibly around the same time when he was photographed on June 8, 1955 for his 88th birthday. Possibly the same suit and handkerchief, but different tie. On June 8th, Engstead photographed images for the November 1955 issue of House Beautiful.
8 x 10 B&W photograph.
1092.90.0715
Wright at 89 (1955) Frank Lloyd Wright at 88 (1955)
Frank Lloyd Wright at Taliesin, Spring Green. Wright is sitting at his desk enjoying a cup of tea. Mr. Wright's bedroom also served as private workspace, as it is in this photograph. Photographed by John Engstead in 1955. Possibly around the same time when he was photographed on June 8, 1955 for his 88th birthday. Possibly the same suit and handkerchief, but different tie. On June 8th, Engstead photographed images for the November 1955 issue of House Beautiful. Colorized photograph attributed to Lucy Kuczyski.
8 x 10 Color photograph.
1092.245.1121Wright at 88 (1955) Wright at 88 (1955) Frank Lloyd Wright Circa 1955 (Not Dated). Real Photo Postcard. Frank Lloyd Wright is facing the camera, but looking slightly to the right of it. He is resting his head upon his right hand. He is wearing a suit and tie, and has an overcoat over his left shoulder. Text bottom right: "Frank Lloyd Wright, Taliesin, Spring Green, Wisconsin. 1195-F." Text on verso: "Post Card. All rights reserved - The L. L. Cook Co., Milwaukee." The text on the face would indicate that this photograph was taken at Taliesin, Spring Green. But in our file we have a record of this photograph with the stamp on the verso: "Arizona Photographic Associates, Inc., 1330 NO. 21st Ave., Phoenix, Arizona." Herb McLaughlin became a photographer in 1937 in Hammond, Indiana. He sold his business and moved his family to Phoenix in 1945 and formed McLaughlin & Co. Photography. In 1947 he purchased McCulloch Brothers Inc. And acquired their extensive negative collection. In 1955 he changed his companies name to Arizona Photographic Associates. So possibly photographed by Herb McLaughlin at Taliesin West, Scottsdale. Three copies.
Real Photo Postcard. 3.4 x 5.4.
0531.21.1007, 1092.171.0821, 1092.252.0224
Wright at 88 (1955) Wright at 88 (1955)
Frank Lloyd Wright Circa 1955 (Not Dated). Frank Lloyd Wright is facing the camera, but looking slightly to the right of it. He is resting his head upon his right hand. He is wearing a suit and tie, and has an overcoat over his left shoulder. In our file we have a record of this photograph with the stamp on the verso: "Arizona Photographic Associates, Inc., 1330 NO. 21st Ave., Phoenix, Arizona." Herb McLaughlin became a photographer in 1937 in Hammond, Indiana. He sold his business and moved his family to Phoenix in 1945 and formed McLaughlin & Co. Photography. In 1947 he purchased McCulloch Brothers Inc. and acquired their extensive negative collection. In 1955 he changed his companies name to Arizona Photographic Associates. Possibly photographed by Herb McLaughlin at Taliesin West, Scottsdale. Note: See postcard S#1092.171. Postcard text bottom right: "Frank Lloyd Wright, Taliesin, Spring Green, Wisconsin. 1195-F." The text on the face would indicate that this photograph was taken at Taliesin, Spring Green.
8 x 10 B&W photograph.
1092.172.0921Wright at 88 (1955) Wright at 88 (1955)
Frank Lloyd Wright Circa 1955 (Not Dated). Frank Lloyd Wright is facing the camera, but looking slightly to the right of it. He is resting his head upon his right hand. He is wearing a suit and tie, and has an overcoat over his left shoulder. In our file we have a record of this photograph with the stamp on the verso: "Arizona Photographic Associates, Inc., 1330 NO. 21st Ave., Phoenix, Arizona."¯ Herb McLaughlin became a photographer in 1937 in Hammond, Indiana. He sold his business and moved his family to Phoenix in 1945 and formed McLaughlin & Co. Photography. In 1947 he purchased McCulloch Brothers Inc. and acquired their extensive negative collection. In 1955 he changed his companies name to Arizona Photographic Associates. Possibly photographed by Herb McLaughlin at Taliesin West, Scottsdale. Note: See postcard S#1092.171. Postcard text bottom right: "Frank Lloyd Wright, Taliesin, Spring Green, Wisconsin. 1195-F." The text on the face of the postcard would indicate that this photograph was taken at Taliesin, Spring Green.
Original 11 x 14 B&W photograph.
1092.247.0922Wright at 88 (1955) Wright at 88 (1955) Frank Lloyd Wright at 88 (1955). Frank Lloyd Wright at Taliesin West, looking to the left, holding a cane in his right hand, a scarf around his neck. Wright is seated in what was the dining room and later became an annex office. The dining room was moved to the loggia and enclosed. The rocks in the background fireplace can be in S#0685.48. This room was restored in 2019. Photographed by John Amarantides. Courtesy of The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation. 8.25 x 8.5 Color photograph.
8.25 x 8.5 Color photograph.
1092.77.1214
Wright at 88 (1955) Frank Lloyd Wright at 88 Circa 1955.
Frank Lloyd Wright in the Desert at Taliesin West. Wright is facing slightly to the left of the camera, but looking at the camera. He is wearing a black hat and black coat, and a light gray and burgundy scarves. The McDowell Mountain Range is in the background. A similar photograph is published on the cover of the Frank Lloyd Wright Quarterly, Winter 2005 and February 2010. There is one slight issue with this photograph. It is always flipped horizontally when published. This can be confirmed by comparing it to photographs taken of the mountain from Taliesin West. (S#1458.118.0321 -3), also check 2004 and 2014. The photograph is attributed to Robert Phillips.
Original 10 x 8 Color photograph.
1092.188.1121
This image has been flipped horizontally. There is one slight issue with this photograph. It is always flipped horizontally when published. This can be confirmed by comparing it to photographs taken of the mountain from Taliesin West.Taliesin West, Scottsdale, Arizona, 1960 (1937 - S.241). View of the Drafting Studio, Annex Office and Guest Quarters from the Southwest. The Drafting Studio is on the left, the Annex Office is in the center, and the Guest Quarters are to the right. The ceramic Chinese Theater has been installed in the wall in front of the Annex Office. The slide is stamped "33. Aug 60." (S#1458.118.0321 -3) Wright at 88 (1955) Wright at 88. (1955) Wright visits the Capital Building in 1955.
Limited edition 8.5 x 11 print from digital negatives on satin semi gloss Semisatinado paper.
4/100. 2007.
8.5 x 11.
1092.13.0307
Wright at 88 (1955) Wright at 88 (1955).
Wright visits Washington DC July 1955.
Frank Lloyd Wright is looking at the camera while he is speaking. He is wearing a porkpie hat, light suit and neckerchief tie. Clipping pasted to verso: "Protest Lodged - famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright, 86-years-old pioneer of modern architecture, is pictured as he talks with newsmen in Washington D. C., after testifying before a house appropriations subcommittee in closed session. Wright, urging congress to postpone work on the air force academy at Colorado Springs, Colo., until new plans are prepared, called the current design"half-baked" and said the planned ultra-modern buildings would turn the academy into a "wayside market." (AP wirephoto)." Stamped on clipping: "Jul 9 1955."
Original 6 x 7 B&W photograph.
1092.102.0517Wright at 88 (1955) Wright at 88 (1955)
Wright visits Washington DC July 1955.
Frank Lloyd Wright is looking at the camera while he is speaking. He is wearing a porkpie hat, light suit and neckerchief tie. Text on face: "Washington, July 7 - Calls Academy Decision "Half-Baked" -- Famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright, 86-year-old pioneer of modern architecture, talks with newsmen in a Capital corridor today after testifying for 45 minutes before a house appropriations subcommittee in closed session. Wright, urging Congress to postpone work on the new Air Force academy at Colorado Springs, Colo., until new plans are prepared, called current designs "half baked" and said the planned ultra modern buildings would turn the academy into a "wayside market." (AP Wirephoto) 1955." Hand written on verso: "1955." Also published many other times, with stamped dates including 1957, 1959, 1959, 1960, 1965, 1981 and 1984.
Original 6 x 7 B&W photograph.
1092.112.0419Wright at 88 (1955) Wright at 88 (1955).
Wright visits Washington DC July 1955.
Frank Lloyd Wright is looking at the camera while he is speaking. He is wearing a porkpie hat, light suit and neckerchief tie. Clipping pasted to verso: "Hits Academy Design. Pioneer of modern architecture, Frank Lloyd Wright, 86, talks with news man in Capital after testifying for 45 minutes at closed House appropriation subcommittee session. Wright, urging Congress to postpone work on the Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs, Colo., called the current designs "half-baked" and said the planned ultra-modern buildings would look like a "wayside market." Stamped on clipping: "Jul 8 1955."
Original 7 x 8 B&W photograph.
1092.135.0120Wright at 88 (1955) Wright at 88 (1955)
Wright Meets with Reports During Visit to Washington DC July 1955.
Frank Lloyd Wright is facing two reporters who are taking notes. A third reporter is on the right. He is wearing a porkpie hat, light suit and neckerchief tie. On July 7, 1955, Frank Lloyd Wright testified before a closed House appropriation subcommittee hearing. Wright urged Congress to postpone work on the Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs, Colorado. He called the current design "half-baked" and commented that the ultra-modern buildings would look like a "wayside market." After testifying for 45 minutes, he spoke with reporters.
Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph.
1092.143.0720Wright at 88 (1955) Wright at 88 (1955)
Wright Meets with Reports During Visit to Washington DC, July 1955. Frank Lloyd Wright is facing two reporters who are taking notes. A third reporter is on the right. He is wearing a porkpie hat, light suit and neckerchief tie. On July 7, 1955, Frank Lloyd Wright testified before a closed House appropriation subcommittee hearing. Wright urged Congress to postpone work on the Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs, Colorado. He called the current design "half-baked" and commented that the ultra-modern buildings would look like a "wayside market." After testifying for 45 minutes, he spoke with reporters. Text on face: "WA - 56 . . 7/7/55 - Washington, D.C. Frank Lloyd Wright, outspoken American architect is shown talking to newsmen after protesting to Congress today that proposed plans for America's new Air Force Academy are "utterly without soul--utterly without spirit." The 86-year-old dean of modern architects branded the design drawn up by a Chicago firm as "half-baked. Photo by Jack Lartz." Stamped on verso: Library, Jul 11 1955, Houston Post.- Stamped on verso: International News Photos.- Acquired from the archives of the Houston Post.
Original 9 x 7 B&W photograph.
1092.248.1222Wright at 88 (1955) Wright at 88. (Circa 1955) Published in the Chicago Tribune, Sep 28, 1973. "Frank Lloyd Wright prized the individual and the environment long before either was in vogue. A legend even in his own time, Wright is reemerging as a practical example for the 70s. Some 1,000 designs have made an indelible mark on the look - and the outlook of the 20th century. Instinctively, he has measured the social, behavioral, and moral dimensions of architecture." Acquired from the archives of the Chicago Tribune.
Original 5 x 7 B&W print.
1092.37.0910
Wright at 88 (Circa 1955) Wright at 88 (Circa 1955) Portrait of Frank Lloyd Wright. Wright facing the camera, looking slightly to the left. Wearing a suite and tie, a porkpie hat and scarf. He is holding glasses in his right hand, his cane is draped over his left arm.
8 x 9.5 B&W photograph.
1092.71.0714
Wright at 88 (1955) Wright at 88 (1955).
Frank Lloyd Wright at Taliesin West. Wright is at his drawing board, working on the presentation drawings for the carpet designs for Karastan. In 1955, Frank Lloyd Wright developed the "Taliesin Ensemble", a line of furnishings for those that did not live in one of his homes. Partnerships were formed with five companies: 1) Heritage-Henredon, a line of furniture designed by Wright. 2) Karastan, Rugs. 3) The Martin-Senour Company, the Taliesin Palette, 36 personally selected paint colors. 4) Minic, Accessories. 5) F. Schumacher & Co., Fabrics & Wallpaper designed by Wright
Wright adapted the drawings he proposed in 1926-28 for the covers of Liberty Magazine. On the drawing board in front of him is March Balloons. Behind it just to the left is Garden Window. Beneath Garden Window to the left is Saguaro Forms and Cactus Flowers. To the right is Scherzo, an adaptation of the Liberty cover April Showers. Fowler indicated that July Fourth was also adapted as a carpet design, Frank Lloyd Wright, Graphic Artist, 2002, p.95.
An ad for Karastan in House Beautiful indicated that Wright was designing a line of carpets. "On the way ...A collection of rugs by Frank Lloyd Wright for Karastan. In the firm belief that today's home requires a rug as fresh and provocative as the new trends in building design, we're asking Frank Lloyd Wright to create a series of rugs for Karastan. The Taliesin Collection, to be introduced next spring, is still on the drawing boards. But we can safely predict that it will be as beautiful and livable, as thoughtful and original as everything this great designer has done." November 1955, p.349.
According to Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer, on August 8, 1955, Wright received an advance on royalties and an agreement to proceed on the designs. Wright adapted the proposed Liberty Magazine cover designs from 1926-28 and enlarged the drawings to 24 x 28. Pfeiffer indicated that none of the carpets were produced by Karastan in 1955, Frank Lloyd Wright, Complete Works 1943-1959, 2009, p.407. Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation.
10 x 6.5 Color photograph.
1092.141.0620Wright at 88 (Circa 1955) Wright at 88 with Maginel Wright Barney (Circa 1955)
Maginel Wright Enright Barney (June 19, 1881 - April 18, 1966) was best known as an children's book illustrator and the younger sister of Frank Lloyd Wright. They are riding in a golf cart. Wright is wearing a porkpie hat, dark gray suite and a black shirt. His cane is across his lap. His left hand is steering the cart. Published on the dust jacket, back cover of The Valley of the God-Almighty Joneses, Barney, 1965. Hand written on verso: "Maginel Wright Barney with her brother, Frank Lloyd Wright." Clipping caption pasted to verso: "Marginel Barney with Brother Frank Lloyd Wright." Stamped on clipping: "May 18 1965, Sentinel." This image used in conjunction with the release of "The Valley of the God-Almighty Joneses." Acquired from the archives of the Milwaukee Sentinel.
Original 8 x 10 B&W photograph.
1092.113.0619Wright at 88 (Circa 1955) Wright at 88 (Circa 1955)
Portrait of Frank Lloyd Wright. Wright facing to the left looking slightly upward. Wearing a suit and stripped tie. A handkerchief and glasses are in his breast pocket. :Press photograph announcing the PBS documentary Uncommon Places, 1985. Text on faces: "Uncommon places: the architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright airing this fall on PBS, recounts how in his later years, Frank Lloyd Wright continued to expound his philosophy of design to a new generation. In 1910, Wright returned to his native Wisconsin to built his northern home on an outcropping of native sandstone and named it Taliesin. (Check local listings.) Taliesin photo by James Gill. Wright photo courtesy of The Capital Times." Photograph of Taliesin Spring Green circa 1985 by James Gill.
Original 8 x 10 B&W photograph.
1985.68.0119
Date: Circa 1955
Title: The Master Architect: Conversations with Frank Lloyd Wright, 1984.
Description: 1) Top left: Guggenheim Museum Circa 1984 (1956 - S.400). Interior view of the gallery in the Solomon R Guggenheim Museum, looking up at the skylight dome. Caption: "Interior view in the gallery portion of the Guggenheim Museum looking at the Skylight dome." Published on page 195. Photographed by Robert E. Mates. Composite of three photographs released in conjunction with the book: "The Master Architect: Conversations with Frank Lloyd Wright," Meehan, 1984. 2) Bottom left: Fallingwater Circa 1975 (1935 - S.230). View of the West elevation during the winter. Photographed by Harold Corsini. Caption: "A winter view of Wright's famous "Fallingwater" house in Ohiopyle, Pennsylvania." 3) Right: Portrait of Frank Lloyd Wright circa 1955. Wright facing to the left looking slightly upward. Wearing a suit, stripped tie and checkered scarf. A handkerchief and glasses are in his breast pocket. Caption: "Frank Lloyd Wright circa 1950s. (Photo courtesy of The capital Times, Madison, Wisconsin.) Caption for book: "The Master Architect: Conversations with Frank Lloyd Wright," November 27, 1984, $29.95, hardcover. John Wiley & Sons, 605 Third Ave. New York, NY 10158."
Size: Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph.
ST#: 1984.57.0819Wright at 88 (Circa 1955) Wright at 88 (Circa 1955)
Frank Lloyd Wright outdoors. Trees form his background. He is facing the camera, but looking to the right. He is leaning on a cane in his right hand. He is wearing a hat, suit coat and scarf, with his over coat over his left shoulder. Printed on face: "Frank Lloyd Wright." Acquired from the estate of Cary Caraway, Taliesin Fellow 1935 - 1942.
Original 5.5 x 7 B&W photograph.
1092.114.0619Clay Bust of Frank Lloyd Wright (1955)
Clay Bust of Frank Lloyd Wright (1955)
Five photographs of a clay bust of Frank Lloyd Wright by Franco D'Ayala Valva, 1955. In 1955, Frank Lloyd Wright sat for a bust sculpture in a session with Dean Boris Blai from Temple University. Franco D'Ayala Valva was an apprentice with the Taliesin Fellowship at the time and sat in on the session. Avery Library and Florida Southern College date the event 1955, Crista dates the event 1956. Heloise Crista recalled, “In 1956 (1955) I watched Franco D'Ayala Valva working on a head of Mr. Wright. Dean Boris Blai from Temple University had asked and received permission to come to Taliesin West, for the purpose of doing a bust of Frank Lloyd Wright. At the same time that Mr. Wright sat for Dean (Boris) Blai, in the beautiful little room that used to be the dining room, several people from the Fellowship took advantage of the circumstances, set up their stands and worked on heads, too. These people to my knowledge included Joe Fabris, Giovanni Del Drago, Franco, Steve Oyakawa, and Kay Davison (now Rattenbury).
“When Dean Blai finished his bust and left the desert, Franco was the only one who continued to work on Mr. Wright's head. I would occasionally go in to watch him... Months later when I was working on my head of Mr. Wright in Wisconsin. I remembered clearly all that Franco had said even though at the time God knows I had no idea i would find myself in such a position...” Excerpts from Modeling the Head of Frank Lloyd Wright, Crista, Journal of the Taliesin Fellows, Issue 9, Winter 92-93, p.20-23.
A photograph in the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives at Avery Library, Columbia University, is dated May 1955. Frank Lloyd Wright is seated on the right in a red chair. He is wearing a blue suite with a blue stripped tie. He is looking forward toward Franco D'Ayala Valva who is on the left, as he sculpts a bust of Wright. A second photograph, also in the dining room, was taken around the same time. Frank Lloyd Wright is conversing with Franco, who is listening intently to what Wright is sharing. In the background is a side view of the near finished bust. Both of these images were used in the film Franco produced of his time with Frank Lloyd Wright.
Sebastiano d'Ayala Valva, Franco’s daughter, posted a video of a film he produced, of his time at Taliesin West in 1955. “My father, architect Franco d'Ayala Valva (1927-2018), spent a year with Frank Lloyd Wright in 1955, both in Taliesin East and West, where Wright lived and taught. The impact Wright had on my father's approach to architecture and life was enormous. A few years ago, he made this short film recounting his experience, with recordings of Wright's voice and with footage he shot himself in Taliesin West (AZ), Wright's winter home and school in the desert.” A Sketch of Life, Franco d'Ayala Valva, (1955). (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMh5u6Tturg)
There is also a photograph in the Florida Southern College Archives of the bust created by Boris Blai. The caption reads: “The bust was created by Boris Blai in 1955.” The Blai bust of Wright is in the Florida Southern College collection and displayed on the campus. These five photographs are not of Boris Blai’s bust which is distinctly different.
These five photographs do not identify the artist. But when you study the two photographs of Wright and Valva together, especially the B&W photograph to #5, it becomes very clear that these are of the Valva bust, and the work in progress.
In 1957, a bust of Wright was photographed setting in the Garden Court at Taliesin, Spring Green (S#1205.97). The bronze bust was setting on a square stone base. The photograph was date stamped” "Jul 16 1957.” During our visit to Taliesin in 2016, we photographed the bust in the living room (ST#2016.26.0218 -86). This bust was mounted to a different stone base. Either it was a second bust, or remounted to the new base.
On our 2004 trip to Taliesin West, two busts of Wright were located in the Garden Room. One set on a wood base (ST#2004.81.0917 -39). The second sets on a quartz styled base (ST#2004.81.0917 -46). Those were created by Heloise Crista.
These five images were photographed by Stuart A. Weiner. They appear to be a record of the work in progress, not the finished result. Weiner moved to Phoenix in September 1949 and became a freelance photographer. After being introduced to Frank Lloyd Wright, he was invited to photography sessions at Taliesin West. His collection, related to Frank Lloyd Wright is in the Avery Library at Columbia University.
Five B&W photographs of the bust of Frank Lloyd Wright, mounted to stiff boards. Stamped on verso: “Photo By Stuart Weiner. ASMP Member. American Society of Magazine Photographers.”
Five 7.5 x 9.5 B&W photographs.
1092.274.0924 (1-5)Frank Lloyd Wright Sits For Sculptured Bust (1955) Frank Lloyd Wright Sits For Sculptured Bust (1955)
Frank Lloyd Wright Bust. In 1955, Frank Lloyd Wright sat for a bust sculpture in a session with Dean Boris Blai from Temple University. Franco D'Ayala Valva was an apprentice with the Taliesin Fellowship at the time and sat in on the session. Avery Library and Florida Southern College date the event 1955, Crista dates the event 1956. Heloise Crista recalled, “In 1956 (1955) I watched Franco D'Ayala Valva working on a head of Mr. Wright. Dean Boris Blai from Temple University had asked and received permission to come to Taliesin West, for the purpose of doing a bust of Frank Lloyd Wright. At the same time that Mr. Wright sat for Dean (Boris) Blai, in the beautiful little room that used to be the dining room, several people from the Fellowship took advantage of the circumstances, set up their stands and worked on heads, too. These people to my knowledge included Joe Fabris, Giovanni Del Drago, Franco, Steve Oyakawa, and Kay Davison (now Rattenbury).
“When Dean Blai finished his bust and left the desert, Franco was the only one who continued to work on Mr. Wright's head. I would occasionally go in to watch him...” Excerpts from Modeling the Head of Frank Lloyd Wright, Crista, Journal of the Taliesin Fellows, Issue 9, Winter 92-93, p.20-23.
The Frank Lloyd Wright Archives at Avery Library, dated this image May 1955. Frank Lloyd Wright is seated on the right in a red chair. He is wearing a blue suite with a blue stripped tie. He is looking forward toward Franco D'Ayala Valva who is on the left, as he sculpts a bust of Wright.
Sebastiano d'Ayala Valva, Franco’s daughter, posted a video of a film he produced, of his time at Taliesin West in 1955. “My father, architect Franco d'Ayala Valva (1927-2018), spent a year with Frank Lloyd Wright in 1955, both in Taliesin East and West, where Wright lived and taught. The impact Wright had on my father's approach to architecture and life was enormous. A few years ago, he made this short film recounting his experience, with recordings of Wright's voice and with footage he shot himself in Taliesin West (AZ), Wright's winter home and school in the desert.” A Sketch of Life, Franco d'Ayala Valva, (1955). (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMh5u6Tturg). This image is featured in the film.
Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives at Avery Library, Columbia University.
10 x 8 Color Photograph.
1092.275.1024Frank Lloyd Wright Sits For Sculptured Bust (1955) Frank Lloyd Wright Sits For Sculptured Bust (1955)
Frank Lloyd Wright Bust. In 1955, Frank Lloyd Wright sat for a bust sculpture in a session with Dean Boris Blai from Temple University. Franco D'Ayala Valva was an apprentice with the Taliesin Fellowship at the time and sat in on the session. Avery Library and Florida Southern College date the event 1955, Crista dates the event 1956. Heloise Crista recalled, “In 1956 (1955) I watched Franco D'Ayala Valva working on a head of Mr. Wright. Dean Boris Blai from Temple University had asked and received permission to come to Taliesin West, for the purpose of doing a bust of Frank Lloyd Wright. At the same time that Mr. Wright sat for Dean (Boris) Blai, in the beautiful little room that used to be the dining room, several people from the Fellowship took advantage of the circumstances, set up their stands and worked on heads, too. These people to my knowledge included Joe Fabris, Giovanni Del Drago, Franco, Steve Oyakawa, and Kay Davison (now Rattenbury).
“When Dean Blai finished his bust and left the desert, Franco was the only one who continued to work on Mr. Wright's head. I would occasionally go in to watch him...” Excerpts from Modeling the Head of Frank Lloyd Wright, Crista, Journal of the Taliesin Fellows, Issue 9, Winter 92-93, p.20-23.
Frank Lloyd Wright is on the right, Franco d'Ayala Valva is on the left. Wright has a pen in his right hand, a pair of glasses in his left. Frank Lloyd Wright is conversing with Franco, who is listening intently to what Wright is sharing. In the background is a side view of the near finished bust.
Sebastiano d'Ayala Valva, Franco’s daughter, posted a video of a film he produced, of his time at Taliesin West in 1955. “My father, architect Franco d'Ayala Valva (1927-2018), spent a year with Frank Lloyd Wright in 1955, both in Taliesin East and West, where Wright lived and taught. The impact Wright had on my father's approach to architecture and life was enormous. A few years ago, he made this short film recounting his experience, with recordings of Wright's voice and with footage he shot himself in Taliesin West (AZ), Wright's winter home and school in the desert.” A Sketch of Life, Franco d'Ayala Valva, (1955). (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMh5u6Tturg). This image is featured in the film.
9 x 8 B&W Photograph.
1092.276.1024Frank Lloyd Wright Bust Rescued, 1955-1959 Frank Lloyd Wright Bust Rescued, 1955-1959
Frank Lloyd Wright Bust. In 1955, Frank Lloyd Wright sat for a bust sculpture in a session with Dean Boris Blai from Temple University. Franco D'Ayala Valva was an apprentice with the Taliesin Fellowship at the time and sat in on the session. Avery Library and Florida Southern College date the event 1955, Crista dates the event 1956. Heloise Crista recalled, “In 1956 (1955) I watched Franco D'Ayala Valva working on a head of Mr. Wright. Dean Boris Blai from Temple University had asked and received permission to come to Taliesin West, for the purpose of doing a bust of Frank Lloyd Wright. At the same time that Mr. Wright sat for Dean (Boris) Blai, in the beautiful little room that used to be the dining room, several people from the Fellowship took advantage of the circumstances, set up their stands and worked on heads, too. These people to my knowledge included Joe Fabris, Giovanni Del Drago, Franco, Steve Oyakawa, and Kay Davison (now Rattenbury).
“When Dean Blai finished his bust and left the desert, Franco was the only one who continued to work on Mr. Wright's head. I would occasionally go in to watch him...” Excerpts from Modeling the Head of Frank Lloyd Wright, Crista, Journal of the Taliesin Fellows, Issue 9, Winter 92-93, p.20-23.
Bust of Frank Lloyd Wright, sculpted by Dean Boris Blai, is found on the beach after a storm. This image is in the archives at Florida Souther College. Description: “The bust was created by Boris Blai in 1955. Handwritten in pencil on the back of the photograph is the following: "Bust of Frank Lloyd Wright Rescued After Storm Thursday."
Courtesy of the Florida Southern College Archives.
7.5 x 9.5 B&W Photograph.
1092.277.10241956 Wright at 89 (July 1956)
Wright at 89. Portrait of Wright in 1956. Passport photograph of Wright seated, cane hooked on his arm. Photographed by Reierson Studio on July 10, 1956.
Courtesy of the Wisconsin Historical Society.
4 x 6 Print, High res digital image.
1147.13.0509
Wright at 89 (July 1956)
Wright at 89. Portrait of Wright in 1956. Passport photograph of Wright, light background. Photographed by Reierson Studio on July 10, 1956.
Courtesy of the Wisconsin Historical Society.
4.25 x 6 Print, High res digital image.
1147.14.0509
Wright at 89 (July 1956)
Wright at 89 Portrait of Wright in 1956. Passport photograph of Wright seated, holding a cane in his right hand, a hat in his left. Photographed by Reierson Studio on July 10, 1956.
Courtesy of the Wisconsin Historical Society.
Wright at 89, Olgivanna at 59 (July 1956)
Wright at 89, Olgivanna at 59 Portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Wright in 1956. Passport photograph, light background. Photographed by Reierson Studio on July 10, 1956.
Courtesy of the Wisconsin Historical Society.
Similar image published in "Frank Lloyd Wright, His Life, His Work, His Words", Wright, page 2.
Wright at 89 (July 1956)
Wright at 89 (July 1956) Wright at 89. (1956) Photographed at Taliesin possibly in May. Alfred Eisenstaedt writes in Time Magazine (June 11, 1956, page 17) and Modern Photography that "I shall always remember my assignment to photograph Frank Lloyd Wright. It was done under such rushed, almost impossible conditions." He had just photographed Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer and Dr. Jacques Maritain in Princeton, N.J. early in the day. He rushed back to his office. Caught a plane to Madison arriving a midnight. Had a few hours of sleep, and rushed to Taliesin to photograph Wright the next day. He was only at Taliesin for two hours. All were shot within 45 minutes and with three rolls of film. This is just one of the many images photographed that day. An in depth article describing his photo shoot at Taliesin is published in Modern Photography, September 1957, pages 52-57, 110-112.
Wright at 89 (1956) Wright at 89 (1956) Wright is looking directly into the camera. His right hand is holding his cane, his left hand is resting on top. Photographed at Taliesin possibly in May. Alfred Eisenstaedt writes in Time Magazine (June 11, 1956, page 17) and Modern Photography that "I shall always remember my assignment to photograph Frank Lloyd Wright. It was done under such rushed, almost impossible conditions." He had just photographed Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer and Dr. Jacques Maritain in Princeton, N.J. early in the day. He rushed back to his office. Caught a plane to Madison arriving a midnight. Had a few hours of sleep, and rushed to Taliesin to photograph Wright the next day. He was only at Taliesin for two hours. All were shot within 45 minutes and with three rolls of film. This is just one of the many images photographed that day. An in depth article describing his photo shoot at Taliesin is published in Modern Photography, September 1957, pages 52-57, 110-112.
Photographed by Alfred Eisenstaedt. Courtesy Time/Life Magazines.
7.5 x 10 print. High res digital image.
1147.16.0609
Wright at 89 (1956) Wright at 89 (1956) Wright is looking directly into the camera, a pleasant smile on his face. His left hand is resting on top of his cane. Photographed at Taliesin possibly in May. Alfred Eisenstaedt writes in Time Magazine (June 11, 1956, page 17) and Modern Photography that "I shall always remember my assignment to photograph Frank Lloyd Wright. It was done under such rushed, almost impossible conditions." He had just photographed Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer and Dr. Jacques Maritain in Princeton, N.J. early in the day. He rushed back to his office. Caught a plane to Madison arriving a midnight. Had a few hours of sleep, and rushed to Taliesin to photograph Wright the next day. He was only at Taliesin for two hours. All were shot within 45 minutes and with three rolls of film. This is just one of the many images photographed that day. An in depth article describing his photo shoot at Taliesin is published in Modern Photography, September 1957, pages 52-57, 110-112.
Photographed by Alfred Eisenstaedt. Courtesy Time/Life Magazines.
8 x 10 print. High res digital image.
1147.17.0609
Wright at 89 (1956) Wright at 89 (1956) Wright is leaning against a doorway. He is wearing a hat, looking off to the left, holding his cane in his left hand. Alfred had suggested he pick his favorite cane. Photographed at Taliesin possibly in May. Alfred Eisenstaedt writes in Time Magazine (June 11, 1956, page 17) and Modern Photography that "I shall always remember my assignment to photograph Frank Lloyd Wright. It was done under such rushed, almost impossible conditions." He had just photographed Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer and Dr. Jacques Maritain in Princeton, N.J. early in the day. He rushed back to his office. Caught a plane to Madison arriving a midnight. Had a few hours of sleep, and rushed to Taliesin to photograph Wright the next day. He was only at Taliesin for two hours. All were shot within 45 minutes and with three rolls of film. This is just one of the many images photographed that day. An in depth article describing his photo shoot at Taliesin is published in Modern Photography, September 1957, pages 52-57, 110-112.
Photographed by Alfred Eisenstaedt. Published in Modern Photography, September 1957, pages 54. Courtesy Time/Life Magazines.
7.75 x 10 print. High res digital image.
1147.18.0609
Wright at 89 (1956) Wright at 89 (1956) At Eisenstaedt's suggestion, Wright sits down at his desk to read his mail. "As he reads his mail, Wright loosed consciousness of the camera". Photographed at Taliesin possibly in May. Alfred Eisenstaedt writes in Time Magazine (June 11, 1956, page 17) and Modern Photography that "I shall always remember my assignment to photograph Frank Lloyd Wright. It was done under such rushed, almost impossible conditions." He had just photographed Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer and Dr. Jacques Maritain in Princeton, N.J. early in the day. He rushed back to his office. Caught a plane to Madison arriving a midnight. Had a few hours of sleep, and rushed to Taliesin to photograph Wright the next day. He was only at Taliesin for two hours. All were shot within 45 minutes and with three rolls of film. This is just one of the many images photographed that day. An in depth article describing his photo shoot at Taliesin is published in Modern Photography, September 1957, pages 52-57, 110-112.
Photographed by Alfred Eisenstaedt. Published in Modern Photography, September 1957, pages 54. Courtesy Time/Life Magazines.
7.75 x 10 print. High res digital image.
1147.19.0609
1Wright at 89 (1956) Wright at 89. 1956. Wright reading at his desk. Photographed at Taliesin possibly in May. Alfred Eisenstaedt writes in Time Magazine (June 11, 1956, page 17) and Modern Photography that "I shall always remember my assignment to photograph Frank Lloyd Wright. It was done under such rushed, almost impossible conditions." He had just photographed Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer and Dr. Jacques Maritain in Princeton, N.J. early in the day. He rushed back to his office. Caught a plane to Madison arriving a midnight. Had a few hours of sleep, and rushed to Taliesin to photograph Wright the next day. He was only at Taliesin for two hours. All were shot within 45 minutes and with three rolls of film. This is just one of the many images photographed that day. An in depth article describing his photo shoot at Taliesin is published in Modern Photography, September 1957, pages 52-57, 110-112.
Photographed by Alfred Eisenstaedt. 10 x 6.5 B&W photograph.
1147.65.0115
Wright at 89 (1956) Wright at 89 (1956) Wright is seated at his desk. He is reading a copy of "Florida Southern College, Lakeland. The Frank Lloyd Wright Campus." Photographed at Taliesin possibly in May. Alfred Eisenstaedt writes in Time Magazine (June 11, 1956, page 17) and Modern Photography that "I shall always remember my assignment to photograph Frank Lloyd Wright. It was done under such rushed, almost impossible conditions." He had just photographed Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer and Dr. Jacques Maritain in Princeton, N.J. early in the day. He rushed back to his office. Caught a plane to Madison arriving a midnight. Had a few hours of sleep, and rushed to Taliesin to photograph Wright the next day. He was only at Taliesin for two hours. All were shot within 45 minutes and with three rolls of film. This is just one of the many images photographed that day. An in depth article describing his photo shoot at Taliesin is published in Modern Photography, September 1957, pages 52-57, 110-112.
Photographed by Alfred Eisenstaedt. Published in Modern Photography, September 1957, pages 54. Courtesy Time/Life Magazines.
Wright is reading copy of "Florida Southern College, Lakeland: The Frank Lloyd Wright Campus". A reprinted article about the campus from the September 1952 Architectural Forum.
7.6 x 10 print. High res digital image.
1147.20.0609
Wright at 89 (956) Wright at 89. 1956.
Wright is seated at his desk. He is reading a copy of "Florida Southern College, Lakeland. The Frank Lloyd Wright Campus." Photographed at Taliesin possibly in May. This photograph is a slight variation of S#1147.20. Alfred Eisenstaedt writes in Time Magazine (June 11, 1956, page 17) and Modern Photography that "I shall always remember my assignment to photograph Frank Lloyd Wright. It was done under such rushed, almost impossible conditions." He had just photographed Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer and Dr. Jacques Maritain in Princeton, N.J. early in the day. He rushed back to his office. Caught a plane to Madison arriving a midnight. Had a few hours of sleep, and rushed to Taliesin to photograph Wright the next day. He was only at Taliesin for two hours. All were shot within 45 minutes and with three rolls of film. This is just one of the many images photographed that day. An in depth article describing his photo shoot at Taliesin is published in Modern Photography, September 1957, pages 52-57, 110-112. Photographed by Alfred Eisenstaedt. Published in Modern Photography, September 1957, pages 54.
Original 8 x 10 B&W photograph.
1147.122.1121Wright at 89 (1956) Wright at 89 (1956) (Published by Time Inc., Fotofolio, New York, P41) Time Inc.
"Frank Lloyd Wright, 1956." Life Photograph by Alfred Eisenstaedt.
Alfred Eisenstaedt writes in Time Magazine (June 11, 1956, page 17) and Modern Photography that "I shall always remember my assignment to photograph Frank Lloyd Wright. It was done under such rushed, almost impossible conditions." He had just photographed Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer and Dr. Jacques Maritain in Princeton, N.J. early in the day. He rushed back to his office. Caught a plane to Madison arriving a midnight. Had a few hours of sleep, and rushed to Taliesin to photograph Wright the next day. He was only at Taliesin for two hours. All were shot within 45 minutes and with three rolls of film. This is just one of the many images photographed that day. An in depth article describing his photo shoot at Taliesin is published in Modern Photography, September 1957, pages 52-57, 110-112.
4.25 x 6 Postcard: 1990.49.0706
5 x 7 B&W photograph of 1990 postcard (Halftone dot pattern). Date stamped on verso: "Jul 16 1992". Caption pasted on verso: "The life of architect Frank Lloyd Wright gets an operatic treatment in "Shining Brow" next April."
1147.45.1110
Wright at 89 (1956) Wright at 89 (1956) Wright is looking directly at the camera. His head is turned slightly to the left. Photographed at Taliesin possibly in May. Alfred Eisenstaedt writes in Time Magazine (June 11, 1956, page 17) and Modern Photography that "I shall always remember my assignment to photograph Frank Lloyd Wright. It was done under such rushed, almost impossible conditions." He had just photographed Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer and Dr. Jacques Maritain in Princeton, N.J. early in the day. He rushed back to his office. Caught a plane to Madison arriving a midnight. Had a few hours of sleep, and rushed to Taliesin to photograph Wright the next day. He was only at Taliesin for two hours. All were shot within 45 minutes and with three rolls of film. This is just one of the many images photographed that day. An in depth article describing his photo shoot at Taliesin is published in Modern Photography, September 1957, pages 52-57, 110-112.
Photographed by Alfred Eisenstaedt. Published in Time Magazine, June 11, 1956, page 61; Modern Photography, September 1957, pages 53 and 55. Courtesy Time/Life Magazines.
7 x 10 print. High res digital image.
1147.21.0609
Wright at 89 (1956) Wright at 89 (1956) Wright is seated at a drawing table, framed by the gabled beams. Wright is engrossed in his work. Photographed at Taliesin possibly in May. Alfred Eisenstaedt writes in Time Magazine (June 11, 1956, page 17) and Modern Photography that "I shall always remember my assignment to photograph Frank Lloyd Wright. It was done under such rushed, almost impossible conditions." He had just photographed Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer and Dr. Jacques Maritain in Princeton, N.J. early in the day. He rushed back to his office. Caught a plane to Madison arriving a midnight. Had a few hours of sleep, and rushed to Taliesin to photograph Wright the next day. He was only at Taliesin for two hours. All were shot within 45 minutes and with three rolls of film. This is just one of the many images photographed that day. An in depth article describing his photo shoot at Taliesin is published in Modern Photography, September 1957, pages 52-57, 110-112.
Photographed by Alfred Eisenstaedt. Published in Modern Photography, September 1957, pages 56. Courtesy Time/Life Magazines.
7.5 x 10 print. High res digital image.
1147.22.0609
Wright at 89 (1956) Wright at 89 (1956) Wright is seated at a drawing table, engrossed in his work. He is wearing a pair of glassed. A pencil is in his right hand. The fireplace is in the background to the far right. Photographed at Taliesin possibly in May. Alfred Eisenstaedt writes in Time Magazine (June 11, 1956, page 17) and Modern Photography that "I shall always remember my assignment to photograph Frank Lloyd Wright. It was done under such rushed, almost impossible conditions." He had just photographed Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer and Dr. Jacques Maritain in Princeton, N.J. early in the day. He rushed back to his office. Caught a plane to Madison arriving a midnight. Had a few hours of sleep, and rushed to Taliesin to photograph Wright the next day. He was only at Taliesin for two hours. All were shot within 45 minutes and with three rolls of film. This is just one of the many images photographed that day. An in depth article describing his photo shoot at Taliesin is published in Modern Photography, September 1957, pages 52-57, 110-112.
Photographed by Alfred Eisenstaedt. A similar pose is published in Modern Photography, September 1957, pages 56-57. Courtesy Time/Life Magazines.
7.6 x 10 print. High res digital image.
1147.23.0609
Wright at 89 (1956) Wright at 89 (1956)
Wright is seated at a drawing table, engrossed in his work. He is wearing a pair of glassed. A pencil is in his right hand. The fireplace is in the background to the far right. Photographed at Taliesin possibly in May. Press photograph for a book published by Alfred Eisenstaedt. Text on face: "Frank Lloyd Wright, in 1956, as photograph from Witness To Our Time, (1966) by Alfred Eisenstaedt, to be published by The Viking Press." Stamped on verso: "Oct - 1966." Alfred Eisenstaedt writes in Time Magazine (June 11, 1956, page 17) and Modern Photography that "I shall always remember my assignment to photograph Frank Lloyd Wright. It was done under such rushed, almost impossible conditions." He had just photographed Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer and Dr. Jacques Maritain in Princeton, N.J. early in the day. He rushed back to his office. Caught a plane to Madison arriving a midnight. Had a few hours of sleep, and rushed to Taliesin to photograph Wright the next day. He was only at Taliesin for two hours. All were shot within 45 minutes and with three rolls of film. This is just one of the many images photographed that day. An in depth article describing his photo shoot at Taliesin is published in Modern Photography, September 1957, pages 52-57, 110-112. This photograph was published on page 57. Photographed by Alfred Eisenstaedt.
Original 5 x 8 B&W photograph.
1147.121.1121Wright at 89 (1956) Wright at 89 (1956) Wright is seated behind a drawing table, looking directly at the camera with a slight smile on his face. His arms are crossed and to the right one of his assistants is working on the drawing, (possibly Davey Davidson, see Look Magazine, September 17, 1957, page 31). Shelves are in the background. Photographed at Taliesin possibly in May. Alfred Eisenstaedt writes in Time Magazine (June 11, 1956, page 17) and Modern Photography that "I shall always remember my assignment to photograph Frank Lloyd Wright. It was done under such rushed, almost impossible conditions." He had just photographed Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer and Dr. Jacques Maritain in Princeton, N.J. early in the day. He rushed back to his office. Caught a plane to Madison arriving a midnight. Had a few hours of sleep, and rushed to Taliesin to photograph Wright the next day. He was only at Taliesin for two hours. All were shot within 45 minutes and with three rolls of film. This is just one of the many images photographed that day. An in depth article describing his photo shoot at Taliesin is published in Modern Photography, September 1957, pages 52-57, 110-112.
Photographed by Alfred Eisenstaedt. Courtesy Time/Life Magazines.
7.5 x 10 print. High res digital image.
1147.24.0609
Wright at 89 (1956) Wright at 89 (1956) Wright is seated behind a drawing table, looking directly at the camera with a slight smile on his face. His arms are crossed. One of his assistants hands can be seen on the right. Shelves are in the background. Photographed at Taliesin possibly in May. Alfred Eisenstaedt writes in Time Magazine (June 11, 1956, page 17) and Modern Photography that "I shall always remember my assignment to photograph Frank Lloyd Wright. It was done under such rushed, almost impossible conditions." He had just photographed Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer and Dr. Jacques Maritain in Princeton, N.J. early in the day. He rushed back to his office. Caught a plane to Madison arriving a midnight. Had a few hours of sleep, and rushed to Taliesin to photograph Wright the next day. He was only at Taliesin for two hours. All were shot within 45 minutes and with three rolls of film. This is just one of the many images photographed that day. An in depth article describing his photo shoot at Taliesin is published in Modern Photography, September 1957, pages 52-57, 110-112.
Photographed by Alfred Eisenstaedt. Courtesy Time/Life Magazines.
8 x 10 print. High res digital image.
1147.24.0609
Wright at 89 (1956) Wright at 89 (1956) Contact sheet with 25 images. Alfred Eisenstaedt writes in Time Magazine (June 11, 1956, page 17) and Modern Photography that "I shall always remember my assignment to photograph Frank Lloyd Wright. It was done under such rushed, almost impossible conditions." He had just photographed Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer and Dr. Jacques Maritain in Princeton, N.J. early in the day. He rushed back to his office. Caught a plane to Madison arriving a midnight. Had a few hours of sleep, and rushed to Taliesin to photograph Wright the next day. He was only at Taliesin for two hours. All were shot within 45 minutes and with three rolls of film. These are just 25 of the many images photographed that day. An in depth article describing his photo shoot at Taliesin is published in Modern Photography, September 1957, pages 52-57, 110-112.
Photographed by Alfred Eisenstaedt. Published in Time Magazine, June 11, 1956, page 61; Modern Photography, September 1957, pages 53-57. Courtesy Time/Life Magazines.
8 x 10 print. High res digital image.
1147.26.0609
Wright at 89, Olgivanna at 58 (1956)
Frank Lloyd Wright and Wife at Taliesin, 1956. From the Archives of the Los Angeles Examiner. In pencil on back: "Frank Lloyd Wright and wife Olga Lazovich Wright".
Original 8 x 10 silver gelatin photo.
(Note: Many Masks, Brendan Gill, page 495). Published in the "New World Odyssey" 1986 John Gurda, Pg 57.
1950.00.1203
Wright at 89, (1956) Wright at 89. 1956.
Frank Lloyd Wright, guest of honor, speaks at the Hales Corner Subdivision. Wright is speaking into the microphone, facing to the right. Stamped on verso: "1956 Sep 8." Also: "John W. Ahlhauser." Clipping pasted to verso: "Frank Lloyd Wright, whose honors have been world-wide, visited a little Hales Corner Subdivision Saturday to tell a group of builders, brokers, subdividers and lenders what he thought of their work. It wasn't very much and it didn't take him very long. The address by the "guest of honor," as a program put it, took perhaps five minutes. And then, with an abrupt "good..." Hales Corner is located Southwest of Milwaukee. Photographed by John W. Ahlhauser. Acquired from the archives of the Milwaukee Journal.
Original 7.5 x 9.25 B&W photograph.
1147.93.0619Wright at 89 (1956) Wright at 89 (Circa 1956) Wright seated outside at Taliesin. Facing and looking toward the left. His arms are crossed. His stripped tie and suit match photograph #1950.00 (above) and #1205.42 (below). (Note photograph: Many Masks, Brendan Gill, page 495). Clipping pasted to verso: "Frank Lloyd Wright in his later years." Stamped on clipping: "Nov 25 1961."
Original 6 x 8 B&W photograph.
1147.55.1213
Wright at 89 (1956)
Wright at 89 (Circa 1956) Wright sitting in a chair, his fingers intertwined in front of his right knee. He is wearing a stripped tie and suit that matches photographs #1950.00 and #1147.55. Date stamped on verso: "Jan 27 1957". Partial caption pasted on verso: "Frank Lloyd Wright, 87 year old architect announced at Santa Barbara, California he will go to Iraq in M... to design and build..." (Note: Have verified an image with a date stamp on verso: "Jun 3 1956.")
Original 7 x 10 B&W photograph
1205.42.1210
Wright at 89 (1956) Wright at 89 (1956)
Wright honored on his birthday. Two of his guests included two clients, Herbert Johnson (left) and Harold C. Price (right). Caption printed on face: "Spring Green, Wis., June 9 - Architect Wright Honored on His 87th Birthday - Famed Architect Frank Lloyd Wright with two business leaders for whom he designed buildings. They were among guests at Wright's 87th (sic) birthday celebration at Taliesin, architect's summer studio-home Friday. At left Wright, center, Herbert Johnson, Racine, Wis., and H.C. Price, Bartlesville, Okla. (AP Wirephoto) 1956." Stamped on verso: "Jun 11 1956."
Original 8 x 10 B&W photograph.
1147.92.0619Wright at 89 (1956) Wright at 89. Frank Lloyd Wright Day. Proclaimed by Mayor Richard J. Daley. Sponsored by The Day Committee, October 16, 17, 18, 1956. Hotel Sherman, Chicago. Photographed on October 16, 1956.
Limited edition 8.5 x 11 print from digital negatives on satin semi gloss Semisatinado paper. 2/100. 2007.
8.5 x 11.
1148.02.0307
Wright at 89 (1956) Wright at 89 (1956) (May 25, 1956) May 25, 1956. Wright at 89 (1956). Wright at Taliesin seated next to Chinese Stone Lion. Label taped to verso: "Artful Relaxation. Relaxing at Taliesen (sic) near Spring Green, Wis., Frank Lloyd Wright sits beside an ancient stone lion from China. The piece is said to be one of the first examples of Chinese art, perhaps going back 4000 or 5000 years. Wright has a strong feeling for the art and architecture of the Orient. His greatest affinity appears to be for the Japanese and their work in these fields. The two Taliesens (sic), in Wisconsin and Arizona, are considered "typical Wright." The word is Welsh for "shining hours." Both groups of buildings are designed according to Wright's theories of "organic architecture," fitting the terrain, materials, function and people who will use the place. The Wisconsin Taliesen seems to grow out of the hills with soothing effects on the eyes. The Arizona Taliesen is as severe and jagged as the desert which surrounds it. 5/25/56." (For use Sunday, June 3, with Relman Morin's Taliesen AP-N story on Frank Lloyd Wright) AP Newsfeatures Photo. Acquired from the archives of the Houston Chronicle. Original 9 x 7 B&W photograph.
1147.15.0121
Second Version: Note: this "Stone Lion" appeared at the 1953 Usonian Exhibition in New York at the site for the Guggenheim Museum. Clipping pasted to verso: " Relaxing at Taliesen (sic) near Spring Green, Wis., Frank Lloyd Wright sits beside an ancient stone lion from China. The piece is said to be one of the first examples of Chinese art, perhaps going back 4000 or 5000 years. Wright has a strong feeling for the art and architecture of the Orient. His greatest affinity appears to be for the Japanese. Stamped on clipping and verso: "Jun 3, 1956" Acquired from the archives of the Chicago Sun Times. Original 9 x 7 B&W print.
1147.29.1110Wright at 89 (1956) Wright at 89. 1956. Frank Lloyd Wright stands next to aerial view of Minneapolis, November 26, 1956. Frank Lloyd Wright speaks his mind in Minneapolis. Clipping pasted to verso: "Architect Frank Lloyd Wright looked at Minneapolis Monday (11/26/56). Shown with aerial photo at Minneapolis-Honeywell hanger. Architect speaks his mind." Stamped on verso: "Donald Black. Nov 26 1956." He also visited the Henry J. Neils Residence (1949 - S.314). Photographed by Donald Black. Acquired from the archives of the Minneapolis Tribune.
10 x 8 B&W photograph.
1147.66.0115
Wright at 89 (1956) Wright at 89 (November 27, 1956) Wright visits Henry J. Neils Residence (1949 - S.314). Label taped to verso: "Date: Nov 27, 1956. Subject: Frank Lloyd Wright leaving the house of Henry Neils, 2801 Burnham Blvd, Minneapolis, Minn. Photographer: Paul Siegel." Reported in the November 28, 1956, Minneapolis Tribune, (yesterday) "Frank Lloyd Wright, the 87-year-old champion of American modernist architecture, visited the Twin Cities to address the annual meeting of the Citizens League of Minneapolis and Hennepin County. He picked up ammunition for his speech during a tour earlier in the day, visiting the new Southdale shopping center in Edina, Prudential building in Minneapolis and other landmarks. He didn't have many kind things to say about anything, including our climate. "Minneapolis is just too far north," he said. But he did praise the Twin Cities" lakes and parks as a "beautiful gift from nature." And he managed to recall "with a chuckle" his 1926 visit to Minneapolis during which he landed in jail in a dispute with his estranged wife. "Nothing came of it," he said, somewhat cryptically." He visited the Neils Residence during his tour.
Original 9 x 7.25 B&W photograph.
1147.49.0613
Wright at 89 (1956) Wright at 89 (November 27, 1956) Wright visits Henry J. Neils Residence (1949 - S.314). Stamped on verso: "Paul Siegel," and "Nov 27 1956." Published in the November 28, 1956, Minneapolis Tribune, "Frank Lloyd Wright, the 87-year-old champion of American modernist architecture, visited the Twin Cities to address the annual meeting of the Citizens League of Minneapolis and Hennepin County. He picked up ammunition for his speech during a tour earlier in the day, visiting the new Southdale shopping center in Edina, Prudential building in Minneapolis and other landmarks. He didn't have many kind things to say about anything, including our climate. "Minneapolis is just too far north," he said. But he did praise the Twin Cities' lakes and parks as a "beautiful gift from nature." And he managed to recall "with a chuckle" his 1926 visit to Minneapolis during which he landed in jail in a dispute with his estranged wife. "Nothing came of it," he said, somewhat cryptically." He visited the Neils Residence during his tour.
Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph.
1147.58.0514
Wright at 89 (1956) Wright at 89 (1956) Frank Lloyd Wright visits Henry J. Neils Residence 1956 (1949 - S.314).
Wright sits in front of fireplace. Kettle in background. Clipping pasted to background: "A Tour and a Lecture. For Him Wright Is Kind To City. By Frank Murray. Minneapolis Star Staff Writer. Frank Lloyd Wright, dean of American architecture and ancient foe of the "city concept," was taking a good long look at Minneapolis today. In a manner of speaking, you could say he was praising it with faint damns - and quite a few explosive ones. (Caption) Frank Lloyd Wright in Henry Neils' Home. Kettle in background was his idea." Stamped on verso: "1956 Nov 27."
8 x 9.75 B&W photograph.
1205.62.1214
Wright at 89 (1956) Wright at 89 (1956)
1956. Frank Lloyd Wright and Clough Williams-Ellis at Portmeirion, Wales, 1956.
Frank Lloyd Wright, of Welch decent, visited Wales in 1956 to receive an honorary doctorate from Bangor University. While in Wales, he stayed with Clough Williams-Ellis in Portmeirion, Wales. Ellis was the architect that created Portmeirion. As the story is told, on the day Wright was to receive the award, Wright ordered a taxi to take him to Taliesin, about 50 miles South, to seek out his roots. Panicking that Wright would not be back in time for the ceremony, Ellis dispatched as motorcycle to apprehend Wright and get him to the ceremony on time. Photographed by News Chronicle, Manchester, Britain.
8 x 10 B&W photograph.
1147.114.9421Wright at 89 (1956) Wright at 89 (1956)
Frank Lloyd Wright and Clough Williams-Ellis at Portmeirion, Wales, 1956.
Frank Lloyd Wright, of Welch decent, visited Wales in 1956 to receive an honorary doctorate from Bangor University. While in Wales, he stayed with Clough Williams-Ellis in Portmeirion, Wales. Ellis was the architect that created Portmeirion. As the story is told, on the day Wright was to receive the award, Wright ordered a taxi to take him to Taliesin, about 50 miles South, to seek out his roots. Panicking that Wright would not be back in time for the ceremony, Ellis dispatched as motorcycle to apprehend Wright and get him to the ceremony on time. Text on verso: "Clough Williams Ellis. Portmeirion, Wales LL48 6ET. Frank Lloyd Wright and Clough Williams-Ellis at Portmeirion. 1956. Monochrome print. Photographed by News Chronicle (Manchester). " (Note: Photograph taken in 1956. Postcard not dated.) Acquired from Great Britain.
Postcard 4.25 x 6.
1147.113.9421
1957 Wright at 89 (1957) Wright at 89, (1957) Frank Lloyd Wright wearing a black suit coat and tie, facing to the right. He is in front of a drawing of his proposal for the Arizona State Capital which he titled "Pro Bono Publico - The Oasis", dated February 17, 1957. Most likely photographed at the April 5, 1957 presentation. Stamped on verso: Dec 15, 1957.
Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph.
1205.44.0811
Wright at 89 (1957) Wright at 89 (1957).
Wright wearing a gray suit, white shirt and a neckerchief tie. He is facing to the right, laughing. His left hand is on his chin. Stamped on verso: "Apr 12 1957. Ray Matjasic, Staff Phonograph, Cleveland Plain Dealer." Acquired from the archives of the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Original 7 x 9 B&W photograph.
1205.76.0417Wright at 89 (1957) Wright at 89 (1957) Frank Lloyd Wright holds news conference at Taliesin West, circa 1957. Wright is dressed in a suit, with a scarf around his neck. He is directing one of the newsmen, pointing with his left hand. There is a grand piano in the background. Hand written on verso: "Frank Lloyd Wright discusses how he things T.V. Show should be." Stamped on verso: "Howard Dewald, Phoenix Arizona. Neg. No. 1." Label pasted to verso: "Globe Photos, 275 7th Ave., N.Y., N.Y. 10001."
Original 8 x 10 B&W photograph.
1205.74.0416
Wright at 89 (1957) Wright at 89 (1957) Frank Lloyd Wright holds news conference at Taliesin West, circa 1957. Wright is dressed in a dark suit, vest, tie and overcoat. He has a cane in his right hand and is holding it straight up in the air. He is standing behind the Memorial to Svet, William Wesley Peters' first wife. In 1946 when Peters' son Brandoch was four years old, Svetlana and son Daniel, were killed in an automobile accident at Taliesin. Wright designed this memorial to Svet, located on the Sunset Terrace at Taliesin West. The triangle shape, originally of redwood, supports three plowshare discs. Looking South into the dessert, which within a few decades would be fully developed. The triangle swimming pool is to the right. Stamped on verso: "Howard Dewald, Phoenix Arizona. Neg. No. 7." Label pasted to verso: "Globe Photos, 275 7th Ave., N.Y., N.Y. 10001." (Possibly related to 1205.44?)
Original 8 x 10 B&W photograph.
1205.72.0116
Wright at 89 (1957) Wright at 89 (1957) Frank Lloyd Wright holds news conference at Taliesin West, circa 1957. Wright being filmed walking on the Sunset Terrace toward the Breezeway. Wright is dressed in a dark suit, vest and tie. White handkerchief in his breast pocket. He is walking toward the left. Camera man is in the jeep to the left. Stamped on verso: "Howard Dewald, Phoenix Arizona. Neg. No. 11." "Globe Photos, 275 7th Ave., N.Y., N.Y. 10001." (Possibly related to 1205.44?)
Original 8 x 10 B&W photograph.
1205.73.0116
Wright at 89 (1957) Wright at 89 (1957) Frank Lloyd Wright holds news conference at Taliesin West, circa 1957. Wright is dressed in a dark suit, vest and tie. White handkerchief in his breast pocket. He has a cane in his right hand, and is walking toward the left of the camera. Drafting boards are on the left and the right, and the drafting room at Taliesin West can be seen in the background. Behind Wright is a TV camera for NBC Phoenix affiliate KVAR. Channel 12 was changed to KVAR in 1955, then changed again in 1959 to KTAR-TV. One of the TV crew members is holding a sign that reads "But it Takes Boldness." Stamped on verso: "Howard Dewald, Phoenix Arizona. Neg. No. 15." "Gilloon Agency, 570 Fifth Avenue, New York 36, N. Y." "Globe Photos, 275 7th Ave., N.Y., N.Y. 10001." (Possibly related to 1205.44?)
Original 8 x 10 B&W photograph.
1205.69.1015
Wright at 90, Olgivanna at 59 (1957) Frank Lloyd Wright at 90 (AP wirephoto) (June 8, 1957) Caption reads: "Spring Green, Wis., June 8 - Wright Celebrates 88th Birthday, Frank Lloyd Wright, the world famous architect, posed with his wife, Olgivanna (right), and his daughter Iovanna, at his 88th birthday celebration here tonight. Over 125 guests toasted Wright as he spoke of his commission from King Faisal of Iraq to design and plan a cultural center on a Tigris River island in Bagdad. He called the commission a wonderful present."
This photo is also published in the Saturday Evening Post, 2/4/61, Pg 38.
8 x 10 Print
1957.00.0500
Wright at 90 (1957) Wright at 90 (1957).
Spring Green honors Frank Lloyd Wright. Wright is holding a card in his hands. His is looking to the left of the camera, standing next to the mayor of Spring Green Wisconsin. There is a pen in his right hand, a pair of glasses in his left. Caption printed on the face: "Spring Green, Wis., June 29 (1957) - Town honors Frank Lloyd Wright - Spring Green marking centennial, pain tribute today to Architect Frank Lloyd Wright, who has summer home and studio nearby. Wright, at left, is with Spring Green Mayor Archie Fleming. (AP Wire-..." Stamped on verso: "Jul 1 1957."
Original 8 x 10 B&W photograph.
1205.93.0619Wright at 90 (1957) Wright at 90 (1957)
Original 3.75 x 4.75 B&W photograph.
0857.06.0911, 0857.07.0911, 0857.09.0213
Wright at 90 (1957)
Frank Lloyd Wright at 90. Photographed in 1957 by Edgar L. Obma. Published on the cover of "Frank Lloyd Wright Decorative Designs Collection"¯ Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation 1988. Similar view in "The Master Architect, Conversations with Frank Lloyd Wright"¯ Meehan 1984, Pg 313. Verso second photograph: Stamped Dec 9, 1986, (written) 3C, and stamped Feb 26, 1994, (written) D27. Two original 8 x 10 B&W photograph.
Original 8 x 10 B&W photograph.
1205.26.0507, 1205.35.1209
Wright at 90 (1957) Frank Lloyd Wright at 90.
Photographed in 1957 by Edgar L. Obma. Frank Lloyd Wright is at his desk, his elbow is resting on the arm of the chair. He has a pencil in his right hand. He is looking just to the right of the camera. Published on the cover of "Frank Lloyd Wright Decorative Designs Collection" Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation 1988. Similar view in "The Master Architect, Conversations with Frank Lloyd Wright" Meehan 1984, Pg 313. Typed on verso: "Wright, Frank Lloyd. (Architect)." Two clippings pasted to verso. Stamped on verso: "Sep 8 1989," and "Sep 14 1993."
Original 8 x 10 B&W photograph.
1205.99.0819Wright at 90 (1957) Wright at 90 (1957) (March 18, 1957) Frank Lloyd Wright at the Robie House (1906 S.127) 1957. Clipping on verso: "A Couple of Pioneers. Architect Frank Lloyd Wright stands by Robie House in Chicago, March 18, during a visit to the structure which has been called "the cornerstone of modern architecture." The aging pioneer and a committee seek to preserve the architectural landmark. The Chicago Theological Seminary, owner of the building, plans to demolish the structure to make room for a new dormitory. The building stands at 58th street and South Woodlawn Avenue, on the south side. Associated Press Photo, From Chicago. 3/18/57." From the archives of the Associated Press.
10.5 x 8 Print, High Res image.
1205.39.0410
Wright at 90 (1957) Wright at 90 (1957) Frank Lloyd Wright at the Robie House (1906 S.127) 1957. Frank Lloyd Wright visits the Robie house on March 18, 1957 to attempt to stop the demolition of the Robie House. The Chicago Theological Seminary, owner of the building, plans to demolish the structure to make room for a new dormitory. Associated Press Photo. 3/18/57. From the archives of the Associated Press.
10 x 8 B&W photograph.
1205.55.0614
Wright at 90 (1957) Wright at 90 (1957) (July 5, 1957) Wright is standing behind a podium at Taliesin, arms outstretched. There is a stack of notes on the podium, and prints atop a book shelf in the background. He was working on the Baghdad project at the time. He was photographed for an article in "Look Magazine" entitled "A visit with Frank Lloyd Wright", published on September 17, 1957. This photograph is on pages 32-33.
Photographed by Michael A. Vaccaro on July 5, 1957. Stamped on verso: "(C) Michael A. Vaccaro. Frank Lloyd Wright, 1957. Heller Gallery (New York)."
Original 9.75 x 8 B&W print.
1205.40.0510
Wright at 90 (1957) Wright at 90 (1957) (July 5, 1957) Wright stands behind a podium at Taliesin, he is gesturing with his left hand, pointing out and up. There is a stack of notes on he podium, prints atop a book shelf in the background. He was working on the Baghdad project at the time. It was photographed for an article in "Look Magazine" entitled "A visit with Frank Lloyd Wright", published on September 17, 1957.
Photographed by Michael A. Vaccaro on July 5, 1957. Similar image is on page 32.
7 x 4.9 print, High res digital image.
1205.30.0609
Wright at 90 (1957) Wright at 90 (1957). August 2, 1957 Frank Lloyd Wright, San Rafael, California, August 2, 1957 (Marin County Civic Center, 1957 - S.415-417). Wright most likely on the grounds of the Marin County Civic Center, San Rafael, California. He is looking above the camera to the left, pointing in the same direction with his cane. Caption printed on verso, "International News Soundphoto - (8/2/57) - San Rafael, Calif... Waving his cane in anger, Frank Lloyd Wright, distinguished architect, is shown leaving Marin Board of Supervisors meeting after accusations that he was politically inclined towards communism, a charge he vehemently denies... San Francisco Examiner. Photo by George Wheeler."
Original 8 x 10 B&W photograph.
1205.68.0815
Wright at 90 (1957) Wright at 90 (Circa 1957).
Frank Lloyd Wright is looking off to the right, past the camera. He is wearing a dark suite, dark tie and hat and appears to be in the middle of a conversation. Numerous clippings taped to the verso stamped from 1985 to 1992. Clipping stamped "May 31 1992," "Happy Birthday. The 125th birthday anniversary of famous architect Frank Lloyd Wright will be celebrated in his hometown with events including a highway dedication, special stamp cancellation, tours and entertainment."
Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph.
1205.95.0719Wright at 90 Olgivanna at 59 (1957) Wright at 90 (1957) (July 5, 1957) Family portrait at Taliesin. Wright is seated looking to the left. Olgivanna is in the center, her head is turned to the right, but looking at the camera. Iovanna is on the floor seated on the left, looking directly into the camera. Verso: "For release: Monday A.M.'s, September 2, 1957. New York Bureau. Family Man. Madison, Wisc.: Posing for his first family portrait, world renowned architect Frank Lloyd Wright is the picture of patriarchal dignity in his home near Madison, WI. Wright, one of the pioneers in the development of modern architecture, is shown with his wife, Olgivanna, and daughter Iovanna (left), youngest of his eight children. He posed for the portrait for an article appearing in the new issue of Look Magazine. (This picture is released for publication in United States and Canadian newspapers for a period of two weeks and is subject to mandatory credit to Look Magazine). Credit (Look Magazine photo from United Press) 8/30/57. For release: Monday A.M.'s, September 2, 1957." Stamped Sep 3, 1957. It was photographed for an article in "Look Magazine" entitled "A visit with Frank Lloyd Wright", published on September 17, 1957. Photographed by Michael A. Vaccaro around July 5, 1957. Published on page 30. (See S#1205.30)
7.7 x 10 print, High res digital image.
1205.31.0609
Wright at 90, Olgivanna at 59 (1957) Wright at 90 (1957)
Family portrait at Taliesin. Wright is seated looking to the left. Olgivanna is in the center, her head is turned to the right, but looking at the camera. Iovanna is on the floor seated on the left, looking directly into the camera. Label pasted to verso: "First Family Portrayed. Frank Lloyd Wright, (and family) the worlds most famous architect, agreed to pose for his first family portrait for an article in the new issue of Look Magazine, but he warned "You will be surprised how little these pictures will actually show." He is with his wife, Olgivanna, and their daughter Iovanna, youngest of his eight children." Stamped on verso: "Aug 31, 1957." also: "Look Magazine. Division of Cowles Magazines, Inc. New York." Clipping pasted to verso: "Olgivanna (center) posed with Wright and their youngest daughter, Iovanna, for Look magazine in 1957." Stamped on clipping: "Mar 1 - 1985." Photographed for an article in "Look Magazine" entitled "A visit with Frank Lloyd Wright", published on September 17, 1957. Photographed by Michael A. Vaccaro around July 5, 1957. Published on page 30. (See S#1205.30)
8 x 10 B&W photograph.
1205.88.0218Wright at 90 (1957) Wright at 90 (1957) Mr. & Mrs. Wright meeting with Anne Baxter (left) and Charlton Heston (to the right of Anne) at Taliesin West. Anne Baxter was Wright's grand daughter and an actress. In 1956 Baxter stared as Nefretiri the Egyptian queen, opposite Charlton Heston and Yul Brenner in "The Ten Commandments". Baxter and Heston acted together again in "Three Violent People". It was released in late 1956 and early 1957. Set in the American West after the Civil War, Charlton Heston was an ex-Confederate officer Colt Saunders who returns to the family ranch with his new bride Lorna Hunter (Anne Baxter) and faces problems from carpetbaggers and his jealous brother, and a secret from Baxter's past. One the verso, is hand written "Press Interview". The gentleman between Heston and Wright is wearing a badge (star) that reads "Sheriff Posse". This would indicate the press interview was for "Three Violent People". Stamped "From the Jimmy Starr Collection". Jimmy Starr (1904 - 1990) was an American screenwriter and columnist. Starr worked as a screenwriter in Hollywood during the 1930s. During the 1940s he worked as a film writer and columnist, providing reviews and insights into the film world. After retirement from the Hollywood scene, Starr moved to Phoenix, Arizona. (Note: Also in 1957 Wright designed a home for Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller, and visited their property in Connecticut. Could she possibly have been at this press interview? There's no record of her visiting Taliesin West.)
Gift from Randolph C. Henning. 8 x 10 print, High res digital image.
1205.32.0709
Wright at 90 (1957)
Wright at 90 (1957) Wright meeting Charlton Heston and his grand daughter Anne Baxter (center) possibly at Taliesin West. In 1956 Baxter stared as Nefretiri the Egyptian queen, opposite Charlton Heston and Yul Brenner in "The Ten Commandments". Baxter and Heston acted together again in "Three Violent People". It was released in late 1956 and early 1957. Set in the American West after the Civil War, Charlton Heston was an ex-Confederate officer Colt Saunders who returns to the family ranch with his new bride Lorna Hunter (Anne Baxter) and faces problems from carpetbaggers and his jealous brother, and a secret from Baxter's past. Heston and Baxter held a press conference at Taliesin (1205.32) and this could possibly been in the evening, as Wright was fond of entertaining guests. Wright is wearing the same suite jacket and scarf.
5 x 6.25 print, High res digital image.
1205.33.0709
Wright at 90 (Circa 1957) Wright at 90 (Circa 1957) Mr. & Mrs. Wright are holding hands as they arrive at Taliesin. He is holding a cane and looking at the camera. She is looking at him. The Wisconsin hillside can be seen in the background.
8 x 10 print, High res digital image.
1205.34.0709
Wright at 90 (1957) Wright at 89 (1957).
Frank Lloyd Wright in the Courtyard at Taliesin Spring Green. Wright is wearing a dark suite and white hat, and facing to the right. He appears to be speaking to a small group of visitors. His Bedroom is to the right, the fireplace mass for his bedroom fireplace is behind him is on the left. Clipping pasted to verso: "When Spring Green paid homage to its most famous resident recently, it was a wonderful opportunity for the curious and the sincerely interested to visit Taliesin, the home of architect Frank Lloyd Wright. Thousands took advantage of the chance to tour the home and grounds which spreads over many acres in Sauk county. In doing so, they had a chance to see firsthand examples of Wright's "organic architecture." The present villa at Taliesin is the successor to others which were damaged or destroyed by fires. It is a magnificent rambling structure of stone and wood, built on a foundation of gravel or rather than concrete. As visitors found, it has eye appeal as well as fame." Caption: "Architect Frank Lloyd Wright at Taliesin." Stamped on clipping: "Fr July 12 1957." There are also clippings stamped "1974, 1979, 1986."
Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph.
1205.94.0619Wright at 90 (1957) Taliesin, Spring Green, Sculptured Bust of Frank Lloyd Wright 1957 (Taliesin III 1925 - S.218). Bust of Wright setting in the Garden Court at Taliesin, Spring Green. Text hand written on verso: "Head of Frank Lloyd Wright on grounds of Taliesin, Spring Green, Wisc. Stamped on verso: "Jul 16 1957." Possibly photographed during the open house at Taliesin, on July 12, 1957 (S#1205.94). During a visit to Taliesin in 2016, it was seen in the Living Room at Taliesin (ST# 2016.26.0218 -86). See Bust of Wright...
Original 8 x 10 B&W photograph.
1205.97.0719Wright at 90 (1957) Wright at 89 (1957).
Family portrait of Frank Lloyd Wright, Olgivanna and Iovanna at Taliesin, Spring Green. Wright is wearing a suite, and looking to the right. Clipping pasted to verso: "Wright posed for the formal portrait with his wife, Olgivanna, and daughter, Iovanna. His wife, a Montenegrin, was a dancer. Wright married her after a lengthy legal battle with an earlier spouse, Miriam Noel Wright. Their daughter plays the harp." Stamped on clipping: "Fr July 12 1957." There are also clippings stamped "1959, 1960."
Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph.
1205.96.0719Wright at 90 (1957) Wright at 90 (1957)
Frank Lloyd Wright in Drafting Room, Taliesin, Spring Green, 1957. Photographed by Al Krescanko (1927-2005), staff photographer for S. C. Johnson. "At the time he took the pictures of Wright touring the Administration Building and in his drafting room at Taliesin, Krescanko didn't think of Wright as much more than just one in a long line of famous people he photographed during his career at SC Johnson. "It didn't faze me because I'd photographed some other architects who were big and famous. My job was a lot of celebrities," Krescanko recalls."¯ From an article by Mark Hertzberg, Journal Times, December 2, 2002. Wright in Drafting Room, Taliesin, Spring Green. Wright is facing to the right, studying drawings in front of him. Reproduction of a print signed: "FLLW / 57."¯ Published in "Apprentice to Genious,"¯ Tafel, 1978, p.170.
Original 11 x 14 B&W photograph.
1205.133.0922Wright at 90 (1957) Wright at 90 (1957)
Frank Lloyd Wright in Drafting Room, Taliesin, Spring Green, 1957. Photographed by Al Krescanko (1927-2005), staff photographer for S. C. Johnson. "At the time he took the pictures of Wright touring the Administration Building and in his drafting room at Taliesin, Krescanko didn't think of Wright as much more than just one in a long line of famous people he photographed during his career at SC Johnson. "It didn't faze me because I'd photographed some other architects who were big and famous. My job was a lot of celebrities," Krescanko recalls."¯ From an article by Mark Hertzberg, Journal Times, December 2, 2002. Wright in Drafting Room, Taliesin, Spring Green. Wright is facing to the right, studying drawings in front of him. Reproduction of a print signed: "FLLW / 57."¯ Published in "Apprentice to Genious,"¯ Tafel, 1978, p.170. This photograph includes a copy of a letter from Eugene Masselink to Al Krescanko.
Original 11 x 14 B&W photograph.
1205.80.0817, 1205.133.09221957
Frank Lloyd Wright copy of letter, 1957. Taliesin West. "Mr. Al Krescanko, Photographer, S. C. Johnson and Son, Inc., Racine. Dear Mr. Krescanko: Mr. Wright was very pleased with the pictures you sent and we have returned those you suggested - I am sorry for the liberal application of ink - some intentional and some accidental. Sincerely, Eugene Masselink, Secretary to Frank Lloyd Wright. December 18, 1957." The set included one photograph and a copy of this letter from Eugene Masselink to Al Krescanko. (Note: "Liberal application of ink" may be the addition of Wright's signature on the photos.)
11 x 8.5
1205.82.0817Wright at 90 (1957) Wright at 90 (1957)
Frank Lloyd Wright in Drafting Room, Taliesin, Spring Green, 1957. Photographed by Al Krescanko (1927-2005), staff photographer for S. C. Johnson. "At the time he took the pictures of Wright touring the Administration Building and in his drafting room at Taliesin, Krescanko didn't think of Wright as much more than just one in a long line of famous people he photographed during his career at SC Johnson. "It didn't faze me because I'd photographed some other architects who were big and famous. My job was a lot of celebrities," Krescanko recalls."¯ From an article by Mark Hertzberg, Journal Times, December 2, 2002. Wright in Drafting Room, Taliesin, Spring Green. Wright is facing to the right, leaning on his left arm, studying drawings in front of him. In the background on the wall is a drawing of The Gordon Strong Automobile Objective (project) and March Balloons. In the foreground are tubes from the S. C. Johnson Headquarters. Al Krescanko was the staff photographer for S. C. Johnson. Photographed at the same time as S.1205.80. Reproduction of a print signed: "FLLW / 57."¯
Original 11 x 14 B&W photograph.
1205.134.0922Wright at 90 (1957) (October 25, 1957) Wright interviewed at WTTW, Mile High drawing behind him. Clipping on verso: (Stamped Oct 25, 1957) "This "spectacular" will feature a conversation between Frank Lloyd Wright and Carl Sandburg and a story of modern architecture as told by George Edson Danforth. Alistair "Omnibus" Cooke will be host and emcee on the program. Live on WTTW..." This was photographed before the "live" interview on October 29, 1957. Possibly an earlier interview at WTTW in 1956 or 1957, or a few days before the October 29th interview in preparation for, or for the promotion of the live interview. On October 29, 1957, Wright and Carl Sandburg were interviewed by Alistair Cooke for the program "Chicago Dynamic", which was broadcast on WTTW Chicago. For the complete interview see The Master Architect, Meehan, 1984, pages 254-270. Illustration of Mile High Building in background. Acquired from the archives of the Chicago Sun Times. Two copies.
Original 8 x 10 B&W print.
1205.36.0310, 1205.43.0811
Wright at 90 (1957) Wright at 90 (1957) October 29, 1957, Chicago, IL. Two of the country's most distinguished citizens, architect Frank Lloyd Wright (left) and poet Carl Sandburg, pose after appearing on a television forum for the first time together. They talked about modern architecture with Alistair Cooke on "Omnibus." On October 29, 1957, Wright and Carl Sandburg were interviewed by Alistair Cooke for the program "Chicago Dynamic", which was broadcast on WTTW Chicago. For the complete interview see The Master Architect, Meehan, 1984, pages 254-270.
Original 4 x 5 B&W negative, One 10 x 7 B&W photograph, One 43 x 30" B&W High Res Digital image.
1205.48.0513
Wright at 90 (1957 - 1962) Wright at 90 (1957 - 1962)
Carl Sandburg signs photograph of Frank Lloyd Wright and himself in 1962. On October 29, 1957, two of the country's most distinguished citizens, architect Frank Lloyd Wright and poet Carl Sandburg, pose after appearing on a television forum for the first time together. Label pasted to verso: "Poet-author Carl Sandburg autographs his portrait in the Gallery of Chicago's distinctive new Water Tower Inn, neighbor to the historic old water tower along the Magnificent Mile. Sandburg's portrait and that of Frank Lloyd Wright (left) hand in the Inn's Gallery."¯ Stamped on verso: "Library, Feb 16 1962. Houston Post."¯ Acquired from the archives of the Houston Post.
Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph.
1526.67.0323Wright at 90 (1957) Wright at 90 (1957).
October 29, 1957, Chicago, IL. Frank Lloyd Wright (left) and poet Carl Sandburg, pose after appearing on a television forum for the first time together. On October 29, 1957, Frank Lloyd Wright and Carl Sandburg were interviewed by Alistair Cooke for the program "Chicago Dynamic", which was broadcast on WTTW Chicago. For the complete interview see The Master Architect, Meehan, 1984, pages 254-270.
Original 12 x 9.25 B&W photograph.
1205.102.1219Wright at 90 (Circa 1957) Wright at 90 (1957) (November 2, 1957) Wright at 90 (1957). Wright signing a copy of "The Future of Architecture". Caption: "11/2/57 - Indianapolis: Architect Frank Lloyd Wright signs an autograph for 17 year old Stephen Mooring, an architectural student at the University of Cincinati (sp), at a reception for Wright 11/2 at Indianapolis. Wright is to speak to a group at the Herron Art Museum tonight. United Press Telephoto." Note: Mooring was a contributing author of "A.D. Profiles 16: Bruce Goff. Architectural Design: Vol. 48, No. 10". 1978. By Bruce Goff, John Sergeant, Lionel March, Charles Jencks, Stephen Mooring, Joe Price, Herb Greene, David De Long, Jeffrey Cook. Acquired from the archives of United Press Associations.
Original 7 x 9 B&W print.
1205.38.0310
Wright at 90, Olgivanna at 59 (1957) Wright at 90 (1957) (November 2, 1957) Wright at 90 (1957). Stamped on verso: "Nov 1957." Caption on verso: "A date with Marilyn Monroe. Frank Lloyd Wright and him wife as they left via American Airlines for Phoenix Ariz. Where they will have as their guest Marilyn Monroe. Wright is building a home for the Millers in Conn. And they will go over the plane. Asked how big the home would be Wright replied as he gestured so high on top of a mountain top." Clipping on verso: Stamped: "Sat. Mar 2 "85" "Frank Lloyd Wright and his wife, Olgivanna Lloyd Wright, get ready to fly to Arizona in 1957 to meet with Marilyn Monroe, for whom he was building a house. Olgivanna Wright died yesterday at 87 in Scottsdale, Ariz." Stamped on verso: "Metro News Photo, 5700 S, Cicero Ave., Chicago, IL." Acquired from the archives of the Associated Press.
Original 8 x 10 B&W print.
1205.37.0310
Wright at 90 (1957) Wright at 90 (1957) (November 9, 1957) Wright at 90 (1957). November 9, 1957. "Architect Frank Lloyd Wright gives a lecture at Lane Tech in Chicago. November 9, 1957."
Original 4 x 5 B&W negative and 8 x 10 Print.
1205.41.0810
Detail.
Wright at 90 (1957) Wright at 90 (1957) (November 9, 1957)
Wright at 90 (1957). Frank Lloyd Wright lectures at Lane Tech High School. Architect Frank Lloyd Wright gives a lecture to the students at Lane Tech High School in Chicago on November 9, 1957. Wright is standing behind an arm chair. He is wearing a suit and tie, with a scarf draped over his shoulders. Although he is standing behind a microphone, he has a microphone hanging from his neck. Lane Tech (Albert Grannis Lane Technical College Preparatory High School) was an all boys school at the time, and became a co-ed high school in 1971.
Original 4 x 5 B&W negative and 8 x 10 B&W Photograph.
1205.117.0421
Detail.
Wright at 90 (1957)
DetailWright at 90 (1957). December 17, 1957. Wright with Model of Dome Theater project. Clipping taped to verso: "Dome Theater, a model of which is shown above, will be designed and built by Frank Lloyd Wright, Sylvester Weaver (left), Mike Todd (standing) and Henry J. Kaiser (right). Wright is to be master architect for world-wide operations of the firm known as Dome Enterprises. The proposed multi-purpose auditorium theater would be housed in a shell of aluminum." Stamped on clipping: "Dec 17 1957." Producer Mike Todd, is best known for his 1956 production of Around the World in 80 Days, which won an Academy Award for Best Picture. He was Elizabeth Taylor's third of seven husbands, and his third wife. They were married on February 2, 1957 when he was 47, she 24. Todd hired Wright who design a domed theater with a geodesic roof using aluminum from Kaiser Aluminum. The theater featured and showcased the wide screen movies his company was producing. See "Treasures of Taliesin, Seventy-Seven Unbuilt Designs." Todd and Taylor's relationship was tempestuous, but he was one of her husbands she did not divorce. On March 22, 1958, Todd's private plane Lucky Liz crashed near Grants, New Mexico. After his death, his heirs did not continue the project. Note: Photographed in Wright's New York Plaza Hotel apartment. Stamped on verso: "Impact Photo, Inc. New York." "1957 Dec 17."
Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph.
1205.54.0514
Wright at 90 (1957) Wright at 90 (1957) Caption on face: "4/9/59 - Phoenix: World-famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright died early 4/9. The 89-year-old Wright died following surgery here. He is shown in 1957 file photo. UPI Telephoto." Stamped on verso: "United Press International Photo". Wright was born on June 8, 1867 and passed away in Phoenix on April 9, 1959, age 91.
Original 8 x 4.75 B&W photograph.
1205.45.0911
Wright at 90 (1957) Wright at 90 (1957). Wright seated at desk, facing forward. He is looking slightly left of the camera, a pencil in his right hand. In the background is a photograph of Wright with apprentices at Taliesin Spring Green, which was photographed in 1937 by Ken Hedrich, Hedrich Blessing, during the preparation for the January 1938 issue of Architectural Forum.
Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph.
1205.47.0712
1958 Wright at 91 (1958) Frank Lloyd Wright at 91. Associated Press Caption: "Wright Dies. Architect Frank Lloyd Wright, 89, Died April 9 in Phoenix, Ariz., following an operation for an intestinal obstruction on April 4."¯ AP caption accompanying the photo. Photograph shot in 1957-58 with Baghdad Opera House and Gardens Drawing as backdrop.
For Illustration note: "Truth Against the World"¯, 1987, Meehan, page 419; "Arch Forum"¯, May 1958, page 89-102; "Frank Lloyd Wright Quarterly"¯ Winter 2004. Stamped on back "Filed Apr 16, 1959 Not Used"¯ and "Published May 17, 1970".
Original 5 x 7 silver gelatin photo.
1205.19.1006
Wright at 91 (1958) Wright at 91 (1958) Photograph shot in 1957-58 with Baghdad Opera House and Gardens Drawing as backdrop. For Illustration note: "Truth Against the World"¯, 1987, Meehan, page 419; "Arch Forum"¯, May 1958, page 89-102; "Frank Lloyd Wright Quarterly"¯ Winter 2004.
Wright at 91 (1958) Wright at 91 (1958) Caption "Spring Green, Wis., June 9 - Birthday Party - About 80 persons attended a birthday party Sunday for Frank Lloyd Wright, noted architect, who was 89, at his palatial Taliesin estate near here. With Wright (left) are Mr. And Mrs. Harold C. Price, Bartlesville, Okla., two of the guests. AP Wirephoto. 1958." Stamped on verso: "Jun 1958." Acquired from the archives of the Associated Press.
Original 10 x 8 B&W print.
1259.18.0310
Wright at 91 (1958) Wright at 91 (1958)
Frank Lloyd Wright and Mr. And Mrs. Harold C. Price at Wright's 91st birthday. About 80 visitors celebrated Wright's birthday party Sunday June 8, 1958 at Taliesin, Spring Green. Stamped on verso: "Associated Press." Acquired from the archives of the Associated Press.
Original 9.75 x 6 B&W photograph.
1259.52.0617
Wright at 91 (1958) Wright at 91 (1958) Mr. And Mrs. Frank Lloyd Wright visit son Robert L Wright home. Mr. And Mrs. Frank Lloyd Wright standing outdoors next to car. Facing slightly to the left, looking to the left of camera. Wright's right arm is behind his wife, left arm resting on his cane. Stamped on verso: "Metro Group Editorial Service... For Release on or After Jun 22 1958." Stamped on verso: "St. Paul Sunday Pioneer Press." Caption pasted to verso: "Mr. And Mrs. Frank Lloyd Wright. The architect is 89." (SIC) Hand written on verso: "Mr. And Mrs. Frank Lloyd Wright." Published in the Baltimore Sun Magazine, Nov 2, 1958, Page 12. Caption: "The noted architect and his wife, visiting their son, survey the house, which is of concrete block."
Original 8 x 10 B&W photograph.
1259.47.1214
Wright at 91 (1958) Wright at 91 (1958)
Frank Lloyd Wright interviewed at WTTW TV, Chicago, Illinois. View of Frank Lloyd Wright being interviewed by William MacDonald at WTTW TV in Chicago, Illinois. They are seated at a drafting board. Wright has a pencil in his left hand. Photographs of Wright's work is on the wall behind them. In late October 1958, Frank Lloyd Wright was interviewed for the series "Heritage," hosted by William MacDonald. They discussed the "Philosophy of an architect" and "Organic Architecture." For the full interview: The Master Architect, Meehan, 1984, p.75-104. Stamped on verso: "KUHT (TV), University of Houston, Houston, Texas,"¯ and "Library, Aug 4 1959 Houston Post."¯ Note: KUHT, the first education television station in the U.S. begins broadcasting from the campus of the University of Houston in October, 1953. Acquired from the archives of the Houston Post.
Original 5 x 7 B&W photograph.
1259.87.1122
Wright at 91 (1958) Wright at 91. Fall 1958 Wright and female at Plaza Hotel, to discuss the Radcliffe Scholarship Tour of the incomplete Guggenheim Museum. (This photograph was pasted inside the first page of a book that was purchased. Handwritten below the photograph: "At the Plaza Hotel fall 1958 to discuss the Radcliffe Scholarship Tour of the incomplete Guggenheim Museum.")
Original silver gelatin B&W photograph. 5.3 x 3.2
1259.14.0507
1959 Wright's Funeral (1959) Wright's Funeral (1959) Wright's Funeral, Taliesin, Spring Green. Paul bearers carrying Frank Lloyd Wright's coffin from his home to the horse drawn wagon. Wesley Peters is on the left, Gene Masselink is second from the right. Wright was born on June 8, 1867 and passed away in Phoenix on Thursday, April 9, 1959, age 91. The horse draw wagon was driven by Wesley Peters and Gene Masselink. The service was held Sunday, April 12, 1959, and was officiated by the minister of the Madison Unitarian Society. A horse drawn wagon bearing the body of Wright took a half-mile trek to the country churchyard where the he was buried. Wright's widow and daughter lead a procession of more than 50 mourners who walked to the chapel and graveyard services. Photographed by Michael Rougier.
10 x 6.75 B&W photograph.
1377.75.0215
Wright's Funeral (1959) Wright's Funeral, Taliesin. Caption on face: "Spring Green, Wis., April 12 - Wright's Funeral Cortege. A horse drawn wagon bearing the body of Frank Lloyd Wright begins its half-mile trek to the country churchyard where the famed architect was buried today. Wright's widow and a daughter are directly behind the wagon, leading a procession of more than 50 mourners who walked to the chapel and graveyard services. Wright died Thursday in Phoenix, Ariz.., at age 89. (AP Wirephoto)." Wright was born on June 8, 1867 and passed away April 9, 1959, age 91. Driving the cart are Wesley Peters on the left and Gene Masselink on the right. Acquired from the archived of the Chicago Sun-Times.
Original 10 x 8 Print.
1377.48.0411
Wright's Funeral (1959) Wright's Funeral, Taliesin. Label pasted on face: "Spring Green, Wis., April 13 - Wright's Service - The widow of Frank Lloyd Wright and their daughter, Iovanna Lloyd Wright, at funeral services for architect Sunday. A horse drawn wagon carried the bough covered coffin from the Wright home to cemetery. Wright died Thursday at age 89. (AP Wirephoto) 1959." Wright was born on June 8, 1867 and passed away April 9, 1959, age 91. Acquired from the archived of the Chicago Tribune.
Original 10 x 8 B&W Print.
1377.49.0811
Wright's Funeral (1959) Wright's Funeral, Taliesin. Caption on face: "Spring Green, Wis., April 11 - Site of Wright's Burial -- This small almost secluded Unitarian cemetery will provide the final resting place for Frank Lloyd Wright, famed Wisconsin-born architect who lived a controversial and turbulent life through most of his 89 years. Wright, who died in Arizona Thursday, will be buried here tomorrow afternoon near the Hillside Unitarian chapel, a church he frequently attended during his youth. Many of his mother's relatives also are buried here. (AP Wirephoto) 1959." Wright was born on June 8, 1867 and passed away April 9, 1959, age 91. Stamped on verso: "Apr 14 1959". Acquired from the archived of the Chicago Tribune.
Original 10 x 8 B&W Print.
1377.50.0811
1960 Olgivanna in 1960 Olgivanna Wright Visits Milan, Italy, 1960.
Olgivanna appears to be speaking. Clipping pasted to verso: "Milan Italy - UPI - The widow of Wisconsin architect Frank Lloyd Wright was guest of honor on Thursday night at a dinner given by some of the man she had criticize severely on the 24 hours earlier. The dinner was sponsored by Milan's College of architects. Mrs. Olgivanna Wright is in Milan for the Triennale art show here. In a speech at the show Wednesday night, she assailed architects who "falsify" her late husband's ideas. She said her husband was a great genius and only architects from his Taliesin centers in Wisconsin and Arizona were his true followers and spiritual sons." Stamped on verso: "Oct 14 1960."
Original 8 x 10 B&W photograph.
1458.71.0719Wright in 1960 Wright in 1960. Caption on verso: "Double Exposure. Rome: Almost real as life, a giant portrait of the late American architect Frank Lloyd Wright is the camera target of a shutterbug who is herself caught candidly on film in Rome. The Wright portrait is part of an exhibition detailing his achievements and designs in the last ten years of life. Wright died at the age of 89 in early 1959. (UPI Photo) 12/22/60." Acquired from the archives of the Chicago Daily News.
Original 9 x 7 B&W print.
1458.31.0310
1962
Sculpture of Olgivanna Taliesin 1962. Heloise Fichter at Taliesin. Heloise Fichter joined Taliesin as an Apprentice in 1948-1949. Clipping pasted to verso: "Woman Sculptor, student in Taliesin, works on a head of Mrs. Wright that she is modeling from clay." Stamped on verso: "1962 Aug 24".
Original10 x 8 B&W photograph.
1526.11.0811
1963 Olgivanna 1963 Olgivanna Lloyd Wright (1963)
Press photograph of Olgivanna Lloyd Wright. Mrs. Wright is facing the camera, looking to the right. A pleasant smile is on her face. This press photograph was used to announce the release of her new book The Roots of Life. It is published on the back cover of the dust jacket. Hand written on verso: “(Mrs. Frank Lloyd Wright.) (Olgivanna.)” Stamped on verso: “Filed May 11 1964.”
Original 4.25 x 5.75 B&W photograph.
1565.90.0924Olgivanna 1963 Olgivanna Lloyd Wright (1963)
Original press photograph of Olgivanna Lloyd Wright. Mrs. Wright is facing the camera, looking to the right. A pleasant smile is on her face. Text on face: "Olgivanna Lloyd Wright, Author of The Roots of Life, Horizon Press, November, 1963. Hand written on verso: "1963." Published on the back cover of the dust jacket for The Roots of Life.
Original 5 x 7 B&W photograph.
1565.77.11211964 Olgivanna 1964 Olgivanna Wright (1964)
Olgivanna Wright celebrate the anniversary of Frank Lloyd Wright's birth with Adlai Stevenson. Clipping pasted to verso: "Friends of the late Frank Lloyd Wright paid tribute to the architect on the anniversary of his birth at Spring Green, Wis. Mrs. Wright chatted with Adlai Stevenson, twice Democratic candidate for president. Wright died Apr. 8 at 89." Stamped on clipping: "We Jun 10 1959."
Original 10 x 7 B&W photograph.
1377.101.0619Olgivanna at 66 (1964) Olgivanna at 66 (1964)
Olgivanna Wright, 1964. Olgivanna Wright, facing forward and a little to the left of camera, seated at a table giving an interview. Possibly photographed in Cleveland in April 1964. Hand written on verso: "Mr. Frank Lloyd Wright." Stamped on verso: "The Plain Dealer Library, Apr 24 1964." Also stamped on verso: "Karl J. Rauschkall Staff Photographer, Cleveland Plain Dealer." Photographed by Karl J. Rauschkall. Acquired from the archives of the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Original 7 x 9 B&W photograph.
1596.64.0917Olgivanna Lloyd Wright (1964) Olgivanna Lloyd Wright (1964)
Mrs. Wright, looking at the valley to the right, from Taliesin. Clipping pasted to verso: "Frank L. Wright's principles of organic architecture are being perpetuated today through the leadership of his wife, Olgivanna, and the work being carried on at Taliesin's Hillside Home School near Spring Green, Wis. - Journal Photos by Donald W. Nusbaum." Stamped on clipping: "Su Oct 11, 1964." Hand written on verso: "Mrs. Frank Lloyd Wright." Photographed by Donald W. Nusbaum. Acquired from the archives of the Milwaukee Journal.
Original 8 x 10 B&W photograph.
1596.74.08191965 Olgivanna Lloyd Wright (1965) Olgivanna Lloyd Wright (1965)
Mrs. Wright appears to be seated outside at Taliesin, facing to the right, looking to the right of the camera. Hand written on verso: "Mrs. Frank Lloyd Wright, widow of architect." Stamped on verso: "Apr 3 1965. Sentinel." Possibly photographed in 1964 (See #1596.74) Acquired from the archives of the Milwaukee Sentinel.
Original 8 x 10 B&W photograph.
1628.68.0819Olgivanna at 67 (1965) Olgivanna at 67 (1965)
Smiling, looking at the camera. She is wearing a flowered blouse. Caption pasted to verso: "Music for the production was written by Mrs. Olgivanna Wright, widow of the architect." Stamped on clipping: "May 9 1965." Stamped on verso: "1965 Apr 30." Hand written on verso: "Photo by Michael Roberts."
Original 8 x 10 B&W photograph.
1628.65.0619Olgivanna Olgivanna at 67 (1965) Olgivanna Wright, 1965. Smiling, looking to her left. Caption at bottom: "(Advance for use in PMS of Friday, June 25, with AP special report by Maggie Savoy) (NY9 - June 22) Heads Taliesin - Olgivanna Wright, widow of architect Frank Lloyd Wright, directs the Frank Lloyd Foundation since his death six years ago. It continues today much more comfortably both physically and financially and with the same spirit with which it began. (AP Wirephoto) (See AP Newsfeature Story) 65".
Original 4 x 7.6 and 8 x 10 B&W Photograph.
1628.15.1110, 1628.66.0619
Olgivanna Lloyd Wright (1966) Olgivanna Lloyd Wright, 1966.
Mrs. Frank Lloyd Wright at the issuing ceremony of the 2-cent stamp honoring he husband, Frank Lloyd Wright. Mrs. Wright, stands next to an enlarged image of the 2-cent stamp honoring Wright. Text on face: "6/8/66 - Spring Green, Wis: Mrs. Olgivanna Lloyd Wright, widow of architect Frank Lloyd Wright, smiles at ceremonies marking the issuing of a two-cent postage stamp honoring her late famous husband. The stamp issuance came on what would have been the architect's 97th birthday." Clipping pasted to verso: "Mrs. Olgivanna Lloyd Wright, widow of architect Frank Lloyd Wright, smiled Wednesday during ceremonies marking the issuing of the 2c postage stamp honoring her husband. The program was held in Spring Green." Stamped on clipping: "Th Jun 9 1966. Sentinel." Acquired from the archives of the Milwaukee Sentinel.
Original 9 x 7 B&W photograph.
1679.23.08191970 Iovanna and Olgivanna Lloyd Wright (1970) Iovanna Lloyd Wright and Olgivanna Lloyd Wright (1970) Iovanna Lloyd Wright (left) and Olgivanna Lloyd Wright (June 23, 1970). Caption on verso "At left, Iovanna Lloyd Wright... her correspondence with Svetlana led to invitation; there was an instant kinship between the two. Olgivanna Lloyd Wright... "the gestures, spirit: She (Svetlana) fills the image of my late daughter to perfection." (Please credit: Photos by Mary Frampton, Los Angeles Times) Los Angeles Times/Washington Post News Service."
8 x 6.5 Print, High res digital image.
1846.13.1210
Olgivanna at 72 (Circa 1970) Mrs. Frank Lloyd Wright at Taliesin West. Circa 1970. Photograph by Joseph F. Rorke, Resident in 1954.
Original 6 x 5.75 silver gelatin photo.
1846.01.1006
1971 Olgivanna at 73 (Circa 1971) Mrs. Frank Lloyd Wright. Stamped on back "Published August 8, 1971".
Original 8 x 10 silver gelatin photo.
1867.02.1006
Olgivanna Lloyd Wright (1971) Olgivanna Lloyd Wright, 1971.
Mrs. Frank Lloyd Wright at the consecration ceremony of William Wesley Peters' four-month old baby at the Wright designed Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She is wearing a white coat and had, hands folded in front of her, looking intently at the speaker. Clipping pasted to verso: "Mrs. Olgivanna Wright." Stamped on clipping: "Mo Sep 13 1971. Sentinel." Hand Written on verso: "(Mrs. Frank Lloyd Wright) wife of architect." Stamped on verso: "Ronald Overdahl." Note, the women wearing the dress to the left, is seen in the photograph S#1867.12. Photographed by Ronald Overdahl. Acquired from the archives of the Milwaukee Sentinel.
Original 8.5 x 11 B&W photograph.
1867.20.08191972 Olgivanna Lloyd Wright (1972) Olgivanna Lloyd Wright, 1972.
Mrs. Wright is deep in conversation, looking to the right of the camera. She is wearing a stripped outfit. Hand written on verso: "#6839. (Mrs. Frank Lloyd Wright.) Wife of late architect. She married Frank Lloyd Wright on August 25, 1928 at midnight in Rancho Santa Fe near La Jolla. Stamped on verso: "Feb 26, 1972."
Original 5 x 7 B&W photograph.
1909.54.03201974 Olgivanna Lloyd Wright (1974) Olgivanna Lloyd Wright, 1974.
Mrs. Frank Lloyd Wright with Hat and Umbrella, 1974. Mrs. Wright is smiling, wearing a flowered dress, light colored hat, holding an umbrella. Caption pasted to verso: "Mrs. Olgivanna Lloyd Wright. Widow of the great American architect Frank Lloyd Wright, who died in 1959; she is carrying on his work and ideas through the Frank Lloyd Wright Institute, and his principal guardian, teacher and evangelist of her husband's heritage at Taliesin West, and architectural school and firm in the Arizona desert. Photograph by Gianni Tortoli. Camera Press London". Stamped on verso: "Received Mar 1974."
Original 4.75 x 6.5 B&W photograph.
1963.39.01201975 Date: Circa 1975
Title: Frank Lloyd Wright. The Sojourner. (Published by Kawneer Company, an architectural aluminum manufacturer)
Description: The Kawneer Company produced a series of posters honoring great architects. This illustration includes a portrait of Frank Lloyd Wright, as-well-as illustrations of the Imperial Hotel;, Fallingwater, SC Johnson Research Tower and column, and the Guggenheim Museum. Hand written over the illustrations are Wright quotes. Originally housed within a large folder and included a vellum cover. Illustrated by Allan Mardon.
Size: 19 x 23.5
S#: 1996.25.0617Date: Circa 1975
Title: Frank Lloyd Wright. The Sojourner. Third In A Series (Published by Kawneer Architectural Products, an architectural aluminum manufacturer, Niles, MI)
Description: Kawneer Architectural Products produced a series of posters honoring great architects. Folder text: "There exists a photograph of Frank Lloyd Wright, taken probably in the 1930s, wherein the master of architectural space stands in high contrast upon a rock overlooking the camera, as well as everything else in the world. From this silhouette of pant legs fastened neatly at the ankle to the theatrical drape of the tweed coat, he appears to have materialized from a time that used to be. A pilgrim from the past, dropping in to see that the workmen have not slackened. The photograph may come as close to representing the real Frank Lloyd Wright as anyone ever will." The illustration includes a portrait of Frank Lloyd Wright, as-well-as illustrations of the Imperial Hotel, Fallingwater, SC Johnson Research Tower and column, and the Guggenheim Museum. Hand written over the illustrations are Wright quotes. Package includes a large folder, vellum cover sheet and poster. Illustrated by Allan Mardon. (Shown with vellum over poster.)
Size: Folder 19.75 x 24.5; Poster & Vellum cover sheet 19 x 23.5
S#: 1996.33.04181976 Olgivanna Lloyd Wright (1976) Olgivanna Lloyd Wright
Mrs. Wright greets guests at Taliesin. She is wearing a stripped dress and is engaged with visitors to Taliesin. Hand written on verso: "Mrs. Frank Lloyd Wright (Olgivanna) at Taliesin - greeting guest. Aug 1976." Stamped on verso: "76 Sep 1" and "Filed Sep 9 - 1976."
Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph.
2020.41.09191978 Date: 1978
Title: Frank Lloyd Wright Commemorative Sculptured Bronze Medallion, The Organic Commandment, 1978.
Description: Sculptured bronze medallion commemorating Frank Lloyd Wright’s Organic Commandment. In 1934, Frank Lloyd Wright published “Taliesin, Volume 1, No 1.” On the back page he printed The Four Organic Commandments.
Love Is the Greatest Virtue of the Heart. (Red decorative circle.)
Sincerity Is the Great Greatest Virtue of the Mind. (Red decorative square.)
Determination Is the Greatest Virtue of the Will. (Red decorative triangle.)
Courage Is the Greatest Virtue of the Spirit.
Face of Medallion: A sculptured relief of Frank Lloyd Wright. Wright is facing to the left. Left side: Raised Circle, Square, Triangle, three horizontal lines. Bottom right: Engraved into the surface, “Frank Lloyd Wright” Signature.
Verso: Top: Engraved into the surface, “Taliesin.”
Center: Raised letters: Love Is the Greatest Virtue of the Heart. (Circle engraved into the surface.)
Sincerity Is the Great Greatest Virtue of the Mind. (Square engraved into the surface.)
Determination Is the Greatest Virtue of the Will. (Triangle engraved into the surface.)
Courage Is the Greatest Virtue of the Spirit. (Three horizontal lines engraved into the surface.)
The Organic Commandment. 1940. FLLW (Signature).
Lower text engraved into the surface: “Issued 1978.”
Engraved on the lower side: “Metallic Art Co., Danbury, CT. - Bronze.” Manufactured by Metallic Art Co., Danbury, CT.
Size: 2.5 x 2.5 x .375. Box: 2.625 x 2.625 x .5
ST#: 1978.71.09242016 Date: 2016
Title: Frank Lloyd Wright and Photographer, 2016.
Description: Department 56, Christmas in the City, Art & Architecture Series. "Frank Lloyd Wright" Porcelain Accessory (#4054988). Frank Lloyd Wright is photographed on a city sidewalk. In 1953, Frank Lloyd Wright was photographed was he walked in New York City (S#0987.66). Introduced January 2017, Retired December 2017. Stamped on base: “Department 56. Label affixed to base: “Eden Prairie, MN 55344, USA. 2016.”
Size: 2.75 x 2.75 x 1.25. Box: 4 x 5.5 x 3.5.
ST#: 2016.65.0924BOOKS RELATED TO WOMEN IN WRIGHT'S LIFE
2002 The 50 Greatest Love Letters of All Time (Hard Cover DJ) (Published by Crown Publishers, New York. A Byron Press Book)
Lowenherz, David H.
Chapter 44: Frank Lloyd Wright to Maude Miriam Noel. "...I think there is nothing you can say to me to change what has already taken place. I have nothing to say. Whatever there was in me for you is absolutely dead - even anger."¯ Includes one portrait of Wright. Original list price $20.00. 5.5 x 8.5. (Fifth Edition)
Pp 169 - 172
2002.87.0807
2007 Death in a Prairie House, Frank Lloyd Wright and the Taliesin Murders (Soft Cover) (Published by Terrace Books. A trade imprint of the University of Wisconsin Press, Madison, Wisconsin)
Drennan, William R.
The most pivotal and yet least understood event of Frank Lloyd Wright's celebrated life involves the brutal murders in 1914 of Mamah Borthwick Cheney and six adults and children dear to the architect and the destruction by fire of Taliesin, his landmark residence, near Spring Green, Wisconsin. Supplying both a gripping mystery story and a portrait of the artist in his prime, William Drennan wades through the myths surrounding Wright and the massacre, casting fresh light on the formulation of Wright's architectural ideology and the cataclysmic effects that the Taliesin murders exerted on the fabled architect and on his subsequent designs. (Publisher's description.) Original cover price $16.96. 6 x 9. (Fourth Edition)
Pp 218
2007.55.0909
2007 Loving Frank (Advanced Reader's Edition) (Published by Ballantine Books, a division of Random House, Inc., New York)
Horan, Nancy
Fictionalization life of Mamah Borthwick Cheney. Frank and Mamah, both married and with children, met when Mamah's husband, Edwin, commissioned Wright to design a house. Their affair became the stuff of headlines when they left their families to live and travel together, going first to Germany, where Mamah found rewarding work doing scholarly translations of Swedish feminist Ellen Key's books. Frank and Mamah eventually settled in Wisconsin, where they were hounded by a scandal-hungry press, with tragic repercussions. Mamah's life is cut short in the most unexpected and violent of ways. To be released on August 7, 2007. Original HC list price $23.95. 6 x 9.25. Two copies. (Advanced Reader's Edition)
Pp 372
2007.07.0507, 2007.08.0507
Date: 2007 Title: Loving Frank (Hard Cover) (Published by Ballantine Books, a division of Random House, Inc., New York)
Author: Horan, Nancy
Description: Fictionalization life of Mamah Borthwick Cheney. Frank and Mamah, both married and with children, met when Mamah's husband, Edwin, commissioned Frank to design a house. Their affair became the stuff of headlines when they left their families to live and travel together, going first to Germany, where Mamah found rewarding work doing scholarly translations of Swedish feminist Ellen Key's books. Frank and Mamah eventually settled in Wisconsin, where they were hounded by a scandal-hungry press, with tragic repercussions. Mamah's life is cut short in the most unexpected and violent of ways. Original HC list price $23.95. (Fifth Edition)
Size: 6.25 x 9.5
Pages: Pp 363
ST#: 2007.66.0812
Date: 2008
Title: Loving Frank. The Scandal that rocked society and defied convention. (Great Britain) (Soft Cover) (Published by Sceptre, An Imprint of Hodder & Stoughton, London)
Author: Horan, Nancy
Description: Fictionalization life of Mamah Borthwick Cheney. Frank and Mamah, both married and with children, met when Mamah's husband, Edwin, commissioned Frank to design a house. Their affair became the stuff of headlines when they left their families to live and travel together, going first to Germany, where Mamah found rewarding work doing scholarly translations of Swedish feminist Ellen Key's books. Frank and Mamah eventually settled in Wisconsin, where they were hounded by a scandal-hungry press, with tragic repercussions. Mamah's life is cut short in the most unexpected and violent of ways. Original list price £7.99.
Size: 5 x 7.75
Pages: Pp 420
ST#: 2008.36.0618Date: 2009
Title: Amar a Frank (Loving Frank) (Spanish Edition - Soft Cover) (Published by Alfaguara, Mexica)
Author: Horan, Nancy; Translated into Spanish by Llorente, Ezequiel Martines
Description: Fictionalization life of Mamah Borthwick Cheney. Frank Lloyd Wright and Mamah, both married and with children, met when Mamah's husband, Edwin, commissioned Frank to design a house. Their affair became the stuff of headlines when they left their families to live and travel together, going first to Germany, where Mamah found rewarding work doing scholarly translations of Swedish feminist Ellen Key's books. Frank and Mamah eventually settled in Wisconsin, where they were hounded by a scandal-hungry press, with tragic repercussions. Mamah's life is cut short in the most unexpected and violent of ways. (First Spanish Edition)
Size: 5.75 x 9.25
Pages: Pp 522
ST#: 2009.40.11162009 The Women: A Novel (Hard Cover, DJ) (Published by the Penguin Group, Inc. First published by Viking Penguin, a member of the Penguin Group, Inc.)
Boyle, T. Coraghessan
An account of Wright's life, as told through the experiences of the four women who loved him, blazes with his trademark wit and invention. Wright's life was one long howling struggle against the bonds of convention, whether aesthetic, social, moral, or romantic. He never did what was expected and despite the overblown scandals surrounding his amours and very public divorces and the financial disarray that dogged him throughout his career, he never let anything get in the way of his larger-than-life appetites and visions. Wright's triumphs and defeats were always tied to the women he loved. (Publisher's description.) Original Hard Cover list price $27.95. 6.25 x 9.25. (First and Fifth Edition, two copies.)
Pp 451
2009.12.1209, 2009.14.1209
Date: 2009 Title: The Women: A Novel (Hard Cover, Library Binding, Large Print) (Published by Wheeler Publishing, A part of Gale, Cengage Learning, by an arrangement with Viking Penquin, a member of the Penguin Group, Inc.)
Author: Boyle, T. Coraghessan
Description: An account of Wright's life, as told through the experiences of the four women who loved him, blazes with his trademark wit and invention. Wright's life was one long howling struggle against the bonds of convention, whether aesthetic, social, moral, or romantic. He never did what was expected and despite the overblown scandals surrounding his amours and very public divorces and the financial disarray that dogged him throughout his career, he never let anything get in the way of his larger-than-life appetites and visions. Wright's triumphs and defeats were always tied to the women he loved. (Publisher's description.) (First Edition)
Size: 5.5 x 8.75
Pages: Pp 829
ST#: 2009.38.0416
Date: 2009
Title: Narrative Magazine - Winter 2009 (Published by Narrative Magazine, Inc. San Francisco, New York)
Author: Boyle, T. Corachessan
Description: "Faithless. A Novel Excerpt." An excerpt from the novel "The Woman," Viking, 2009. "Miriam was led into the studio proper and seated in a high-backed Craftsman chair. But this was no ordinary chair, and the thought came home to her with the force of revelation, this was a Frank Lloyd Wright chair. She was sitting in a Frank Lloyd Wright chair, a masterpiece designed by the Master himself! There was genius here, genius invested in the design that lent verticality to the horizontal lines of the room, in the cut and mold and finish of the wood. In the decor, the walls, the rugs, the hangings. It was as if she'd been ushered into the salon of Des Esseintes himself..."
Size: 7 x 10
Pages: Pp Cover, 15-22
ST#: 2009.51.1218
CATHERINE (KITTY) TOBIN WRIGHT Catherine Tobin Wright (Circa 1907-1908) Catherine Tobin Wright. Circa 1907-1908. Catherine and her youngest child Robert Llewellyn Wright (1903-1985) age 4-5. Catherine Tobin Wright in a dress designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. See similar photograph without Robert in "The decorative designs of Frank Lloyd Wright", Hanks, page 25.
Catherine Lee (Kitty) Clark Tobin was born on March 25, 1871 in Nebraska. She was the daughter of a wealthy businessman. On June 1, 1889, Catherine and Frank were married in Chicago, Illinois. She was 17 years old. They honeymooned in Wisconsin. Raising a family dominated most of her time. In 1909, after six children and twenty years of marriage, Frank left his wife and family and traveled to Europe with Mamah Borthwick Cheney settling in Italy for about a year. In 1922 she granted Wright a divorce. Catherine Tobin Wright passed away on March 24, 1959, fifteen days before Frank Lloyd Wright.
(Note: Robert Llewellyn Wright was born on November 15, 1903 in Oak Park, IL, and passed away on February 22, 1986 in West Bethesda, MD. He married Elizabeth Bryant Kehler on July 29, 1933. He was buried in Unity Chapel Cemetery, Spring Green, WI.)
Courtesy of the Smithsonian Institute, Mrs. Robert L. Wright collection.
Published in "Frank Lloyd Wright A Biography", Secrest, 1992, page 191, dated 1907.
5 x 6.5 Print. High res digital image.
0080.07.0609
MAMAH BORTHWICK CHENEY Click for dedicated section on Mamah Borthwick Cheney
MIRIAM NOEL WRIGHT
MRS. JOHN LLOYD WRIGHT Mrs. John Lloyd Wright (1920s) Mrs. John Lloyd Wright Detail
Mrs. John Lloyd Wright. Photograph of a portrait by Chicago artist Frank A. Werner, Born April 15, 1877 Akron, OH, Died July 6, 1953 Chicago, IL.
This photograph of the portrait was taken by Frederick O. Bemm, Art Institute Chicago Staff Photographer.
Verso: Mrs. John Lloyd Wright. Not dated.
I have not been able to verify if this truly is "Mrs. Wright"¯ or which of his wives it was. I would estimate it had to be Jeanette or Hazel.
John Lloyd Wright: Born 12/12/1892, Oak Park, Illinois, died 12/20/1972, Del Mar, San Diego, California. On returning to Chicago in late 1913, John was placed in charge of his father's office, now located in Orchestra Hall on Michigan Avenue, where he handled business matters when Frank Lloyd Wright was at Taliesin, the home he had built for himself and Mamah Cheney at Spring Green, Wisconsin. In 1914 John Lloyd Wright married Jeanette Winters, a young woman he had met in Los Angeles, they were divorced in 1920. The young couple moved into a tiny wooden building at 938 Lincoln Parkway. They dubbed their home "Bird Center," decorating it with jig sawed and painted birds. In 1920, John moved back to Oak Park, to the apartment which his father had outfitted over the old studio in order to provide some income for John's mother, who still lived in the old family home. He remained there after marrying again, this time to Hazel Josephine Lundin (1896 - 1972) on 10/27/1921, and it was there that his first child, Elizabeth Lloyd Wright Ingraham born on 7/26/1923. Late in 1923, he and his family moved to Long Beach, a lakeside residential enclave of Michigan City, Indiana. There he renewed his architectural practice, starting with the construction of his own house and studio, Studio Court, built in 1924. His second child was John Lloyd Wright (2/23/1925 - 1/30/1974). In 1942 he married for the third time to Frances Welch.
Original 6.5 x 9.25 vintage silver gelatin photograph, circa 1920s.
Set includes six photographs of Werner's work and two brochures.
0142.03.0307
ANNE BAXTER Anne Baxter February 1942 "Anne Baxter - 20th Century Fox Player"¯. February 1942. Published by 20th Century Fox Film Corp. Anne Baxter was born in Michigan City, Indiana, on May 7, 1923. She was the daughter of a salesman and his wife, Catherine, who herself was the daughter of Frank Lloyd Wright. Anne was a young girl of 11 when her parents moved to New York City.
Verso: "Play time... and it's also time for exercise too for charming 17 year old Anne Baxter, who is being groomed for stardom by 20th Century-Fox following her featured performance in "Swamp Water" for that studio."¯
Original 8 x 10 vintage silver gelatin photograph.
0593.04.0307
Anne Baxter July 1944 Anne Baxter. July 1944. Published by 20th Century Fox Film Corp. Anne Baxter was born in Michigan City, Indiana, on May 7, 1923. She was the daughter of a salesman and his wife, Catherine, who herself was the daughter of Frank Lloyd Wright. Anne was a young girl of 11 when her parents moved to New York City.
Verso: "Playing Heroine Roles and getting top billing in her movies is all well and good, but pretty Anne Baxter says that for just once in her career she wants to play a siren or "other women" type of part..."¯
Original 7.5 x 9.5 vintage silver gelatin photograph.
0603.03.0307
Wright at 84 (1951) Wright at 84 (1951) Frank Lloyd Wright and Anne Baxter. Anne Baxter was Wright's Academy Award winning Granddaughter. Both are looking to the right. Published in "Frank Lloyd Wright in New York,"¯ Hession, Pickrel, 2007, p. 23. Also published on the cover of Frank Lloyd Wright Quarterly, Winter 1993.
8 x 10 B&W photograph.
0857.16.0614
Wright at 84, (1951) Wright at 84, 1951.
Frank Lloyd Wright and Anne Baxter. Anne Baxter was Wright's Academy Award winning Granddaughter. Both are looking to the right. Published in "Frank Lloyd Wright in New York,"¯ Hession, Pickrel, 2007, p. 23. Also published on the cover of Frank Lloyd Wright Quarterly, Winter 1993.
Original 8 x 10 B&W photograph.
0857.60.1121Anne Baxter 1952 Anne Baxter. 1952. "The Outcasts of Poker Flat" starring Anne Baxter, Dale Robertson"¯ 52/141.
Published by 20th Century Fox Film Corp. Anne Baxter was born in Michigan City, Indiana, on May 7, 1923. She was the daughter of a salesman and his wife, Catherine, who herself was the daughter of Frank Lloyd Wright. Anne was a young girl of 11 when her parents moved to New York City.
Original 8 x 10 vintage silver gelatin photograph.
0910.18.0307
Anne Baxter 1954 Anne Baxter. 1954. Wright and Anne Baxter at the Sixty Years of Living Architecture Exhibition, Los Angeles 1954 (Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation project #5427).
Frank Lloyd Wright points to a photograph of La Miniatura (1923 - S.214). He and Baxter are facing to the left of the camera. Wright has a cane over his right arm and he is holding his hat. Baxter, Wright's granddaughter is standing to the right. To their right is a photograph of the interior of the Larkin Building (1903 - S.093). The premiere of the exhibit in Los Angeles was held at the Los Angeles Municipal Art Center at Barnsdall Park. A temporary pavilion, similar to the pavilion in New York, was attached to the line of kennels that reached from the house to the garage. The entrance to the pavilion was through the Hollyhock House. (Wright, 1943-1959, p.346). Photographed by Los Angeles photographer Paegel. Courtesy of the University of Southern California Libraries.
10 x 8 B&W photograph.
1045.34.0115
Date: 1955
Title: Letter from Anne Baxter to Cary Caraway, 1955.
Description: A letter from Anne Baxter to Cary Caraway thanking him for the invitation to attend the Testimonial Dinner for her grandfather, Frank Lloyd Wright in Madison on February 10, 1955. Text: "Dear Mr. Caraway: It pleases me very much to read your note about the testimonial dinner for Grandfather in Madison on February 10. Unfortunately I will be hard at work in a picture here in Hollywood through the first of March and will be unable to attend. Thank you for bringing it to my attention, and if I can gather together some guests from California I will be happy to do so." Signed Anne Baxter. Acquired from the estate of Cary Caraway. This item was included with items related to Caraway's efforts on Frank Lloyd Wright Day. Letter dated January 19, 1955, envelope postmarked January 24, 1955. Letter: 8.5 x 11, Envelope:
Size: 6.75 x 3.75.
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