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YEAR |
DESCRIPTION |
ST# |
1940 |
1940
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Gregor S. Affleck House, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan,
Floor Plan and Section 1940 (1940 - S.274). Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright
in 1940, the home was completed in 1941. The bedroom wing is on the left,
the living space is on the right. In 1946,
Progressive Architecture
published an in-depth article on the Affleck house. "The plan scheme screens
the house from the approach side, windows on this front being restricted to
transom-type sash at ceiling height. Entrance to the house from the front
door is an ever-expanding progression of openness and light. The narrow
entry leads into the loggia where windowed doors to a balcony are
supplemented by skylights and a "floor lantern," glazed at the bottom, which
admits light, provides a view of the garden beneath, and - when opened in
summer - becomes what Mrs. Affleck terms "an organic air-conditioning unit."
A turn to the left opens into the great, irregular-shaped general living
space, windowed from floor to ceiling at the southern corner toward the
living balcony and the down-sloping woodland. To an exceptional degree -
though not for Mr. Wright - the house and its site are part of each other,
and it is difficult to draw clear distinctions between the elements of plan,
materials, structure, and finished design...
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0531.107.0723 |
C 1940
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Sherman Booth Residence Scheme II, Glencoe, Illinois,
Circa 1940 (1915 - S.187). View of the Sherman Booth Residence from the
Southeast. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1915. By the end 1914 the
decision was made not to proceed with Scheme I. Wright began designing plans
for Scheme II early in 1915. Wright incorporated the Stable and Garage
(Gardener’s Cottage) and designed the new house around the original two
building. The scaled down Scheme II is not as elaborate as the first. The
first floor included the entrance hall, and three wings. The dining and
bedroom wings utilized the footprint of the original stable and gardeners
cottage. The dining room wing included the kitchen pantry and maid’s bedroom
and bath. The living room wing included a large living room with a large
fireplace and living porch. The bedroom wing included three bedrooms, one
being the master with a fireplace, and a bath. The second floor included
three bedrooms, one large and two smaller, and one bath. The stairway which
led the third floor included a room with a covered and screened sleeping
porch, a roof garden and half bath.
The tall
vertical roof ventilator, designed and most likely built...
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0531.122.0524 |
C 1940
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Sherman Booth Residence Scheme II, Glencoe,
Illinois, Circa 1940 (1915 - S.187). View of the Sherman Booth Residence
from the Southeast. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1915. By the end 1914
the decision was made not to proceed with Scheme I. Wright began designing
plans for Scheme II early in 1915. Wright incorporated the Stable and Garage
(Gardener’s Cottage) and designed the new house around the original two
building. The scaled down Scheme II is not as elaborate as the first. The
first floor included the entrance hall, and three wings. The dining and
bedroom wings utilized the footprint of the original stable and gardeners
cottage. The dining room wing included the kitchen pantry and maid’s bedroom
and bath. The living room wing included a large living room with a large
fireplace and living porch. The bedroom wing included three bedrooms, one
being the master with a fireplace, and a bath. The second floor included
three bedrooms, one large and two smaller, and one bath. The stairway which
led the third floor included a room with a covered and screened sleeping
porch, a roof garden and half bath.
The tall
vertical roof ventilator, designed and most likely built for the stable...
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0531.123.0524 |
1940
|
Leigh Stevens, Auldbrass Plantation, Yemassee, South
Carolina, Ornamental Downspout Plan, 1940 (1940 - S.261-264). FLLW #4015.19.
Plan for the Ornamental Downspout for the Leigh Stevens, Auldbrass
Plantation. Top and side views. Frank Lloyd Wright designed some of the
first buildings on the property in 1939. Wright originally designed copper
ornamental downspouts for Auldbrass, but copper was difficult to obtain so
at Stevens’ request, Wright designed this ornamental wood pendant, suspended
at each corner between the downspouts. Hand written on plan by Frank Lloyd
Wright: “Print to Leigh.” Text lower left: “4015.19.” Lower text:
“Ornamental Gutter Corner - ‘Auldbrass.’ “
When Joel Silver
acquired Auldbrass in 1986, it was in disrepair, and half complete. Silver
restored Auldbrass, completed unfinished buildings, and replaced the
ornamental wood downspouts with Wright’s original design, producing them in
copper as Wright had initially specified.
" 'Old Brass'
was the name given to a tract of land in South Carolina that includes over
4,000 acres. "In the...
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0531.120.0324 |
1940
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Leigh Stevens, Auldbrass Plantation, Yemassee, South
Carolina, Presentation Drawing for Ornamental Downspout, 1940 (1940 -
S.261-264). FLLW #4015.52. Presentation drawing for the Ornamental Downspout
for the Leigh Stevens, Auldbrass Plantation. Typical Section. Frank Lloyd
Wright designed some of the first buildings on the property in 1939. Wright
originally designed copper ornamental downspouts for Auldbrass, but copper
was difficult to obtain so at Stevens’ request, Wright designed this
ornamental wood pendant, suspended at each corner between the downspouts.
Text lower left: “Typical Wall Section.”
When Wright published his extensive
article in the
January 1948
issue of Architectural Forum, Wright created this
presentation drawing, including the ornamental downspout, page
95. Also published in An American Architect, Wright, Kaufman,
1955, p.232.
When Joel Silver acquired Auldbrass in 1986, it was in disrepair, and half
complete. Silver restored Auldbrass, completed unfinished buildings, and
replaced the ornamental wood downspouts with Wright’s original design,
producing them in copper as Wright had initially specified...
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0531.121.0324 |
C 1940
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Oscar B. Balch Residence Circa 1940 (1911 - S.168).
Oscar B. Balch moved to Oak Park in 1890, where he joined the firm of A. W.
and S. E. Pebbles. Balch became a partner, and the name was changed to
Pebbles and Balch.
In 1907, Wright remodel their shop. The partnership did not last long. In
1908, a year after the shop was remodeled, Balch left to form the
Balch-Linder Shop with Augustinus Linder, coincidentally just across the
street. Shortly after Wright's return from Europe, Balch called on Wright to
design his home. Symmetrical in design, the Library in on the left, Living
Room and Terrace in the center, Dining Room on the right. The entrance to
the home is behind the Library on the left. Five bedrooms are upstairs.
Photographed by
Gilman Lane.
10 x 8 B&W photographs. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. |
0531.62.1016 |
Circa
1940
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Peter A. Beachy Residence Dining Room, Oak Park
(1906 - S.117) Circa 1940. View of the Dining Room from the Northeast. The
doors on the left lead to the Veranda. The opening on the far right leads to
the Living Room. The Dining Room included one long rectangular table with
eight tall slat-backed chairs. On either side of the larger table were two
smaller square tables, each with four shorter slat-backed chairs. Three tall
and four short chairs can be seen in this photograph. In 1946 the home was
converted to two-family residence, then turned back to a single family
residence in 1977. Photographed by Grant Manson . See "Frank Lloyd Wright:
1885-1916, Pfeiffer, 2011 for additional images of the Beachy Residence.
Original 5.75 x 10 B&W photograph. Acquired from the Oak Park Public
Library. |
0531.39.0613 |
Circa
1940
|
Peter A. Beachy Residence Dining Room, Oak Park
(1906 - S.117) Circa 1940. View of the Dining Room from the Southwest. The
Dining Room Fireplace is on the far left. The Living Room also features a
similarly designed Fireplace. The door on the right lead through the Pantry
Hallway to the Kitchen. The Dining Room included one long rectangular table
with eight tall slat-backed chairs. On either side of the larger table (not
seen) were two smaller square tables, each with four shorter slat-backed
chairs. Two tall chairs can be seen in this photograph. In 1946 the home was
converted to two-family residence, then turned back to a single family
residence in 1977. Photographed by Grant Manson . See "Frank Lloyd Wright:
1885-1916, Pfeiffer, 2011 for additional images of the Beachy Residence.
Original 5.75 x 10 B&W photograph. Acquired from the Oak Park Public
Library. |
0531.40.0613 |
1940
|
Broadacre City Model, Aerial View 1940 (1934 - FLLW #3402). Aerial view of
architect Frank Lloyd Wright’s model of Broadacre
City, exhibited at The Museum of Modern Art in 1940. Broadacre City was
a plan for a decentralized community that Wright promoted endlessly from the
1930s to his death in 1959. He believed that everyone should have at least
an acre of land and the right to beautiful housing and carefully organized
cities that were spread out, not like the congestion of places like New
York, a town he insulted more than once. Frank Lloyd Wright first introduced
Broadacre City in The Disappearing City,
1932. In 1934, with the aid of his apprentices, Wright brought Broadacre
City of life in a 12' x 12' model shown publically for the first time April
15 to May 15, 1935 at the Industrial Arts Exposition in Rockefeller Center,
New York. It consisted of architectural models, complete with tiny forests,
homes, schools, factories and farms.
In 1940, The Museum of Modern Art exhibited "Frank Lloyd Wright, American
Architect", organized by the museum and frank Lloyd Wright. It ran from
November 13, 1940 - January 5, 1941. Wright coined it “The
Show to End all Shows.” It included drawings, photostats photographs,
models and descriptive panels, and included...
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0531.112.1223 |
Circa
1940
|
Charles A. Brown Residence, Evanston, Illinois, Perspective Circa 1940 (1905
- S.110). Perspective view of the side and back of the Brown Residence
viewed from the Southwest. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1905. The
exterior walls of the house are board and batten, and extend up to the sills
of the second floor windows. The horizontal band of windows and stucco
surrounds all four side and extends to the roof line. The sills match the
light color of the stucco. The windows are trimmed in wood, and trim is also
used to as a design element between windows. Text lower left: "67398."
Photographed by Gilman Lane. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. 10 x
8 B&W photographs. |
0531.111.1023 |
1940
|
Canyon Hotel Lounge, Yellowstone National Park
(c) 37776. Copyright by Haynes Inc., Yellowstone Park, Wyoming. Photographed
by Frank J. Haynes. 4.75 x 3.75. Circa 1940. Original vintage photograph.
(Relates to Blair Residence)
For more information on the Blair
Residence see our Wright Study. |
0531.25.0909 |
1940
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James Charnley
Residence (1890 - S.009) 1940. View from the Northwest. Clipping on verso:
"This residence, located at 1365 Astor Street, in the heart of the Gold
Coast, was jointly designed by Louis Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright more
than 50 years ago. It is now owned and occupied by James B. Waller, member
of a pioneer Chicago family, former alderman and civic leader. (By a staff
photographer.) Stamped on verso: "Dec 6 1940". Original 10 x 8.25 B&W Print. |
0531.28.1011 |
1940
|
Crystal Heights,
Washington D.C. (1940 Project). Roy S. Thurman (left) and Frank Lloyd Wright
are seated at a table with drawings for Crystal Heights in Washington, D.C.
on September 25, 1940. Wright is gesturing with both hands as he describes
the project laid out on the table in front of him. To the right is a
reporter taking notes. 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. 10 x 8 B&W photograph. |
0531.49.1015 |
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 |
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.
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0531.51.1015 |
1940
|
Crystal Heights,
Washington D.C. (1940 Project). Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1940.
Ground level view of Crystal Heights in Washington, D.C. presented in
Washington D.C. on September 25, 1940. 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. 10 x 7 B&W photograph. |
0531.52.1015 |
1940
|
Crystal Heights,
Washington D.C. (1940 Project). Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1940.
Birds-eye view of Crystal Heights in Washington, D.C. presented in
Washington D.C. on September 25, 1940. This is the drawing in front of
Wright and Thurman (0531.49), and the drawing Wright
was pointing to in 0531.50. 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. 10 x 7 B&W
photograph. |
0531.53.1015 |
C
1940
|
E. Arthur Davenport Residence, River Forest, Illinois, Circa 1940 (1901 -
S.068). View of the Davenport Residence from the street. The lower portion
of the exterior of the house is board and batten construction, the upper,
lighter portion with cream colored plaster.
As originally designed in
A Small House With
Lots of Room In It (1901) the
Bradley (1900)
and Davenport houses, the projecting hip roof which runs
from the peak past the front of the house, is a prominent feature of the
house. During the 1931 renovation, the front porch was removed, the living
room's bay window facing the street was replaced with a rectangular
addition, and the roof which ran from the peak past the front of the house
was altered dramatically. The front door on the far left faces the street,
but is enclosed and obscured from the street by a partial wall topped with
square balusters. Once inside the enclosure, a stone step leads into the
main entry. Text lower left: "67485."
Photographed by Gilman Lane.
Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. 10 x 8 B&W
photograph. |
0531.110.1023 |
C 1940s-50s
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Charles Ennis
Residence, Los Angeles Circa 1940s-50s (1923 - S.217). Set of 10 35mm slides
of Ennis Residence. These slides appear to be taken near the end of
construction. Windows and curtains appear to be installed, but raw dirt
still covers hillside, and foundation has not been covered in front of
Dining Room. Exterior chain link fence enclosing the property has been
installed, construction material is still scattered around the landscape.
Photographs published in the November 1928 issue of
Creative Art shows hillside
and built-in planters in front of Dining Room covered in foliage. There is
only one hitch in dating these images circa 1924-1925. In image number 7,
there are trees on the 20-30 year old fir trees on the east slope of the
property. "Wright In Hollywood"
Sweeney...
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0531.73.0518 (1-10) |
C
1940-41
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A-I) E-Z Polish Factory Exterior
Views Circa 1940-41 (1905 - S.114). Set of nine B&W photographs of the E-Z
Polish Factory photographed by Gilman Lane, from the Gilman Lane Photograph
Collection, Oak Park Public Library. These would have been photographed on
two different occasions, the first was possibly when cars were parked in the
street (A-B), blocking the view, and on a return trip when the cars were
missing (C-I). The Oak Park Public Library dates these photographs
1935-1945. Image "F" with the couple in the lower right hand corner, was
published in "In The Nature of
Materials", Hitchcock, 1942, Plate 99. Gilman would have photographed
these prior to 1942. Hitchcock credits Lane for the photograph on page [xv].
Hitchcock writes...
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0531.76.0419 (1-8) |
C
1940s
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Fallingwater, Kaufman House, Bear
Run, Pennsylvania, Circa 1940 (S.230 - 1935). Designed by
Frank Lloyd Wright in 1935, the house is cantilevered over the
stream. Label pasted to face: "Wright. Kaufmann House -- 'Falling Water'
(sic), Bear Run, Pennsylvania. 1936." Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. |
0531.67.0117 |
1940
|
Florida Southern
College, Annie Pfeiffer Chapel, Lakeland, Florida, (1940), Sandborn, Dan
(Two sizes - 3.25x4.5 & 5x7) First of Wright buildings at the College.
Built in 1938. Published in "An
Autobiography, Frank Lloyd Wright" 1945, Faber & Faber London, Plate
71;
Architectural Concrete, 1942
Page 16. |
1946.01.1104
1950.01.0604 |
C 1940s
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Florida Southern College,
Lakeland, Florida, Billboard Circa 1940s (S.251-258 - 1938-). Billboard
advertising Florida Southern College, 1940's. Possibly two college students.
Hand written on verso: “a/c Vemon Anderson, Class 448 FRTC, Lake, Fla.” Text
on billboard: “Florida Southern College. Co-Educational. Accredited Liberal
Arts College... Formed 1885. Designed by Architect... Frank Lloyd Wright...
and... The George Innes Paintings. The... in an orange grove... Lake. Ludd
M. Spivey, President.” Original 3 x 4 B&W photograph. |
0531.128.0824 |
C
1940
|
Stephen A. Foster Cottage
& Stable, West Pullman, Chicago, Illinois, Circa 1940 (1900 - S.049-050)
(FLLW #0003.09). Perspective view of the Stephen A. Foster Cottage & Stable
from the Northwest. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1900, it was designed
the same year as the pre-Prairie Jessie Adams House, and the Bradley and
Hickox Prairie houses, and might be considered a transitions between the
two. Wright wrote on the plans, "Summer Cottage for Mr. Stephen A. Foster.
January 1900." The entrance does not face the street, Harvard Avenue, but
faces the driveway. Grant Manson wrote: "...there was a brief period in the
months just after the opening of the twentieth century when Wright designed
some houses with undisguised Japanese details. They belong neither to the
transitional period nor to that which followed; they are sports, in a class
by themselves, but very revealing. The major design of the group is the
house and barn for Judge Foster built in 1900 on a prairie in the remote
regions of southwestern Chicago then known as West Pullman. The buildings
have Japanese roofs, with rising ridgepoles and flaring eaves, and there is
a little wooden torii through which one enters the grounds." Frank Lloyd
Wright to 1910, 1958, p.95-97. Photographed by Gilman Lane. Text lower left:
"67367." 10 x 8 B&W photograph. |
0531.93.0622 |
C 1940
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William G. Fricke Home, C
1940 (1901 S.058). Viewed from the Northwest, photographed during the
Summer. Landscape is mature and in full bloom. The North elevation is
dominated by the soaring height of the three story tower and tall vertical
windows. Triangular bay windows are projecting between two entrances to the
home, and enclose the Reception Room. Both Entrances lead to the main Hall,
which feeds the Dining Living and Reception Rooms. The Kitchen is down a
hallway. Like the Thomas Residence,
also 1901 and in Oak Park, it is an all-stucco exterior. But unlike the
Thomas Residence which is considered Frank Lloyd Wright's first fully
developed prairie styled house in Oak Park, it includes elements of Wright's
transitional designs. Like the
Rollin Furbeck Residence (1897), it includes elements of
Wright's transitional period. Broad overhanging eves, corners are turned at
a 45 degree angle, it includes a massive central tower, there are
rectangular square windows with columns and it is more vertical than
Wright's prairie styled horizontal designs. It is also a three story home.
Where the Rollin columns were round, these are closer to the appearance of
the square Thomas columns. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Photographed by Gilman Lane. 10 x 8 B&W photograph. |
0531.65.1116 |
C 1940-49
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Rollin Furbeck Residence
circa 1940-49 (1897 - S.044). Viewed from across the street. The Furbeck
Residence is Wright's first home to include large picture windows in the
Living Room (visible) and Dining Room. Two major changes are visible since
the home was originally built. The Porte Cochere on the far left side of the
home in the back has been enclosed and the driveway leading up to it had
been removed. The second visible change is the low exposed walls leading up
to the front porch have been removed. Photographed during the winter by
John
Gordon Replinger, most likely before he
published his book on the Prairie School in 1951. 10 x 8 B&W photographs.
Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. |
0531.63.1016 |
C
1940
|
A. D.
German Warehouse, Richland Center, Wisconsin, Circa 1940 (1915 - S.183).
Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1915 as a brick and concrete building, it
was capped by a pattered block on the fourth floor. Albert Delvino German was a
successful commodity wholesaler. But as costs escalated, construction was
halted in 1921. German lost the building in 1932 due to unpaid taxes and
bankruptcy, purchased it back in 1935, but lost it again in 1937. Published
in In The Nature of Materials,
Hitchcock, 1942, plate 203, caption: "Finer than the patterned blocks of the
Midway Gardens are those of this Warehouse. They face the top storey which
was for cold storage." Photographed by Gilman Lane. Note the two horse draw
plows, lower left. There is a sign by the front door: "Richland Fruit Co.
Office." Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. |
0531.57.0216 |
C 1940
|
A. D. German Warehouse, Richland Center, Wisconsin,
Circa 1940 (1915 - S.183). Pedro Guerrero spent a year with Frank Lloyd
Wright and the Taliesin Fellowship from May 1940 to May 1941, and the summer
of 1940 at Taliesin. According to Picturing Wright, he visited Taliesin
Spring Green again in 1947-48 and 1952-53. Judging from vehicle in the
bottom left corner it would appear that image was photographed in 1940. An
old-styled street lamp is visible on the far left, and a "Gas pump" is
visible left of center in the foreground. Note the male peaking in the
window of the warehouse. Photographed by Pedro Guerrero. 8 x 9.25 B&W
photograph. |
0531.66.0117 |
C 1940
|
Mrs. George E. Gerts Summer Cottage, Whitehall, Michigan, Circa
1935-1945 (1902 - S.077). View of the Southwest corner of the Mrs. George E.
Gerts Summer Cottage from the Northwest. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in
1902. As the cottage was designed, it only had 1,026 square feet, not
including the two porches. It did not have a second floor, and in fact, as
designed, the area today that is two floors was not part of the original
design. By 1907, when it was photographed for the March 1908 Architectural
Record, an elongated addition appears to be at the "front" of the house,
either an addition or separate building. But this appears to be altered
again when Gilman Lane photographed this house. This image shows a two story
addition, much like it appears today. Text lower left: "67505." Courtesy of
the Art Institute of Chicago. (Note: In the collection at the Art Institute
of Chicago, there is a second photograph identified as the George Gerts
Double House, Gilman Lane #67504. It has been misidentified, and is actually
the Gale Cottage 1, 1909 - S.088.1.) 8 x 10 B&W photograph. |
0531.94.0822 |
C 1940
|
Peter Goan Residence, La Grange, Illinois Circa 1940 (1893 - S.029). View of
the Goan Residence from the Southeast. Most importantly shown in this
photograph is the covered front porch. Original plans show a covered porch
running the full length of the front of the house. Balustrades were in line
with the sills of the upper windows. Balustrades also enclosed the lower
portion of the porch. The two corner posts were decorative. Drawings
indicated a carved wood base "not included in this contract." They were
capped in the drawings with "turned wood balls." These appear to be missing.
Two additional porch columns were capped with "Carved Capitals." The two
attic dormers were not present on the original drawings, as were the
vertical slats seen between the upper windows, breaking the flow of the
upper horizontal band. The design of the this house was altered with the
removal of the porch at a later date. Bottom left hand corner: "67428."
Photographed by Gilman Lane. 10 x 8 B&W photograph. |
0531.81.1019 |
C 1940
|
Harry C. Goodrich Residence, Oak Park, Illinois, Circa 1940 (1896 - S.042).
View of the Goodrich Residence from the West. Photographed by Gilman Lane. A
dormer has been added to the third floor. It also appears that the shingles
on the roof have been replaced with 3-tab. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in
1896. The house has a nearly square footprint, with an off-centered front
and back porch. It is two-stories, with a high-pitched roof which flares at
the base of all four sides. The roof was originally covered with shingles,
as are the two sides above the eves. Horizontal clapboard covers the lower
two-thirds of the exterior and extends upward to the sills of the second
story windows which are just beneath the eves. The second story windows are
set within a horizontal band, lighter colored, possibly stucco. The bay
window which continues from the first to second floor, is centered on the
front elevation. Corners and columns have a vertical rectangular design
element with a diamond centered in each. The roof flare is repeated in the
exterior base trim. Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer indicated that there were no
drawings that survived in the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives, Wright 1885-1916,
P.73. But he also indicated that Wright resurrected earlier unrealized
plans, originally prepared for a Charles E. Roberts...
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0531.98.0323 |
C 1940
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A. W. Gridley Residence Circa 1940 (1906 - S.121) Batavia. Viewed from the
Southeast. The covered porch is on the far left, the the Living Room and
Terrace in the center. Set on a large rural 2.3 acres lot in Batavia,
Illinois, it is on a corner lot, but set back from the street. A large
two-story house, there is a covered porch on the South side, with a
extensive terrace on the East. Its 5,000 square feet allows for six bedrooms
and three bath upstairs, which includes the servants bedroom and bath. A
perfect example of Wright's prairie styled houses. Low-pitched roof,
horizontal bands of trim and rows of casement windows. There are three Roman
brick fireplaces, two on the first floor and one on the second. Photographed
by Gilman Lane. 10 x 8 B&W photograph. |
0531.70.1217 |
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A. W. Gridley Residence Circa 1940 (1906 - S.121) Batavia. Viewed from the
Northwest. On the first floor, the Study is on the far left. The Kitchen is
in the center, the Servants room is on the right. Built in 1906, the Mrs. A.
W. Gridley House was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, who named it Ravine
House, because of the gently sloping wild flower ravine on the south side of
the original 15-acre site. With a low - pitch hip roof, projecting eaves,
uninterrupted cedar trim and casement windows grouped into horizontal bands,
the 14-room stucco and wood house is an excellent example of Wright's
prairie style architecture. Wright's plan included a stucco wall surrounding
the front wing which was later removed and a barn that was never built.
Photographed by Gilman Lane. 10 x 8 B&W photograph. |
0531.71.1217 |
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Paul & Jean Hanna Residence, Honeycomb House, Stanford, California, Circa
1940 (1936 - S.235). View of the Hanna House from the West. Designed by
Frank Lloyd Wright in 1936. Text on sleeve: "Wright, F. L. - Hanna Ho. 4-10.
Ext., living room facade. Stanford, CA, USA. 1937. Wright, Frank Lloyd. U of
Virginia FAIC." Acquired from the archives of the University of Virginia.
35mm Color slide, sandwiched between glass, plastic mount. |
0531.89.0920 |
1940
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Hillside Home School, Taliesin Fellowship
Complex, 1940 (1932- - S.228). View from the Southwest. Ellen (Nell) and
Jane Lloyd Jones, Frank Lloyd Wright's aunts, formed the Hillside Home
School in 1887 and ran it until 1915 when it closed. Wright designed
Hillside Home School II in 1902, which was completed in 1903. (Plate X,
Ausgefuhrte Bauten.) It eventually became part of the Taliesin Fellowship
complex. When Wright began the Taliesin Fellowship in 1932, he began
restoring and remodeling the building. The building was constructed of light
rose colored sandstone, heavy oak beams and red roof tiles. The
gymnasium/theatre was on the left, two floors of classrooms and offices in
the center, and a three story assembly hall on the right. Photographed
during the winter. Label on verso: "Exterior of Hillside 1940." Original 10
x 8 B&W photograph.
(See progression of the Hillside
Home School / Taliesin Complex) |
0531.44.0514 |
1940s
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Hotel Geneva - 1940s (Published by L. L. Cook
Co., Milwaukee) "Beautiful Hotel Geneva, Lake Geneva, Wis. #B-1290".
Real Photo Post Card, Postmark 8/27/47. Would have been produced the same
time as
B-1287. 5.5 x 3.5. |
0531.03.0806 |
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A. P. Johnson Residence, Delavan Lake, Wisconsin,
Circa 1940 (1906 - S.087). View of the front of the A.P. Johnson Residence
from the West. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1906. It is the last of
five housed designed for the shores of Lake Delavan, the first four being:
Wallis (1900 - S.079), Jones (1900 - S.083), Spencer (1902 - S.081) and Ross
(1902 - S.082). The house is a two-story house with covered porches on
either side forming a cruciform. It appears that the porch on the left has
been enclosed. An open porch runs the full length of this of the house,
connecting both porches, with stairs in the center leading to the lawn
facing the lake. Four pilasters project from the surface of the house and
frame the first floor windows. The pilasters are rectangular. The long side
of the two outer pilasters face outward while the short side of the two
inner pilasters face outward. The pilasters project through the first floor
roof line to the sill line of the second floor, and are capped by a
horizontal row of windows. Text bottom left: "67438." Photographed by Gilman
Lane between 1935-1945. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. 10 x 8 B&W
photograph. |
0531.100.0323 |
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S.C. Johnson Headquarters Circa 1940 (1936 - S.237). Ground and floor plan
for the entrance and Great Workroom. Label on sleeve: "Arch. USA Wright,
F.L. Johnson Wax Admin. Bldg. Racine, Wisc. 1936-7." Enclosed in glass.
Original 35mm Color slide and 5 x 8 high res digital image.
|
0531.77.0918 (1-2) |
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Herbert F. Johnson Residence, Wingspread (1937 -
S.239), Circa 1940. During construction of the SC Johnson & Son
Administration Building (1936 - S.237), H.F. Johnson commissioned Frank
Lloyd Wright to design his expansive home in Wind Point, Wisconsin. This
model of Wingspread was constructed during the summer of 1940, by the
Taliesin apprentices for the exhibition "Frank Lloyd Wright: American
Architect" held at The Museum of Modern Art (MOMA), November 12, 1940 -
January 5, 1941. See "The
Show to End all Shows", 2004. Original 11 x 14 B&W photograph. |
0531.41.0713 |
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1) Francis W. and Mary Little Residence I, Peoria, Illinois, Circa 1940
(1902 - S.070). Exterior viewed from the South. The Living Room is on the
far left, Entrance in the center, and Covered Porch to the right. 1505 W.
Moss, Peoria. Francis Little was an attorney and owner of a utility company
in Peoria, Illinois. He hired his friend, Frank Lloyd Wright to design his
home in Peoria. He retained Wright again that year to add a Stable to the
home. In 1908 they sold the home and moved to Minnesota where they hired
Wright a second time to build a second home, “Northome”. Construction was
delayed due to Wright’s departure for Europe. Their Peoria home was
purchased by Robert and Cora Clark. In 1930, it was purchased by Charles and
Laura Hill Buehler. Photographed by Gilman Lane. Courtesy of the Art
Institute of Chicago. Text lower left: “67477.” Original 9.5 x 7.25 B&W
photograph. |
0531.31.0212 |
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2) Francis W. and Mary Little Residence I, Peoria, Illinois, Circa 1940
(1902 - S.070). Exterior viewed from the West. The pantry is on the far
left, the kitchen in the center, and the Living Room is on the right. The
Master Bedroom, situated over the Living Room, leads out to an open Balcony.
1505 W. Moss, Peoria. Francis Little was an attorney and owner of a utility
company in Peoria, Illinois. He hired his friend, Frank Lloyd Wright to
design his home in Peoria. He retained Wright again that year to add a
Stable to the home. In 1908 they sold the home and moved to Minnesota where
they hired Wright a second time to build a second home, “Northome”.
Construction was delayed due to Wright’s departure for Europe. Their Peoria
home was purchased by Robert and Cora Clark. In 1930, it was purchased by
Charles and Laura Hill Buehler. Photographed by Gilman Lane. Courtesy of the
Art Institute of Chicago. Text lower left: “67478.” Original 9.25 x 7.5 B&W
photograph. |
0531.32.0212 |
1940
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Charles L. Manson House, Wausau, Wisconsin, 1940
(1938 - S.249). View of the Manson Residence under construction from the
Southwest. In 1940 Frank Lloyd Wright sent Pedro Guerrero on a road trip to
photograph the Jacobs I, Pew and Schwartz houses and to document the
progress of the Manson house. As he recounts in
Picturing Wright,
at the Wausau city limits, he was arrested "for speeding." He was 23 years
old. They held him overnight in an unlocked cell, and he was able to wander
in an out of the cell. "After many changes of the guards someone came on
duty who asked me what I was doing in Wausau. I told him I was there to
photograph a house under construction. Who's house? I told him. As luck
would have it, Mr. Manson was among other things a police commissioner. "Why
didn't you say so?" Ask my interrogator. "You could have saved us all a lot
of trouble and probably, now, a lot of embarrassment." So it was
Commissioner Manson, then? Well, no one had told me, and no one had asked
me..." Picturing Wright, Guerrero, 1994, p.95-97. This photograph published
on page 79. Photographed by Pedro Guerrero. 10 x 7 B&W photograph. |
0531.92.0422 |
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William Everett Martin Residence (1902 - S.061),
circa 1940, viewed from East Avenue. William Everett Martin was born in
Bouckville, New York in 1863. He moved to Chicago in 1882 and formed Martin
& Barton with his brother-in-law George F. Barton (1903 - S.103) which
manufactured stove polish. In 1895, Darwin bought out George and moved him
to the Larking Company in Buffalo, thus established a partnership with his
brother William creating Martin & Martin, Inc. They manufactured polish
under the brand E-Z polish for both stoves and shoes. William Martin first
met Frank Lloyd Wright in late 1902 when he was searching for an architect
to build his home in Oak Park, Illinois. Darwin D. Martin was so impressed
with Wright and his brother's home that he commissioned Wright to the design
the Larkin Company Administration Building (1903 - S.093) and his own home
(1904 - S.100). William Martin would commission Wright again in 1909 to
design a Pergola. Photographed by Gilman Lane. Courtesy of The Art Institute
of Chicago, Ryerson & Burnham Archives. Original 9 x 7 B&W photograph. |
0531.34.0512 |
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Meyer S. May Residence Circa 1940 (1908 -
S.148). Viewed from the South. The Living Room is on the left and the
covered Veranda in the center of the first level. The Dining Room is to the
right of the Veranda and Kitchen to the right. The addition from 1922 can be
seen on the far right. Designed by architects Osgood & Osgood, the addition
enclosed the Kitchen Veranda on the east side and adding servants quarters.
Two bedrooms were added to the second floor. Bedrooms are on the second
floor. Meyer S. May was married to Sophie Amberg. She past away on December
10, 1917 at the age of 38. He was a prominent clothier in Grand Rapids with
A. Meyer & Sons, becoming president in 1906 of the clothing store started by
his father, Abraham Meyer. He was also President of the Michigan Retail
Clothiers" Association, and involved in the National Association. He was
also an original officer of the Pantlind Hotel in Grand Rapids, "one of the
finest to be found in the Mid West". He was a Vice President of the Grand
Rapids Anti-Tuberculosis Society. Meyer S. May past away on November 7, 1936
at the age of 65. Photographed by Gilman Lane circa 1940. Published in
"In The Nature of Material",
Hitchcock, 1942, Plate 162. Original 8.75 x 7 B&W photograph. Courtesy of
The Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson & Burnham Archives. |
0531.35.0612 |
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Meyer S. May Residence Circa 1940 (1908 -
S.148). Viewed from the South. The Living Room is on the lower level. On the
second level, the Master Bedroom in on the left, with the "Morning Room"
(Sitting Room) to the right. Meyer S. May was married to Sophie Amberg. She
past away on December 10, 1917 at the age of 38. He was a prominent clothier
in Grand Rapids with A. Meyer & Sons, becoming president in 1906 of the
clothing store started by his father, Abraham Meyer. He was also President
of the Michigan Retail Clothiers" Association, and involved in the National
Association. He was also an original officer of the Pantlind Hotel in Grand
Rapids, "one of the finest to be found in the Mid West". He was a Vice
President of the Grand Rapids Anti-Tuberculosis Society. Meyer S. May past
away on November 7, 1936 at the age of 65. Photographed by Gilman Lane circa
1940, at the same time as #531.35. Original 8.75 x 7 B&W photograph.
Courtesy of The Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson & Burnham Archives. |
0531.36.0612 |
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1940
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Nathan G. Moore Residence (1895/1923 - S.034)
Circa 1940. View after reconstruction. Originally designed in 1895, the home
was destroyed by fire in 1922. It was redesigned by Wright in 1923. 333
Forest Avenue, Oak Park. Viewed from the Southwest, the porch is in the
foreground. Photographed by Gilman Lane. Courtesy of the Art Institute of
Chicago. Original 8 x 8 B&W photograph. |
0531.29.0112 |
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1940
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Nathan G. Moore Residence (1895/1923 - S.034)
Circa 1940. View after reconstruction. Originally designed in 1895, the home
was destroyed by fire in 1922. It was redesigned by Wright in 1923. 333
Forest Avenue, Oak Park. Viewed from the North, across the street on Forest
Avenue. Photographed by Gilman Lane. Courtesy of the Art Institute of
Chicago. Original 9 x 6.75 B&W photograph. |
0531.30.0112 |
1940
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John Nesbitt House "Sea Garden," Carmel, California Interior Perspective
1940 (Project 1940 - FLLW #4031). Photograph of original drawing in the
Frank Lloyd Wright Archives. Perspective view of the Great Hall for the
John Nesbitt House designed by
Frank Lloyd Wright in 1940, FLLW #4017.09. Pfeiffer describes it as "one of
the most lavish, most elegant houses he created during the last thirty years
of his life" Treasures of Taliesin, 1985. Elaborate plans were drawn up for
the 5,000 square foot ocean front home, but they were never executed.
Nesbitt purchased the Ennis House and then
commissioned Wright to remodel it in 1941. Published in
Frank Lloyd Wright,
1917-1942, Pfeiffer, 2010, p.429. Original 10 x 8 B&W
photograph. |
0531.83.1219 |
1940
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Arch Oboler (Eaglefeather) a project in 1940.
Arch Oboler, a writer, radio personality, director and producer,
commissioned Frank Lloyd Wright to design a home in 1940, named Eaglefeather
by Wright. Although the Gatehouse and Retreat were built, Eaglefeather
remained a project. Text on face: "Eaglefeather. For Mr. And Mrs. Arch
Oboler, Los Angeles. Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect." Photograph of Wright's
original drawing. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. |
0531.45.0514 |
1940
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Pope-Leighey House during construction, 1940,
set of seven historic photographs. This set of seven photographs of the
Pope-Leighey House were taken during construction by Loren Pope in 1940.
Preliminary sketches were completed in October 1939. Construction began in
May 1940, with Taliesin apprentice Gordon Chadwick overseeing the project.
The house was completed during the early part of 1941. Photographed by Loren
Pope. 10 x 8 B&W photographs. Courtesy of the William Edmund Barrett
collection. For more information see our Wright
Study on the Pope-Leighey House.
|
0531.47.0815 1-7 |
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Andrew Porter Residence, Tanyderi, Spring Green, Wisconsin Circa 1940
(1907 - S.134). View of the entrance to the Porter Residence from the
Southwest. Tanyderi, translates "Under the Oaks" in Welch. Designed by Frank
Lloyd Wright in 1907 for his sister and brother-in-law Jane and Andrew T.
Porter. He designed the house when Andrew Porter became headmaster of
Hillside Home School. Mrs. Jane Porter taught voice and gave piano lessons.
The Porter Residence preceded Taliesin by six years and was built on one of
the higher hills at Taliesin, just beneath Romeo and Juliet. The home's
floor plan is based on Wright's "Fireproof House for $5,000" published in Ladies Home Journal in 1907. It is square with an extension off
the front, enclosing the stairway, and creating a balcony above it on the
second floor. The roof is covered in shingles, as are the exterior sides.
The horizontal battens are cypress. The foundation is sandstone and
limestone with concrete caps. Photographed by Gilman Lane. Courtesy of the
Art Institute of Chicago. 9 x 8" B&W photograph. |
0531.97.0123 |
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River Forest Tennis Club, Circa 1940 (1906 -
S.119). Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1906, photographs published in "Frank
Lloyd Wright, Ausgefuhrte Bauten" and "Frank
Lloyd Wright, Chicago" 1911, show the building in its original
design. In 1920, the building was moved and enlarged. This appears to be
after the move. The center Ballroom section which includes three fireplaces,
has been added to. The Terrace, which originally hugged the original
building has also been moved further away from it's original position and
now hugs the addition. Eventually additions were added to either end,
forming a "U" shape, adding to the Men's and women's dressing rooms. Three
large lanterns are visible, possible with the Club's logo that Wright
designed. One on a pedestal to the left by the entrance. The second close to
the right corner, and the third at the stairs leading up to the Terrace.
Photographed by Gilman Lane. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. (See additional
information on the River Forest Tennis Club:
PhRtS170.htm, PhRtS170rftc.htm) |
0531.55.0116 |
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River Forest Tennis Club, Circa 1940 (1906 -
S.119). View of the Terrace and extended Ballroom. Designed by Frank Lloyd
Wright in 1906, photographs published in "Frank
Lloyd Wright, Ausgefuhrte Bauten" and "Frank
Lloyd Wright, Chicago" 1911, show the building in its original
design. In 1920, the building was moved and enlarged. This appears to be
after the move. The center Ballroom section which includes three fireplaces,
has been added to. The Terrace, which originally hugged the original
building has also been moved further away from it's original position and
now hugs the addition. Eventually additions were added to either end,
forming a "U" shape, adding to the Men's and women's dressing rooms. Two
large lanterns are visible on either end of the Terrace, possible with the
Club's logo that Wright designed. Photographed by Gilman Lane. 10 x 8 B&W
photograph. (See additional information on the River Forest Tennis Club:
PhRtS170.htm,
PhRtS170rftc.htm) |
0531.56.0116 |
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River Forest Tennis Club, Circa 1940
(1906 - S.119). View of the Terrace and extended Ballroom from the East.
Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1906. Photographs published in "Frank
Lloyd Wright, Ausgefuhrte Bauten" and "Frank
Lloyd Wright, Chicago" 1911, show the
building in its original design. In 1920, the building was moved and
enlarged. This appears to be after the move. The center Ballroom section
which includes three fireplaces, has been added to. The original Club House
had seven sets of double doors. It now appears to have fourteen. Two large
lanterns are visible on either end of the Terrace. The are two banner poles
on either end of the terrace above the roof. Photographed by Gilman Lane. 10
x 6.5 B&W photograph. |
0531.90.0216 |
C 1940
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Hollis R. Root Residence, Glencoe, Illinois, Circa
1935-1945 (1915 - S.189). View of the Root Residence from the East. The
porch on the left appears to be screened in. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright
in 1915, for Sherman Booth, Wright’s attorney and close friend. The Root
Residence was one of five houses designed for the Sherman Booth's Ravine
Bluffs Development. Wright designed five spec houses for Booth’s Ravine
Bluffs Development: Perry (1915 - S.188); Root (1915 - S.189); Kier (1915 -
S.190); Ross (1915 - S.191) and Kissam (1915 - S.192).
A square plan,
refined from the Fireproof House Wright designed in1907 for the April issue
of The Ladies’ Home Journal. The first floor includes the kitchen, Dining
Room and a large Living Room, with a centrally located fireplace. The
upstairs has three bedrooms, one bath and a Sleeping porch. Built as a spec
house, it was named for the first owner of the house, Root, not Sherman
Booth who commissioned the house. The Root House was built on Lot #22,
Ravine Bluffs. The exterior was finished in stucco and wood trim. A basement
included space for the heater, laundry and storage. The Perry and Root are
similar... Continue... |
0531.125.0617 |
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Scoville Park Fountain, Oak Park (1903 S.094)
Circa 1940. Originally constructed in 1909. Photographed by Grant Manson
between1937 and 1941 while he was researching for his dissertation which
later became the book titled "Frank Lloyd
Wright to 1910". The photographs were not used in the book, but are
a good record of the condition of the fountain around 1940. It shows the
extreme deterioration after just thirty years. When comparing this image
with Gilman Lane's, there are slight changes. The hedge on he other side of
the iron fence has filled out. The loose rocks that appeared in Lane's
between the curb and fountain have been removed and filled in. The only
other visible change is the extreme deterioration. 7.6 x 4.75 Print. High
res digital image. |
0531.26.0310 |
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George W. Smith Residence, Oak Park, Illinois, Circa 1940 (1896 -
S.045). View of the George W. Smith Residence from the Southwest. Although
plans did not survive for the George W. Smith Residence, it is generally
accepted that Wright used plans designed for the
Charles Roberts Ridgeland
Development, 1896, an unrealized project. Plans
do exist in the Archives for the Ridgeland Development, and Wright did
design a number of homes, but in scouring the archives, the George Smith
Residence has a few similarities, but nothing as conclusive as can be said
for the Goodrich Residence which is clearly one of the homes designed for
Ridgeland. There are many
similarities to the Ridgeland Development. Steeply pitched, double-sloped
roofs, shingle siding, diamond-shaped leaded glass, broad, overhanging
eaves, hidden entrance, to name a few. The Smith House is a variation of
many plans, but not one in particular.
A clue that ties the Smith Residence to the Ridgeland plans can be found in
The
Architectural Review, June 1900. On the lower left side
of page 66, there are three postage size floor plans, each measuring
approximately .75" x .75", for the Ridgeland Development. The description
reads: "At the bottom are the germ plans for a block of low cost houses for
C. E. Roberts... Continue... |
0531.106.0623 |
1940
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Clarence W. Sondern Residence, Kansas City, Missouri,
Millwork Details, Sheet 4, 1940 (1939 -
S.279). Millwork plans for the Clarence W. Sondern Residence. Details
include: Reflected Ceiling Plan, Master Bedroom Dressing Table, Library
Table, Sectional Table, Detail of Perforated Board, Dining Chair, Hassocks,
Upholstered Seats, Plan of Workspace, Linen Cabinet, Standard Bed, Bedside
Tables, Typical Wardrobe. Text for Sectional Tables: 2'-0" x 2'-6" x 1"
Plywood. Top Mitered All Around To 1 3/8" Edge. 2'-3 3/4" (Tall). Legs of
table are staggered with a crosspiece between. "Sectional Table (4 Like
This). Lower Text: "House for C. W, Sondern, Kansas City, Mo. Frank Lloyd
Wright Architect. Revised April 15, 1940." Hand written lower left: "4014.07." Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives, Avery Library. 8 x
10 B&W photograph. |
0531.101.0423 |
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1) Clarence W. Sondern Residence during
construction, circa 1939-40 (1939 - S.279). Clarence Sondern, was a
laboratory director for a chemical company in Kansas City. The Sondern house
was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright as a Usonian home in 1939. John (Jack)
Howe was the apprentice that supervised the construction. Viewed from the
Southwest, the Living Room is on the left, Dining Room on the right. Brick
work is completed, work has begun on the roof. Courtesy of the Nelson-Atkins
Museum and the Roanoke Protective Homes Association. 10 x 7 B&W photograph.
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0531.48.0915 1-5 |
1940
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6) Clarence W. Sondern Residence Dining Room
after completion, 1940 (1939 - S.279). Clarence Sondern, was a laboratory
director for a chemical company in Kansas City. The Sondern house was
designed by Frank Lloyd Wright as a Usonian home in 1939. John (Jack) Howe
was the apprentice that supervised the construction. Viewed from the North,
the Dining Room table is built-in. The Workspace (Kitchen) is entered on the
right side of the table. Floor to ceiling doors open outward. Wright
designed the Dining Room chairs and table. 8 x 8 B&W photograph.
See additional Wright designed chairs. |
0531.48.0915 -6 |
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Oscar Steffens Residence (1909 - S.153) Circa
1940. Viewed from the Northwest, across the street on Rogers Avenue. Street
lamp is missing it's lens. The exterior stucco has been freshly painted, as
has the trim. Storm windows have been added to the covered Porch and Living
Room. The front sidewalk that started at Rogers Avenue and passed in front
of the Living Room to the Entrance, has been removed and the front yard has
been paved. Restaurants must have a sign. but no care was taken to keep any
continuity with the design of the home. A smaller sign has been added to the
exterior wall to the right of the Living Room bay window. The landing at the
top of the stairs has been enclosed. Photographed by Grant Carpenter Manson.
Courtesy of Oak Park Public Library. Original 8 x 4.6 B&W print.
For more information see our Wright Study on
the Oscar Steffens Residence. |
0531.33.0512 |
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John Storer Residence, Circa 1940 (1923 - S.215). Viewed from the Southeast.
Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1923, the home was completed in 1924.
Published in "In The Nature of
Materials", Hitchcock, 1942, plate 255. Clipping pasted to verso:
"Looser and freer in design than "La Minitura," the house built for Dr. John
Storer in Los Angeles rises in a multiplane series of concrete block walls.
Constructed in 1923, most of it can be seen from the street." Stamped on
clipping: "Su Dec 12 1965." Stamped on verso: "1965 Nov 3." Original 10 x 8
B&W photograph. |
0531.80.0719 |
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George D Sturges House, Circa 1940 (1939 -
S.272). Viewed from the East, the Living Room is on the left, the two
bedrooms are in the center, the Bath is on the right. Constructed of brick
and redwood, the bottom portion of the cantilevered house and deck are
enclosed in redwood. The cantilevered deck is covered with a trellis. The
walls of the deck slant outward. Hitchcock credits this image to Guerrero.
Published in "In The Nature of
Materials," 1942, Hitchcock, Plate 379. 10 x 8 B&W photograph. |
0531.54.0216 |
C 1940
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George D. Sturges House, Los Angeles, CA, 1940 (1939 -
S.272). View of the Sturges Residence from the East. Designed by Frank Lloyd
Wright in 1939. Constructed of brick and redwood, the bottom portion of the
cantilevered house and deck are enclosed in redwood. The cantilevered deck
is covered with a trellis. The walls of the deck slant outward. Hitchcock
credits this image to Pedro Guerrero. Published in
In The Nature of
Materials, Hitchcock, 1942, Plate 379. Text on sleeve: "Wright,
F. L. - Sturges House. 4-1. Sturges House. Ext., northeast elevation.
Brentwood, CA, USA. 1939. Wright, Frank Lloyd. U of Virginia FAIC." Acquired
from the archives of the University of Virginia. 35mm Color slide,
sandwiched between glass, plastic mount. |
0531.88.0920 |
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Albert W. Sullivan Residence, Chicago, Illinois, Circa 1940 (1892 - S.019).
View of the front of the Albert Sullivan Residence. Designed in 1892 while
Frank Lloyd Wright worked for Louis Sullivan. Albert Sullivan , Louis"
brother, commissioned him to design a house for their mother. She past away
before it was completed and Louis Sullivan moved into the house when it was
completed, and lived there until 1896. Albert and his family then took up
residence there until 1914. The house was a collaboration between Sullivan
and Wright, but most scholars credit Wright with the design and Sullivan
with the floral designs. Sullivan was busy on commercial commissions and
delegated residential to Wright. The house was demolished in 1970. Text
bottom left: "67354." Photographed by Gilman Lane between 1935-1945.
Courtesy of Oak Park Public Library. 8 x 10 B&W photograph. |
0531.108.0823 |
1940
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Saturday afternoon picnic with the Wright's
1940. "Lunch was often held picnic fashion somewhere on the vast grounds. On
one Saturday in 1940, the entire fellowship and some guests gathered on the
hill below Taliesin to enjoy the summer's bounty." Photographed by Pedro
Guerrero. Published in "Pedro E.
Guerrero, A Photographer's Journey" 2007, Page 61. 6.5 x 10 B&W
photograph. |
0531.42.0214 |
1940
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Apprentice picnic 1940, Taliesin, Spring Green.
Photographed by Pedro E. Guerrero. "The daily picnics were expertly
organized. Once the food arrived at the site, everyone got into the spirit
of things. It was a relaxing informal break that was always welcome."
Female on the left possibly Kay (Schneider) Rattenbury and on the right with
his back to the camera is possibly Wes Peters. Published in "Picturing
Wright" Guerrero 1994, Page 88. Original 8 x 10 silver gelatin
photograph. |
0531.14.0207 |
1940
|
Taliesin Draughting Room, Spring Green, 1940. In
the foreground on the right is a model of Broadacre City. In the background
is a photograph of the Robie House and a model of St. Mark's in-the-Bouwerie.
Pedro Guerrero was an apprentice with Frank Lloyd Wright from May, 1940
until May 1941. According to "Picturing
Wright", Guerrero, 1994, Wright and the apprentices arrived in Spring
Green in May, 1940 after caravanning from Taliesin West. They would spend
summer and fall in Wisconsin, then head to Taliesin West, Scottsdale in as
the cold set in. Another view of the draughting room at Taliesin, page 91.
Photographed by Pedro Guerrero during the summer of 1940. 7 x 10 B&W
photograph. |
0531.46.0115 |
1940
|
Taliesin, Spring Green, 1940 (1925 - S.218). Frank Lloyd Wright looks over
the model of Wingspread, the home for Herbert Johnson, in the Hillside
Drafting Studio, Taliesin. The model was first shown at The Museum of Modern
Art, November 1940, "In the Nature of Materials, The Work of Frank Lloyd
Wright." In the background are Suntop Homes, S.C. Johnson Administration
Building, and in the background, the Jester House. Published in "The
Show To End All Shows," Reed and Kasizen, 2004, p.39. Also published in
"Wright on Exhibit," Smith, 2017,
page x. Hand written on verso: "Frank Lloyd Wright at Taliesin." Stamped on
verso: "Aug 4 1941." original 11 x 8.5 B&W photograph. |
0531.72.0218 |
1940
|
Taliesin circa 1940. Possibly the entrance to
Frank Lloyd Wright's residence and forecourt from the studio (Frank
Lloyd Wright Select Houses 2, Pfeiffer/Futagawa, page 38 after
remodel). In 1938 Wright designed a home for Charles
L. Manson, Wausau, Wisc. (S.249), one of Wright's uniquely designed
Usonian homes. On many occasions, Wright's clients were invited to
visit him, and this photograph was taken on one of those visits. In August
of 1940 Manson personally was invited to attend "The
Playhouse Program The Playhouse Program" August 11, 18, 25, 1940
(S2040.01). Original 8 x 10 silver gelatin photograph. |
0531.18.0607 |
1940
|
Taliesin West. Garden Room
interior, looking into the Cove. Photographed by Pedro E. Guerrero.
Published in "Picturing
Wright" Guerrero 1994, Page 44; "Frank
Lloyd Wright
Selected Houses 3" Pfeiffer 1989,
Page 44; "Frank Lloyd
Wright Quarterly" Winter 2005, Page 18. Original 10 x 8 silver gelatin
photograph. |
0531.11.0207 |
1940
|
Taliesin West. Garden Room
interior. Photographed by Pedro E. Guerrero. Similar view in "Picturing
Wright" Guerrero 1994, Page 45; "Frank
Lloyd Wright
Selected Houses 3" Pfeiffer 1989,
Page 41. Original 5 x 4 silver gelatin photograph. |
0531.13.0207 |
1940
|
Taliesin West. Looking toward the Kitchen from
the Workroom. Photographed by Pedro E. Guerrero. Original 7 x 5 silver
gelatin photograph. |
0531.12.0207 |
1940
|
Taliesin West Circa 1940 (1937 - S.241). View of Mr. Wright's office.
Possibly photographed by Pedro E. Guerrero. See "Pedro
E. Guerrero, A Photographer's Journey," p.50-51. Note shadows are very
similar. Five beams holding the roof were later reduced to four. The left
beam was removed, opening up an enclosed "courtyard." Also note the slats in
the roof between the beams. Cactus are planted to the right. The Cabaret
Theater (1949 and Music Pavilion (1956) are missing from the background.
Label pasted to face: "University of California, Berkeley. 20th Century,
United States. Frank Lloyd Wright. Taliesin West, 1938. Scottsdale, Arizona.
8183.1. Department of Architecture." Acquired from the archives of the
University of California, Berkeley. Mounted to 14 x 11 gray board. Original
9.25 x 7.5 B&W photograph. |
0531.74.1218 |
1940
|
Taliesin West, Scottsdale, Arizona, 1940 (1937 -
S.241). View of Mr. Wright’s office. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1937.
Five beams holding the roof were later reduced to four. The left beam was
removed, opening up an enclosed “courtyard.” Also note the slats in the roof
between the beams. Cactus are planted on the right, in the raised bed. The
Cabaret Theater (1949 and Music Pavilion (1956) are missing from the
background. The end of the drafting room can be seen in the foreground on
the right. Photographed by Russell Lee in May 1940. 12 x 8 B&W photograph.
|
0531.124.0424 (1-8) |
C 1940-49
|
Frank Wright Thomas Residence (1901 - S.067) Circa 1940s. Viewed from across
the street. Designed in 1901 by Frank Lloyd Wright. The Frank Thomas
Residence is considered to be Wright's first fully developed prairie styled
house in Oak Park. It is also the first house in Oak Park to be completely
designed in Stucco. Upon entering the archway, stairs lead up to the Terrace
and main living quarters on the second level. The Living Room is to the
left, Dining Room on the right. The Kitchen is strait ahead. A back stairway
leads to the bedrooms on the third floor. The ground floor was for the house
staff. Some of the design features included beaded molding and exquisite
leaded glass windows. This images was photographed by
John Gordon
Replinger
during the 1940s, and shows the stucco surface covered in
Shingles. In 1975, the stucco surface was restored. Courtesy of The Art
Institute of Chicago. 10 x 8 B&W photograph. |
0531.64.1116 |
C 1940
|
Chauncey L. Williams Residence, River Forest, Illinois, Circa 1940 (1895 -
S.033). In 1895 Chauncey Williams hired Frank Lloyd Wright to design a home
for him in Oak Park (now River Forest). Chauncey L. Williams Residence
viewed from the East. The octagonal Library is on the left, entrance is in
Viewed of the entrance from the street. A unique "arts & crafts" element
found only in the Williams home was a mound of boulders embedded on either
side of the entryway and along the foundation, extending to the back of the
house. According to Grant Manson "The boulders were gathered on summer
weekends by the Wrights, the Williamses and the Wallers from the bed of the
Des Plaines River... to symbolize the Illinois prairie's era of glaciation..."
The river was only about a block away. Dormers were remodeled in 1900. The
semi-circular portion of the front door is embellished with circular
designs. The semi-circular theme is also carried into the terrace in the
front of the house. Photographed by Gilman Lane. Text lower left hand
corner: "67482." 10 x 8 B&W photograph. |
0531.82.1019 |
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 |
1940s
|
(Wright in his 70s.)
See Real Photo Postcard. "Frank
Lloyd Wright, Taliesin, Spring Green, Wisconsin. 11195-F" Early 1940s at
Taliesin. Back: All rights reserved - The L. L. Cook Co., Milwaukee. 3.4 x
5.4. |
0531.21.1007 |
1940
|
Wright at 82. 1940. Portrait of Frank Lloyd
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.) Original 8.1 x 10 B&W photograph. |
0798.09.1109 |
1940/C1965
|
Wright at 73. 1940. 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. |
0531.109.0923 |
C 1940
|
Harrison P. Young Residence Additions and Remodel, Oak
Park (1895 - S.036) C 1940-1950. View of the hall outside the Reception
Room, viewed from the Living Room. The Oak Park Public Library attributes
this photograph to Grant Manson. Manson took photographs of Wright buildings
between 1937 and 1941 while researching for his doctoral dissertation titled
"Frank Lloyd Wright's Work Before 1910". Photographed by Grant Manson. 5 x 8
B&W photograph. Courtesy of the Oak Park Public Library. |
0531.59.0916 |
C 1940
|
Harrison P. Young Residence Additions and Remodel, Oak Park (1895 - S.036) C
1940-1950. View of the hall and the Reception Room, viewed from the Living
Room. The Oak Park Public Library attributes this photograph to Grant
Manson. Manson took photographs of Wright buildings between 1937 and 1941
while researching for his doctoral dissertation titled "Frank Lloyd Wright's
Work Before 1910". Photographed by Grant Manson. 5 x 8 B&W photograph.
Courtesy of the Oak Park Public Library. |
0531.60.0916 |
C 1940
|
Harrison P. Young Residence Additions and Remodel, Oak Park (1895 - S.036) C
1940-1950. View of the Living Room Fireplace. The Oak Park Public Library
attributes this photograph to Grant Manson. Manson took photographs of
Wright buildings between 1937 and 1941 while researching for his doctoral
dissertation titled "Frank Lloyd Wright's Work Before 1910". Photographed by
Grant Manson. 5 x 8 x 5 B&W photograph. Courtesy of the Oak Park Public
Library. |
0531.61.0916 |
1941 |
1941
|
Ennis - John Nesbitt "Sijistan," Remodeling of the Charles Ennis House Los
Angeles (1923 - S.217); (Project 1941 - FLLW #4119). Photograph of original
drawing in the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives. Perspective view of the Living
Room, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1941, FLLW #4019.02. In 1940, one
year earlier, Nesbitt commissioned Wright to design a home in Carmel,
California, which Wright named "Sea Garden." Pfeiffer describes it as "one
of the most lavish, most elegant houses he created during the last thirty
years of his life" Treasures of Taliesin, 1985. Elaborate plans were drawn
up for the 5,000 square foot ocean front home, but they were never executed.
Nesbitt purchased the Ennis House in 1941 and commissioned Wright to remodel
it. Text: "Sijistan For John D. Nesbitt." Published in
Frank Lloyd Wright,
1917-1942, Pfeiffer, 2010, p.454. Original 10 x 8 B&W
photograph. |
0571.20.1219 |
1941
|
Ennis - John Nesbitt "Sijistan," Remodeling of the Charles Ennis House Los
Angeles (1923 - S.217); (Project 1941 - FLLW #4119). Photograph of original
drawing in the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives. Perspective view of the Living
Room, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1941, FLLW #4019.02. Note: this
version of drawing S#571.20 has cropped about 25% of the right side of the
drawing. In 1940, one year earlier, Nesbitt commissioned Wright to design a
home in Carmel, California, which Wright named "Sea Garden." Pfeiffer
describes it as "one of the most lavish, most elegant houses he created
during the last thirty years of his life" Treasures of Taliesin, 1985.
Elaborate plans were drawn up for the 5,000 square foot ocean front home,
but they were never executed. Nesbitt purchased the Ennis House in 1941 and
commissioned Wright to remodel it. Text: "Sijistan For John D. Nesbitt."
Published in
Frank Lloyd Wright,
1917-1942, Pfeiffer, 2010, p.454. Original 10 x 8 B&W
photograph. |
0571.21.1219 |
1941
|
Ennis - John Nesbitt "Sijistan," Remodeling of the Charles Ennis House Los
Angeles (1923 - S.217); (Project 1941 - FLLW #4119). Photograph of original
drawing in the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives. Perspective view of the Dining
Room, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1941, FLLW #4019.01. In 1940, one
year earlier, Nesbitt commissioned Wright to design a home in Carmel,
California, which Wright named "Sea Garden." Pfeiffer describes it as "one
of the most lavish, most elegant houses he created during the last thirty
years of his life" Treasures of Taliesin, 1985. Elaborate plans were drawn
up for the 5,000 square foot ocean front home, but they were never executed.
Nesbitt purchased the Ennis House in 1941 and commissioned Wright to remodel
it. Text: "Sijistan For John D. Nesbitt." Published in
Frank Lloyd Wright,
1917-1942, Pfeiffer, 2010, p.455. Two original 10 x 8
B&W photograph. |
0571.22.1219 0571.23.1219 |
1941
|
Imperial Hotel (1915 - S.194) 1941. View of main
entrance across reflecting pool. Stamped on verso: "Tokyo, Japan", "Aug 27
1941" and "Mar 10 1967". The front and pool is heavily covered in ivy. Lilly
pads are going in the pool. Acquired from the archives of the Baltimore Sun.
Original 9.25 x 7 B&W photograph. |
0571.07.1013 |
1941
|
Imperial Hotel, Tokyo,
Japan, 1941 (1915 - S.194). View of main entrance across reflecting pool.
The front and pool is heavily covered in ivy. Lilly pads are going in the
pool. Text on face: "(NY4-AUG. 31) To Be MacArthur's Headquarters - This Is
a View of the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo. It Was Announced Today That General
Douglas MacArthur, Military Ruler of Japan, Soon Will Move His Headquarters
from Yokohama to the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo. (Kc60720fls) 1945." Although
the caption is dated 1945, the photograph was taken in 1941. Original 11 x
8.25 B&W photograph. |
0571.27.1023 |
1941
|
Imperial Hotel, Tokyo, Japan
1941 (1915 - S.194). View of main entrance across reflecting pool. The front
and pool is heavily covered in ivy. Lilly pads are going in the pool. Text
on face: "(NY17-Sept. 6) Tokyo Landmark Changes - A new Imperial Hotel, now
under construction in Tokyo, will rank as the largest in the Orient when
completed in 1970. The artist's conception, lower photo, shows the new
17-story, $55 million building. The original Imperial Hotel, top photo, was
designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and completed in 1923. The new and old
Imperials will have a total of 1,600 rooms. 1968." Stamped on verso: "Sep 10
1968. Houston Post Library." Although stamped "1968" the top photograph was
taken in 1941. Acquired from the archives of the Houston Post. Original 8 x
10 B&W photograph. |
0571.25.0122 |
1941
|
Arch Oboler Retreat for Mrs. Arch
Oboler, Malibu, CA, Perspective 1941, FLLW #4112 (1941 - S.276). Photograph
of original drawing in the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives. Perspective view of
the Retreat for Mrs. Arch Oboler, from below looking up, designed by Frank
Lloyd Wright in 1941. Arch Oboler, a writer, radio personality, director and
producer, commissioned Wright to design a house "Eaglefeather" in 1940, a
Gate Cottage and Stables in 1940, and this "Retreat" in 1941. Although the
Gate Cottage and Retreat were built, Eaglefeather remained a project.
Additional drawings published in
Frank Lloyd Wright,
1917-1942, Pfeiffer, 2010, p.455. Original 10 x 8 B&W
photograph. |
0571.24.1219 |
C
1941
|
Loren
B. Pope Residence (1939) - 8 x 10 Photo. Photographed by Hedrich-Blessing
(Ken & Bill Hedrich, Henry Blessing). This is the actual print that was
used for producing the photograph in "The Natural House" 1954 Frank Lloyd Wright
page 146. Also published in
May 1964 Architectural Forum page 7. Original 1954 gelatin silver
photo, by Hedrich-Blessing. |
0998.01.0706 |
Circa
1941
|
Suntop Homes Circa 1941 (1938 - S.248). Designed
for Otto Mallery, Tod Company, Armore, PA. It was originally entitled "The
Ardmore Experiment" by Wright. But when Otto Tod Mallery presents plans to
the Armore neighbors, they objected to an "Experiment" on their street.
Wright retitled it The Armore "Suntop Houses". Although delayed for a full
year, designed were finally approved (Architectural
Forum, August, 1939, pp142-3). The top level is a roof deck, for
"sunning", thus the name "Suntop." Although plans were drawn for four units,
only one was built. Construction began on May 1, 1939. Each unit had a
basement utility room, carport and two story living room on the first level.
The second level had the Dining Room and kitchen, with a balcony overlooking
the living room below, Master Bedroom with outside balcony, small bedroom or
nursery and bath. The third level had two bedrooms and the Sun Terrace. The
Carport is on the lower left, Master Bedroom balcony above it, the Living
Room is to the right. The Sun Terrace is above. Photographed by Edward Van
Altena. Acquired from and courtesy of The Art Institute of Chicago. 8.75 x 8
B&W photograph. |
0571.08.0314 |
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 |
Circa
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.
Original 4x 5 B&W photograph. |
0571.06.0913 |
1941
|
Walter L. Fisher Memorial Chapter House, Chi of
Sigma Chi (1941). "The Walter L. Fisher Memorial Chapter House, Chi of Sigma
Chi. Hanover, Indiana. Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect." Signed and dated
bottom right, May 20, 1941. Signed and dated top left, May 30, 1941. The
second fraternity House Frank Lloyd Wright designed was the Fisher Memorial
Chapter House in 1941. The first project for a fraternity house was in 1924,
for the Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity, University of Wisconsin. Both remained
projects. Wright chose to resurrect the Fisher design in 1952 when asked to
design a fraternity for Zeta Beta Tau. Although he modified elements of the
Zeta design, it remained very similar to the 1941 Fisher design. The same
basic footprint, three stories, a large Social Room, massive fireplace,
circular and rooftop terraces, Library, and the entrance near the back of
the fraternity house. 10 x 5 Color Photograph. Courtesy of Wright Auctions. |
0571.15.0915 |
1941
|
Walter L. Fisher Memorial Chapter House, Chi of
Sigma Chi (1941). Birds-eye view of the Walter L. Fisher Memorial Chapter
House, Chi of Sigma Chi. Hanover, Indiana. The second fraternity House Frank
Lloyd Wright designed was the Fisher Memorial Chapter House in 1941. The
first project for a fraternity house was in 1924, for the Phi Gamma Delta
Fraternity, University of Wisconsin. Both remained projects. Wright chose to
resurrect the Fisher design in 1952 when asked to design a fraternity for
Zeta Beta Tau. Although he modified elements of the Zeta design, it remained
very similar to the 1941 Fisher design. The same basic footprint, three
stories, a large Social Room, massive fireplace, circular and rooftop
terraces, Library, and the entrance near the back of the fraternity house.
10 x 5.5 Color Photograph. |
0571.16.0915 |
1942 |
1942
|
Gregor S. Affleck House, 1942 (1940 - S.274),
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Exterior, viewed from the Southwest. Designed by
Frank Lloyd Wright in 1940, the home was completed in 1941. The bedroom wing
is on the left, the lower door opens to the workshop and utilities in the
basement. Stairs just to the right of the door lead up to the Loggia, with
four sets of floor to ceiling doors, and balcony. The Living Room and
Balcony are cantilevered out over the ravine on the right. Photographed by
Joe Munroe in 1942. Munroe was a staff photographer at the Cranbrook Art
Museum, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, from 1941 to 1943. Published as part of
the photo essay in the October 1946 issue of
Progressive Architecture,
page 68. 10 x 8 B&W photograph. |
0593.07.0514 |
1942
|
Gregor S. Affleck House, 1942 (1940 - S.274),
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Light Screen Detail. Exterior, viewed from the
South. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1940, the home was completed in
1941. The master bedroom is on the left, the small cut light screen windows
are cut into the master bedroom wall. Photographed by Joe Munroe in 1942.
Munroe was a staff photographer at the Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield
Hills, Michigan, from 1941 to 1943. Published as part of the photo essay in
the October 1946 issue of
Progressive Architecture,
page 68. 10 x 8 B&W photograph. |
0593.08.0514 |
1942
|
Gregor S. Affleck House, 1942 (1940 - S.274),
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Interior view of Living Room from the North.
Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1940, the home was completed in 1941.
Floor to ceiling doors lead to the balcony. Wright designed Usonian chair
sets to the left side of the Living Room. The Living Room and Balcony are
cantilevered out over the ravine. Photographed by Joe Munroe in 1942. Munroe
was a staff photographer at the Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills,
Michigan, from 1941 to 1943. Published as part of the photo essay in the
October 1946 issue of
Progressive Architecture,
page 69. 10 x 7.25 B&W photograph. |
0593.09.0514 |
1942
|
Gregor S. Affleck House, circa 1942 (1940 -
S.274), Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Gregor and Elizabeth Affleck, interior
view of western corner of the Living Room. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in
1940, the home was completed in 1941. Gregor and Elizabeth sitting by the
fireplace (to the right of the camera, out of view). They have the January
1938 issue of Architectural Forum open to page 21. Possibly photographed by
Joe Munroe in 1942. Munroe was a staff photographer at the Cranbrook Art
Museum, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, from 1941 to 1943. 8 x 10 B&W
photograph. |
0593.10.0514 |
1942
|
Gregor S. Affleck House, circa 1942 (1940 -
S.274), Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Interior view of western corner of the
Living Room. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1940, the home was completed
in 1941. Details of the built-in shelves.. Possibly photographed by Joe
Munroe in 1942. Munroe was a staff photographer at the Cranbrook Art Museum,
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, from 1941 to 1943. 8 x 10 B&W photograph. |
0593.11.0514 |
1942
|
Gregor S. Affleck House, circa 1942 (1940 -
S.274), Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Interior view of the Living Room
fireplace, looking North toward the Workspace. Three cantilevered shelves
wrap around the corner, accordion doors separate the workspace from the
Dining Room. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1940, the home was completed
in 1941. Possibly photographed by Joe Munroe in 1942. Munroe was a staff
photographer at the Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, from
1941 to 1943. 8 x 10 B&W photograph. |
0593.12.0514 |
1942
|
Gregor S. Affleck House, 1942 (1940 - S.274),
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Interior view of Loggia looking Southwest. Floor
to ceiling doors open to the Balcony. Windows on the far right open to the
bedroom. Skylights flood the area with light. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright
in 1940, the home was completed in 1941. Photographed by Joe Munroe in 1942.
Munroe was a staff photographer at the Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield
Hills, Michigan, from 1941 to 1943. Published as part of the photo essay in
the October 1946 issue of
Progressive Architecture,
page 69. 7.75 x 10 B&W photograph. |
0593.13.0514 |
1942
|
Gregor S. Affleck House, 1942 (1940 - S.274),
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Interior view of gallery, looking from the
entryway toward the Master Bedroom at the end. The wall on the left, slopes
inward, is created by overlapping cypress boards. Built-in shelves
cantilever out from the wall, just below the windows that cap the wall on
the right. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1940, the home was completed in
1941. Photographed by Joe Munroe in 1942. Munroe was a staff photographer at
the Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, from 1941 to 1943.
Published as part of the photo essay in the October 1946 issue of
Progressive Architecture,
page 70. 7.5 x 10 B&W photograph. |
0593.14.0514 |
1942
|
Gregor S. Affleck House, 1942 (1940 - S.274),
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Interior view of Master Bedroom western corner.
Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1940, the home was completed in 1941.
Photographed by Joe Munroe in 1942. Munroe was a staff photographer at the
Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, from 1941 to 1943.
Published as part of the photo essay in the October 1946 issue of
Progressive Architecture,
page 70. 7.5 x 10 B&W photograph. |
0593.15.0514 |
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 |
C
1942
|
Chesley Reynolds Perry Circa 1942 (1915 - S.188).
Portrait of Chesley Reynolds Perry. Sherman Booth
built five spec houses in the Ravine Bluffs Development. Chelsey Perry
purchase the "Perry" Residence from Sherman Booth. The Frank Lloyd Wright
house was named after the first owner, not the builder.
Perry was a very successful businessman and considered the Father of the
International Rotary Club. A portrait and four-page bioraphy was published
in the March 1914 issue of The Rotarian.
“...Upon his return to civil life Chesley took unto himself a wife - Miss
Jessie Booth, daughter of Sherman M. Booth (Sr), one of the great
abolitionists of the ante-civil war days in the United States... Perry has
been a committeeman and officer in the usual run of social clubs and
societies. In fact everything he belongs to presents him with the
opportunity to do some work. He is a member of the Masonic Fraternity and
several Spanish War societies, of the Rotary Club of Chicago, Hamilton Club,
Columbia Yacht Club, Wawasee Golf Club, Chicago Library Club, Chicago
Advertising Association and of the Army and Navy Clubs of New York City and
Washington, D.C...” Photographer unknown. 4.5 x 6.5 B&W Photograph. |
0593.23.0624 |
1942
|
George D. Sturges Additions, Los Angeles, CA, Perspective 1942 (Project 1942
- FLLW #4113) (1939 - S.272). Photograph of original drawing in the Frank
Lloyd Wright Archives. A portion of the house and the Terrace are
cantilevered out over the hillside. Perspective for an addition to the
George D. Sturges House designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1942. The
two-story addition created a nursery, bedroom and bath. Additional
illustrations are published in
Frank Lloyd Wright,
1917-1942, Pfeiffer, 2010, p.478. Original 8 x 10 B&W
photograph. |
0593.21.1219 |
1942
|
Taliesin West 1942, (1937 - S.241). View of the
Frank Lloyd Wright's Office and Drafting
Room from the Northwest. The office is on the left, the Drafting Room on the
right. The twin poles attached to the end of both buildings are missing.
Photographed in 1942 by Bill Hedrich, Hedrich-Blessing. Number "18" of what
appears to be part of a set of at least 19 slides (bottom left hand corner).
35mm slide mounted in plastic sleeve and 11.5 x 8 high res B&W digital
photograph.
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0593.17.0517 (1-2) |
1943 |
1943
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Lucius M. Boomer, 1943 (1953 - S.261). Oscar
Tschirky's Golden Jubilee Dinner, March 15 1943. Left to right: Lucius
Boomer, Oscar Tschirky and Dr. Walter Damrosch. Courtesy of the Waldorf
Astoria. 10 x 8 B&W photograph.
For more information on the Boomer
Residence see our Wright Study. |
0595.05.1114 |
1943
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Hotel Geneva 1943. "Lake Geneva, Wis. From
Hotel Geneva. B-1287". Postmarked Aug. 12, 1943. Real Photo Post Card. 5.5
x 3.5. |
0595.02.0305 |
1944 |
1944
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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 |
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1944
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American System-Built Houses, Model C3 Interior, Circa
1915-1916 (1915-17 - S.200-204). Lower Photograph: Photograph of the
original perspective illustration for bungalow
Model C3 interior. In 1911,
Frank Lloyd Wright began work on a concept for precut, prefabricated housing
called the American System-Built Homes. In 1915, Wright partnered with
Arthur Richards and produced a line of prefabricated homes. Text on face:
"The Wright State. Frank Lloyd Wright in Wisconsin. September 11 - November
8, 1992. Milwaukee Art Museum... Perspective of Bungalow Living Room,
American System-Built Homes, Milwaukee, 1915-1916. Copyright 1984 The Frank
Lloyd Wright Archives." Text on face of illustration: "C3. American Model.
Frank Lloyd Wright Architect - Chicago." Text on illustration bottom right:
"Patent Applied For." Clipping pasted to verso: "Milwaukee Art Museum. The
photograph of Frank Lloyd Wright (above) in the Garden at Taliesin, Wis.,
taken Sept. 1, 1939, will be part of the museum's exhibit "Frank Lloyd
Wright in Wisconsin," Sept. 11 through Nov 8. Also on display will be a work
station (right) designed for the S. C. Johnson and Son Administration
Building in Racine." Stamped on clipping" FR Sep 4 - 1992." Upper
Photograph: S. C. Johnson Work Station, Desk and Office Chair, 1944. Text:
"Work Station (Desk and Chair), S.C. Johnson and Son Administration
Building, Racine, 1944. Courtesy S.C. Johnson and Son, Inc. Photo by P.
Richard Eells." Original 8 x 10 B&W photograph.
|
0128.66.1019 |
1944
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Gerald M. Loeb Residence,
Tenaya East, Redding, Connecticut, Aerial Perspective 1944 (Project 1944)
(FLLW #4511). Aerial perspective of the Gerald M. Loeb House, Redding,
Connecticut. In 1938, Frank Lloyd Wright designed the Ralph Jester home, but
construction costs forced Jester to forgo building the home. Wright revived
the design in 1944 for Gerald Loeb "Hilltop House." It too remained unbuilt.
The design was utilized again for the Dr. Paul V. Palmer Residence (1947) in
Phoenix, Arizona, but again, remained unbuilt. Large circular columns
supporting the roof, beginning at the carport, and in a long continuous
line, to the entrance of the house, continuing around the perimeter of the
living room, creating a pergola between the two. Off the corner of the of
the living room was a large circular terrace. Text: "Country Home for Gerald
M. Loeb. Tenaya East, Redding, Connecticut, Frank Lloyd Wright Architect."
Lower left: "4511.08." Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation
Archives, Avery Library. 10 x 5.75 B&W photograph. |
0605.06.0222 |
1944
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Gerald M. Loeb Residence,
Tenaya East, Redding, Connecticut, Perspective 1944 (Project 1944) (FLLW
#4511.12). Perspective view of the Gerald M. Loeb Residence from below.
Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1944. In 1938, Frank Lloyd Wright designed
the Ralph Jester home, but construction costs forced Jester to forgo
building the home. Wright revived the design in 1944 for Gerald Loeb
"Hilltop House." It too remained unbuilt. The design was utilized again for
the Dr. Paul V. Palmer Residence (1947) in Phoenix, Arizona, but again,
remained unbuilt. In 1955, Wright utilized design elements for the
Duey & Julia Wright
Residence, Scheme 1, Wausau, Wisconsin. Again, due to cost factors, it too
remained unbuilt. Large circular columns supporting the roof, beginning at
the carport, and in a long continuous line, to the entrance of the house,
continuing around the perimeter of the living room, creating a pergola
between the two. Off the corner of the of the living room was a large
circular terrace. Text: "Country Home for Gerald M. Loeb. Tenaya East,
Redding, Connecticut, Frank Lloyd Wright Architect." Lower left: "4511.12."
Lower Right: "FLLW... 44." Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation
Archives. 10 x 6 B&W photograph. |
0605.04.1221 |
1944
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Gerald M. Loeb Residence,
Tenaya East, Redding, Connecticut, General Plan 1944 (Project 1944) (FLLW
#4511.23). General Plan of the Gerald M. Loeb Residence. Designed by Frank
Lloyd Wright in 1944. In 1938, Frank Lloyd Wright designed the Ralph Jester
home, but construction costs forced Jester to forgo building the home.
Wright revived the design in 1944 for Gerald Loeb "Hilltop House." It too
remained unbuilt. The design was utilized again for the Dr. Paul V. Palmer
Residence (1947) in Phoenix, Arizona, but again, remained unbuilt. In 1955,
Wright utilized design elements for the Duey &
Julia Wright Residence, Scheme 1, Wausau, Wisconsin. Again, due to
cost factors, it too remained unbuilt. Large circular columns supporting the
roof, beginning at the carport, and in a long continuous line, to the
entrance of the house, continuing around the perimeter of the living room,
creating a pergola between the two. Off the corner of the of the living room
was a large circular terrace. Text: "Home for G. M. Loeb. Redding,
Connecticut, Frank Lloyd Wright Architect. General Plan. Sheet No. 3" Lower
left: "4511.23." Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation Archives. 10
x 7 B&W photograph. |
0605.05.1221 |
C 1944
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Wright at 77, Circa
1944. Portrait of Wright, seated, facing right, looking at camera. Original
11.75 x 16.5 B&W photograph.
Note: This photograph published
in Frank Lloyd Wright
American Architect for the Twentieth Century. Sommer, 1993, p.7
and dates the photograph 1944. |
0857.08.0113 |
C 1944
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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. |
0685.15.0515 |
1945 |
1945
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Aline Barnsdall Hollyhock House, Hollywood, CA, C 1945
(1917 - S.208). Not dated. Exterior view of the Barndall Residence from the
Northwest. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1917. Photographed by Wayne
Andrews, published in "Architecture in America," Andrews, 1960, p.132.
Mounted to dark gray board. Label pasted to board: "Arch. U.S.A. 20th
cent. Frank Lloyd Wright. Res. Aline Barnsdall, Hollywood, California
(1920). Wayne Andrews #489. Indiana University, Fine Arts Department."
Photographed by
Wayne Andrews. Acquired from the
archives of the Indiana University. Original 9.5 x 7.5 B&W Photograph.
|
0647.45.0920 |
1945
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Sidney and Louise Bazett House, Hillsborough, CA, Exterior View Circa 1945
(1939 - S.259). Photograph of the exterior view of the Living Room from the
Southwest. The sunken Terrace is on the left. A second Terrace is to the
right. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1939. The first completed house
using the hexagon "honeycomb" module was the Hanna House (1936 - S.235).
Wright also used the hexagon module in the design for Auldbrass Plantation
(1938 - S.261) and the Richardson House (1940 - SW.282). Text bottom left:
"73768." Photographed by
Wayne Andrews, #954. 10 x 8 B&W
photograph. |
0647.48.0621 |
1945
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Ennis Residence (1923 - S.217). John Nesbitt circa
1945. Newbit, (August 23, 1910 - August 10, 1960) was an actor, narrator,
announcer, film producer and screenwriter Nesbitt was best known as the
narrator of the MGM series Passing Parade. He was in Victoria, British
Columbia. The Passing Parade, was first broadcast in 1937 and ended in 1949.
He also was the host of the program So the Story Goes, which was syndicated
in 1945-1946. He has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In 1940,
Nesbitt commissioned Wright to design a home in Carmel, California, which
Wright named "Sea Garden." Pfeiffer describes it as "one of the most lavish,
most elegant houses he created during the last thirty years of his life"
Treasures of Taliesin,
1985. Elaborate plans were drawn up for the 5,000 square foot ocean front
home, but they were never executed. Nesbitt purchased the Ennis House and
then commissioned Wright to remodel it in 1941. Acquired from the Hal Roach
Studios, Hollywood, California. Original 8 x 10 B&W photograph. |
0647.30.1016 |
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1945-50
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E-Z Polish Factory Exterior Views Circa 1945-50 (1905 - S.114). Set of six
B&W photographs of the E-Z Polish Factory photographed by Grant Manson, from
the Grant Manson Photograph Collection, Oak Park Public Library. This set
appears to be taken at a later date then the Gilman Lane collection. The
water tower that appears on the Northwest corner was not in the Lane set,
but was in a much later photograph published in "Frank
Lloyd Wright Monograph 1902-1906," Pfeiffer, 1986, p.186 taken in the
early 1970s, which shows the windows bricked up, the building to the east
demolished and a second water tower above the center of the North elevation.
It also shows the original "E-Z" signage along the roof line and the "Martin
& Martin" sign above the 3005...
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0647.36.0419 (1-6) |
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1945 / 2019
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E-Z Polish Factory Entrance Gate Adapted from Grant Manson's Photograph of
the Entrance Circa 1945-50 (1905 - S.114). In two of the six Grant Manson
images, M-115 and M-119, the original "Gate" in the doorway is still visible
and uniquely Frank Lloyd Wright. Illustration is adapted from the Grant
Manson photographs by Douglas M. Steiner, Copyright 2019. |
0647.36.0419 (7) |
1945
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Guggenheim Museum Press
Conference 1945. On September 20, 1945, Frank Lloyd Wright (left), Hilla
Rebay and Solomon R Guggenheim (right) held a new conference at the Plaza
Hotel, to unveil the model for the new Guggenheim Museum. Wright believed
that the building represented "pure optimism." It would take another 15
years before the museum opened. Published in "The
Guggenheim" 2009, p.157. 8 x 10 B&W photograph. |
0647.24.0714 |
1945
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Guggenheim Museum Press
Conference 1945. On September 20, 1945, Frank Lloyd Wright (left), Hilla
Rebay and Solomon R Guggenheim (right) held a new conference at the Plaza
Hotel, to unveil the model for the new Guggenheim Museum. Wright believed
that the building represented "pure optimism." It would take another 15
years before the museum opened. Published in "Frank
Lloyd Wright In New York" 2007, p.96 and "The
Guggenheim Correspondence", Pfeiffer, 1986, p.77. 8 x 10 B&W photograph. |
0647.25.0714 |
1945
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Guggenheim Museum Press Conference 1945. On
September 20, 1945, Frank Lloyd Wright, Hilla Rebay and Solomon R Guggenheim
held a new conference at the Plaza Hotel, to unveil the model for the new
Guggenheim Museum. Wright believed that the building represented "pure
optimism." It would take another 15 years before the museum opened. Wright
is looking at the model. His arms are crossed holding his hat. his glasses
are in his left hand, cane is draped over his left arm. He is grasping the
model with his left hand. 8 x 10 B&W photograph. |
0647.26.0714 |
1945
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Guggenheim Museum Cross-section Model 1945.
Model sitting on table. Description on verso: "Wide World Photo Please
Credit. Spiral Art Gallery. New York - This cross-section shows the interior
of the spiral-shaped building designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for the Solomon
R. Guggenheim Museum of Non-Objective Painting, it will be erected on upper
Fifth Avenue. 9/21/45." Clipping on verso: "Sept 22, 1956. Below is Wright's
"architectural masterpiece" ... or is it an "oversized hot cross bun"? New
York made him redesign the structure..." Photographed at the same time as an
image in "The Guggenheim
Correspondence", Pfeiffer, 1986, page 77, and "The
Guggenheim", 2009, page 157. Possibly photographed by Margaret Carson.
Original silver gelatin 9 x 7 photo. Acquired from the archives of the
Chicago Sun-Times. |
0647.13.0310 |
1945
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Imperial Hotel, 1945. Photographed after the
end of the war, while the Americans occupied the Imperial Hotel. The
Imperial Hotel resumed normal business on April 1, 1952. Caption: "Imperial
Hotel for high ranking U.S. officers, Tokyo, Japan." (Two copies) 6 x 4.5. |
0647.03.0307 0647.18.0413 |
1945
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Imperial Hotel, Circa 1945. Pool, Entry and
Lobby. Photographed after the end of the war, while the Americans occupied
the Imperial Hotel. The Imperial Hotel resumed normal business on April 1,
1952. Possibly produced as a postcard, but it is not printed on the back. It
is the same size other RPPCs produced during that time period. It could
have possibly been part of a Souvenir Pack. |
0647.11.0109 |
1945
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Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1944-45 for
the "Ladies Home Journal", the Opus 497 "Glass House" Model and Plan was
published in the June 1945 issue. At first glance this image looks like a
detail of Broadacre City, but upon further study, it was discovered to be a
detail of the model built for the Ladies Home Journal in 1945. In January
1944, the LHJ began publishing new house designs by the country's
outstanding architects, "houses that point the way to better, less expensive
living after the war". This caught the attention of the Department of
Architecture and Industrial Design at the Museum of Modern Art. Seven of the
models created for the LHJ, were the focus for the exhibition "Tomorrow's
Small House: Models and Plans" held at MOMA from May 29 - September 30,
1945. Also included in the exhibition was a model of a row-house and a
neighborhood development. Originally created to enable color photographs to
be taken of the models for the magazine, the models were so complete and
detailed they made excellent displays. Detail of the entrance to the Opus
497 Model. Hand written on verso: "June 1945". Stamped on verso: "Acme
Newspictures Inc., New York City". Caption pasted to verso: "761381RO (3)
Detail: Wright House. Overhang at the entrance...
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For more information see our Wright Study on
Opus 497. |
0647.17.0912 |
1945
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Lloyd Lewis Residence Circa 1945 (1939 - S.265).
Exterior view of the Lloyd Lewis Residence. Designed in 1939, the upper
screened terrace cantilevers out over the Loggia below. Photographed by
Wayne Andrews, published in "Architecture,
Ambition and Americans" p.241, which was
first published in 1947. Label pasted to face: "University of California,
Berkeley. 20th Century - United States. Wright,
Frank Lloyd. Lloyd Lewis Residence. Libertyville, Illinois. 1940. Close-up.
Andrews 389. Department of Architecture." Acquired from the archives of the
University of California, Berkeley. Mounted to 14 x 11 gray board. Original
9 x 7.25 B&W print. |
0647.32.1218 |
1945
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V.C. Morris House "Seacliff," Scheme 1, San Francisco, CA, Perspective 1945
(Project 1945 - FLLW #4303). Photograph of original drawing in the Frank
Lloyd Wright Archives. Perspective view from sea level. Another view was
published in the January 1948 Architectural Forum, p.90-91, "This ocean
front house at San Francisco is planned for a cliff site dropping sheer
about 110 ft. from lot level to tide water. The Structure is earthquake
proof, built of reinforced steel and concrete. Concrete top slabs,
throughout, are waterproof and covered with 16 in. of top soil, planted to
grass, flowers, and shrubs. A house to the ocean, a garden to the
neighbors." Text: Pacific Dwellings for Mr. And Mrs. V. C. Morris, San
Francisco, Frank Lloyd Wright Architect." Published in
Frank Lloyd Wright,
1917-1942, Pfeiffer, 2009, p.72. Original 10 x 8 B&W
photograph. |
0647.38.1219 |
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1945
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George D. Sturges House, Circa 1945 (1939 -
S.272). Viewed from the Southwest, the Living Room and fireplace are located
on the Southern end of the home. The entrance is just to the right of the
fireplace mass, and is sheltered by the carport on the left. The large
fireplace mass adds a counterbalance to the cantilevered portion of the
house and deck. Constructed of brick and redwood, the bottom portion of the
cantilevered house and deck are enclosed in redwood. The cantilevered deck
is covered with a trellis. Photographed by
Wayne Andrews. Courtesy of the
Art Institute of Chicago. 10 x 8 B&W photograph. |
0647.29.0216 |
C 1945
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Romeo and Juliet Windmill circa 1945-53,
Taliesin Spring Green (1896, 1938 - S.037). Full view of the windmill tower.
Frank Lloyd Wright designed the windmill tower for his aunts Jane and Nell
Lloyd Jones in 1896. "...The reservoir finished, the Aunts intended to erect
a windmill over it. This was decided upon by a family gathering which the
clan usually held to make such decisions concerning the school or important
affairs of their own. Said Aunt Nell, managerial mind of the school: "Why
not a pretty windmill tower in keeping with our school building instead of
an ugly steel tower or, for that matter, the timber ones I have seen? I am
going to ask Frank for a design." "An
Autobiography," Wright, 1932, page 130. The original windmill was
covered in shingles, and in 1938 it was resurfaced in board and batten
siding. In 1990, it was torn down and and completely rebuilt on its original
stone base. Ezra Stoller photographed Taliesin in 1945 and again in the
1953. Original 4 x 5 contact print and 8 x 10 B&W photograph. |
0647.27.0514 |
C 1945
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Romeo and Juliet Windmill circa 1945-53,
Taliesin Spring Green (1896, 1938 - S.037). View of the windmill tower from
the base. Frank Lloyd Wright designed the windmill tower for his aunts Jane
and Nell Lloyd Jones in 1896. "...The reservoir finished, the Aunts intended
to erect a windmill over it. This was decided upon by a family gathering
which the clan usually held to make such decisions concerning the school or
important affairs of their own. Said Aunt Nell, managerial mind of the
school: "Why not a pretty windmill tower in keeping with our school building
instead of an ugly steel tower or, for that matter, the timber ones I have
seen? I am going to ask Frank for a design." "An
Autobiography," Wright, 1932, page 130. The original windmill was
covered in shingles, and in 1938 it was resurfaced in board and batten
siding. In 1990, it was torn down and and completely rebuilt on its original
stone base. Ezra Stoller photographed Taliesin in 1945 and again in the
1953. Original 4 x 5 contact print and 8 x 10 B&W photograph. |
0647.28.0514 |
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1945
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Taliesin, Spring Green Circa 1945 (1925 - S.218). View
of the Garden Court from the West. Studio fireplace mass is on the left. The
Entrance is in the center, the private quarters are on the right.
Photographed by
Wayne Andrews, published in "Architecture,
Ambition and Americans" p.241, which was first published in 1947.
Label pasted to face: "University of California, Berkeley. 20th
Century - United States. Wright, Frank Lloyd. Taliesin East. Spring Green,
Wisconsin. 1925. Courtyard. Andrews 943. Department of Architecture."
Acquired from the archives of the University of California, Berkeley.
Mounted to 14 x 11 gray board. Original 9 x 7 B&W print. |
0647.33.1218 |
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1945
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Taliesin, Spring Green Circa 1945 (1925 - S.218). View
of the Tower and Hill Apartments from the hill crown looking Northwest. When
comparing this to the view from 1937 (0429.09),
clerestory windows have been added above the roof-line on the left.
Photographed by
Wayne Andrews, taken at the same time as (647.33).
Label pasted to face: "University of California, Berkeley. 20th
Century - United States. Wright, Frank Lloyd. Taliesin East. Spring Green,
Wisconsin. 1925. Dining Room Unit. Andrews 942. Department of Architecture."
Acquired from the archives of the University of California, Berkeley.
Mounted to 14 x 11 gray board. Original 9 x 7.25 B&W print. |
0647.34.1218 |
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1945
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Robie House, Chicago, Illinois, Circa 1945 (1906 - S.127). Viewed from the
Southeast. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1906. It is considered one of
Wright's most important Prairie styled houses. Constructed of brick. Many of
the roof overhangs are cantilevered. Mounted to gray board. Label pasted to
board: "W 20, USA Arch. Wright, Frank Lloyd: 1869-. Chicago, Illinois. Res.
F.C. Robie. 1909. Photo: Andrews 732." Photographed by
Wayne Andrews.
Acquired from the archives of the University of Minnesota. Original 9.5 x
7.5 B&W Photograph. |
0647.41.0420 |
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1945
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Robie House, Chicago, Illinois, Circa 1945 (1906 - S.127). Viewed from the
Southeast. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1906. It is considered one of
Wright's most important Prairie styled houses. Constructed of brick. Many of
the roof overhangs are cantilevered. Mounted to gray board. Label pasted to
board: "W 20, USA Arch. Wright, Frank Lloyd: 1869-. Chicago, Illinois. Res.
F.C. Robie. 1909. (Closeup.) Photo: Andrews 733." Photographed by
Wayne Andrews.
Acquired from the archives of the University of Minnesota. Original 9.5 x
7.5 B&W Photograph. |
0647.42.0420 |
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1945
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Ward W. Willits Residence, Highland Park, Illinois, Circa 1945 (1901 -
S.054). Viewed from the Southeast. Frank Lloyd Wright designed the Willits
House in 1901, one of his first Prairie styled houses. Ward W. Willits was
the president of the Adams and Westlake Company, a brass and bronze foundry.
Orlando Giannini, an artist who designed art glass and murals for Wright,
also worked for Adams and Westlake. In 1905, Willits and his wife
accompanied Frank and Catherine Wright on their first trip to Japan. Mounted
to gray board. Label pasted to board: "W 20, USA Arch. Wright, Frank Lloyd:
1869-. Highland Park, Illinois. Res. W. W. Willits. 1902. (Closeup.) Photo:
Andrews 727." Photographed by
Wayne Andrews.
Acquired from the archives of the University of Minnesota. Original 9.5 x
7.5 B&W Photograph. |
0647.43.0420 |
1945
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Wright at 78. Portrait of Frank Lloyd 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 |
1945
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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. |
0647.37.0919 |
1945
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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 |
1945
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Robert Llewellyn Wright Residence, Silver Springs,
Maryland (Project 1945). Perspective. "Usonian for Children." Designed by
Frank Lloyd Wright in 1945 for his youngest son Robert Llewellyn Wright. On
a visit to the Robert Llewellyn Wright House in Bethesda, Maryland on
November 6, 2020, Thomas Wright, Llewellyn's son, who is now the owner, and
lives in the home, gave us a tour of the home. Hanging on the wall were
three drawings by Frank Lloyd Wright: A) This perspective, 1945; B) A ground
plan and elevation for the 1945 project; C) A perspective of the house that
was built in Bethesda, Scheme 1, 1953. Perspective of a Usonian house
designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Text hand written on drawing: "Dear
Llewellyn - Betty - et al. How's this? Dad." The illustration is dated
"1945." Although Pfeiffer published the 1953 "Scheme 1" in both
Monograph 1951-1959 and
Wright 1943-1959, this 1945 project
appears to be an unpublished design by Frank Lloyd Wright. This house was
designed for a lot in Silver Springs, Maryland, which is about 10 miles East
of Bethesda. 10 x 4 Color photograph. |
0647.46.1220 |
1945
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Robert Llewellyn Wright Residence, Silver Springs,
Maryland (Project 1945). Ground Plan and Elevation. "Usonian for Children."
Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1945 for his youngest son Robert Llewellyn
Wright. On a visit to the Robert Llewellyn Wright House in Bethesda,
Maryland on November 6, 2020, Thomas Wright, Llewellyn's son, who is now the
owner, and lives in the home, gave us a tour of the home. Hanging on the
wall were three drawings by Frank Lloyd Wright: A) Perspective, Project
1945; B) This ground plan and elevation for the 1945 project; C) A
perspective of the house that was built in Bethesda, Scheme 1, 1953. Ground
Plan and Elevation for a Usonian house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Text
hand written on drawing: "Dear LL and B (et al). Floor heating in concrete
floor slab - brick edges. Concrete slab - overhead. Turned up sides (roof).
Slab 5". (Wall:) Partitions 4" brick or plaster on metal lath. Small - metal
studs. Top light in Kitchen. Storage over Utility space. Without Guest and
12 x 12 Br. $7500.00 _cut to do the house nicely - with about $300.00 __ for
bed-frames, Dining Table and chairs _ and _. FLLW. For Robert Llewellyn
Wright. A Usonian for Children. Silver Springs, Maryland." Dated "1945."
Although Pfeiffer published the 1953 "Scheme 1" in both...
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0647.47.1220 |
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1946
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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. |
0685.06.0609 |
1946
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Jorgine Boomer, 1946 (1953 - S.361). Frank Lloyd
Wright designed the Boomer Residence in 1953. Left to right: Jorgine Boomer,
third from left. Caption pasted to verso: "Congenial Foursome. New York
-
Among those who attended the ball in the Waldorf Astoria May 9, for the
United Nations Secretariat and Delegation, were, left to right, Mrs.
Winthrop W. Aldrich, Chairman of the Hospitality Committee; Grover Whalen,
Member of the Executive Committee; Mrs. Lucius Boomer and Trygve Lie,
Secretary General of the Security Council of the United Nations. 5/9/46"
Stamped on verso: "Ref. Dep, 5-17 '46, N. E. A." Original 9 x 7.25 B&W
photograph.
For more information on the Boomer
Residence see our Wright Study. |
0685.13.1014 |
1946
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Florida Southern College, Annie Pfeiffer
Chapel, Lakeland, Florida (circa late 40's). 5x8. First of Wright
buildings at the College. Built in 1938. |
1946.03.1104 |
1946
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Florida Southern College, Annie Pfeiffer
Chapel, Lakeland, Florida (circa late 40's). 8x10. First of Wright
buildings at the College. Built in 1938. |
1946.04.1104 |
1946
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Florida Southern College, Annie Pfeiffer
Chapel, Lakeland, Florida (circa late 40's). 8x10. Photo by Fugitt,
A.F. First of Wright buildings at the College. Built in 1938. |
1946.05.1104 |
1946
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Florida Southern College, Inside Annie
Pfeiffer Chapel, Lakeland, Florida (circa late 40's). 3.25x4.5.
First of Wright buildings at the College. Built in 1938. |
1946.06.1104 |
1946
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Florida Southern College, Inside Annie
Pfeiffer Chapel, Lakeland, Florida (circa late 40's). 3.25x4.5. First
of Wright buildings at the College. Built in 1938. |
1946.07.1104 |
1946
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Florida Southern College, Esplanades,
Lakeland, Florida (circa late 40's). Built in 1946. The Esplanades
link all of Wright's buildings on the campus. 4.5x6.5. |
1946.08.1104 |
1946
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Florida Southern College, Esplanades,
Lakeland, Florida (circa late 40's). Built in 1946. The Esplanades
link all of Wright's buildings on the campus. 4.5x6.5 & 4x5. |
1946.09.1104
1946.10.1104 |
1946
|
Florida Southern
College, Administration Building, Lakeland, Florida, Photo by Harold
Sanborn, 8x10, (circa late 40's) Built in 1946. |
1946.11.1104 |
1946
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Florida Southern
College, Administration Building, Lakeland, Florida, 4.5x6.5, (circa late
40's) Built in 1946. |
1946.12.1104 |
1946
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Florida Southern College, Library, Lakeland,
Florida, 6x9, (circa late 40's) Built in 1941. |
1946.13.1104 |
1946
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Florida Southern College, Library, Lakeland,
Florida, 8x10, (circa late 40's) Built in 1941. |
1946.14.1104 |
1946
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Florida Southern College, Library, Lakeland,
Florida, 8x10, (circa late 40's) Built in 1941. |
1946.15.1104 |
1946
|
Imperial Hotel circa 1946 (1915 - S.194). Detail of the Imperial Hotel vase
and sculpture carved of Oya stone, setting atop the front porte-cochure. Oya
stone, a soft lava rock
Frank Lloyd Wright made famous at the
Imperial Hotel. Loch Crane arrived in Arizona in March 1941, and Wright
accepted him into the fellowship. After Pearl Harbor, he joined the Army and
terminated his Taliesin fellowship in April 1942. After World War II, he
stayed in Japan through 1946, spending his free time photographing, drawing
and researching Japanese architecture. He returned to San Diego in late 1946
and established his first drafting office while preparing for architectural
examinations. Photographed by Loch Crane. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. |
0685.17.1216 |
1946
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Imperial Hotel circa 1946 (1915 - S.194). Detail of the Imperial Hotel stone
work. Rectangular blocks carved of Oya stone are in the foreground. Carved
Oya stone and perforated terra-cotta blocks, embedded with glass create
built-in light columns throughout the lobby. Oya stone and brick are woven
together. Oya stone, a soft lava rock
Frank Lloyd Wright made famous at the
Imperial Hotel. Loch Crane arrived in Arizona in March 1941, and Wright
accepted him into the fellowship. After Pearl Harbor, he joined the Army and
terminated his Taliesin fellowship in April 1942. After World War II, he
stayed in Japan through 1946, spending his free time photographing, drawing
and researching Japanese architecture. He returned to San Diego in late 1946
and established his first drafting office while preparing for architectural
examinations. Photographed by Loch Crane. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. |
0685.18.1216 |
1946
|
Imperial Hotel circa 1946 (1915 - S.194). Detail of the
Imperial Hotel stone work. Carved Oya stone and perforated terra-cotta
blocks, embedded with glass create built-in light columns throughout the
lobby. Oya stone and brick are woven together. Oya stone, a soft lava rock
Frank Lloyd Wright made famous at the
Imperial Hotel. Of particular interest is the use of the square, cared Oya
stone imbedded in the design. It is very similar to the "Four-Square"
furniture design Wright created in 1955 for Heritage Henredon. Loch Crane
arrived in Arizona in March 1941, and Wright accepted him into the
fellowship. After Pearl Harbor, he joined the Army and terminated his
Taliesin fellowship in April 1942. After World War II, he stayed in Japan
through 1946, spending his free time photographing, drawing and researching
Japanese architecture. He returned to San Diego in late 1946 and established
his first drafting office while preparing for architectural examinations.
Photographed by Loch Crane. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. |
0685.19.1216 |
1946
|
Imperial Hotel 1946 (1915 - S.194). View of the
main entrance from across the street. Vegetation overgrown. Stone statue on
right side of reflection pool totally overgrown with ivy. Sigh near
entrance: "Off Limits." Hand written on verso: "Imperial Hotel 1946."
Original 4.5 x 3.1 B&W photograph. |
0685.08.1213 |
1946
|
Imperial Hotel. Package of eight photographs
one of which is the Imperial Hotel, including envelope. Verify date
through other photographs, Ernie Pyle Theater. Photographed after the
end of the war, while the Americans occupies the Imperial Hotel. The
Imperial Hotel resumed normal business on April 1, 1952. 4.75 x 3.2. |
0685.03.0107 |
1946
|
Imperial Hotel. Package of eight hand tinted
photographs one of which is the Imperial Hotel, including envelope,
(Published by Fukuda Hobundo, Yokohama, Japan) Verify date through other
photographs, Ernie Pyle Theater used by Allied Personnel. Photographed
after the end of the war, while the Americans occupies the Imperial Hotel.
The Imperial Hotel resumed normal business on April 1, 1952. 4.25 x 2.9. |
0685.04.1007 |
1946
|
"Souvenir Views of Tokyo. Selected Photographs,
Coloured By Hand." Package of eight hand tinted photographs one of which is
the Imperial Hotel, including envelope, 1946. Verify date through other
photographs, Ernie Pyle Theater used by Allied Personnel. Photographed
after the end of the war, while the Americans occupies the Imperial Hotel.
The Imperial Hotel resumed normal business on April 1, 1952. 4.25 x 2.9. |
0685.05.1007 |
1946
|
Imperial Hotel, Tokyo, Japan, 1946 (1915 - S.194). View of the reflecting
pool and the front entrance. Stone statue on right side of reflection pool
totally overgrown with ivy. Hand tinted photograph. Photographed after the
end of the war, while the Americans occupies the Imperial Hotel. This copy
was from a sailor’s album who was aboard the HMS Constantine during and
after World War II. The HMS Constance visited Japan in 1948. Published by
Fukuda Hobundo Yokohama, Japan. The Imperial Hotel resumed normal business
on April 1, 1952. Verified date with other copies of this photograph. 4.25 x
2.9 |
0685.93.0424 |
1946
|
S.C. Johnson & Son Administration Building, Racine Wisconsin, Illustration
1946 (1936 - S.237). Illustration of the S.C. Johnson Headquarters with the
new Research Tower. Label pasted to verso: "Fifteen story glass tower,
designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright, which will house a wax research
laboratory at the Johnson Wax Plant in Racine, Wisconsin. Construction of
the 156-foot stack will be started this year. Each of the 15 levels will be
serviced directly from a circular masonry stem connected at the center.
3/4/46." Stamped on verso: "Ref. 2-8 '46." Also: "Photo by Acme Newspictures.
Chicago Bureau. Tribune Tower, Chicago, IL." Acquired from the archives of
the Chicago Tribune. Original 8.75 x x 7 B&W photograph. |
0685.31.0321 |
1946
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Gerald M. Loeb Residence (Project 1944), 1946.
Frank Lloyd Wright overseeing work on Loeb Residence model. Ezra Stoller
first visited Taliesin West in May, 1946, then again in 1951. Frank Lloyd
Wright designed the Gerald M. Loeb Residence in 1944 and was working on and
completing the Loeb Residence model during Stoller's 1946 visit. In this set
of photographs, Wright and his apprentices were completing the model in
preparation for Stoller's extensive photo expose published in the June 1946
issue of Architectural
Forum. The model was then exhibited in New York at the Museum of
Modern Art, and subsequently published in the September 1946 issue of
Popular Mechanics.
Image #6, a portrait of Wright was published in the April 1946 Issue of
Fortune Magazine,
and also published in "Frank
Lloyd Wright's Taliesin West," Stoller, 1999, Frontispiece, but miss
dated as 1951. Image #3 is published on page 8, and also miss dated as 1951.
The design for the Loeb Residence was based on the Ralph Jester home. The
home was never built, and the design was utilized for the Gerald Loeb
Residence. The design was utilized again for the Dr. Paul V. Palmer
Residence (project 1947) in Phoenix, Arizona, but again, remained unbuilt.
Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer and his father resurrected the original Jester design
and built...
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0685.12.0514 |
1946
(#1)
|
Gerald M. Loeb Residence (Project 1944), 1946,
#1 - Frank Lloyd Wright overseeing work on Loeb Residence model. Frank Lloyd
Wright designed the Gerald M. Loeb Residence in 1944 and was working on and
completing the Loeb Residence model during Stoller's 1946 visit. Wright and
his apprentices are completing the model in preparation for Stoller's
extensive photo expose published in the June 1946 issue of
Architectural Forum.
The model was then exhibited in New York at the Museum of Modern Art, and
subsequently published in the September 1946 issue of
Popular Mechanics.
The design for the Loeb Residence was based on the Ralph Jester home. The
home was never built, and the design was utilized for the Gerald Loeb
Residence. The design was utilized again for the Dr. Paul V. Palmer
Residence (project 1947) in Phoenix, Arizona, but again, remained unbuilt.
Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer and his father resurrected the original Jester design
and built the home on the grounds of Taliesin West, Scottsdale, Arizona in
1974. 8 x 8 B&W photograph. |
0685.12.0514 -1 |
1946
(#2)
|
Gerald M. Loeb Residence (Project 1944), 1946,
#2 - Frank Lloyd Wright overseeing work on Loeb Residence model. Frank Lloyd
Wright designed the Gerald M. Loeb Residence in 1944 and was working on and
completing the Loeb Residence model during Stoller's 1946 visit. Wright and
his apprentices are completing the model in preparation for Stoller's
extensive photo expose published in the June 1946 issue of
Architectural Forum.
The model was then exhibited in New York at the Museum of Modern Art, and
subsequently published in the September 1946 issue of
Popular Mechanics.
The design for the Loeb Residence was based on the Ralph Jester home. The
home was never built, and the design was utilized for the Gerald Loeb
Residence. The design was utilized again for the Dr. Paul V. Palmer
Residence (project 1947) in Phoenix, Arizona, but again, remained unbuilt.
Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer and his father resurrected the original Jester design
and built the home on the grounds of Taliesin West, Scottsdale, Arizona in
1974. 8 x 8 B&W photograph. |
0685.12.0514 -2 |
1946
(#3)
|
Gerald M. Loeb Residence (Project 1944), 1946,
#3 - Frank Lloyd Wright overseeing work on Loeb Residence model. Frank Lloyd
Wright designed the Gerald M. Loeb Residence in 1944 and was working on and
completing the Loeb Residence model during Stoller's 1946 visit. Wright and
his apprentices are completing the model in preparation for Stoller's
extensive photo expose published in the June 1946 issue of
Architectural Forum.
The model was then exhibited in New York at the Museum of Modern Art, and
subsequently published in the September 1946 issue of
Popular Mechanics.
Image #3, is published in "Frank
Lloyd Wright's Taliesin West," Stoller, 1999, page 8, and miss dated as
1951. The design for the Loeb Residence was based on the Ralph Jester home.
The home was never built, and the design was utilized for the Gerald Loeb
Residence. The design was utilized again for the Dr. Paul V. Palmer
Residence (project 1947) in Phoenix, Arizona, but again, remained unbuilt.
Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer and his father resurrected the original Jester design
and built the home on the grounds of Taliesin West, Scottsdale, Arizona in
1974. 8 x 8 B&W photograph. |
0685.12.0514 -3 |
|
1946
(#5)
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Gerald M. Loeb Residence (Project 1944), 1946,
#5 - Frank Lloyd Wright overseeing work on Loeb Residence model. Frank Lloyd
Wright designed the Gerald M. Loeb Residence in 1944 and was working on and
completing the Loeb Residence model during Stoller's 1946 visit. Wright and
his apprentices are completing the model in preparation for Stoller's
extensive photo expose published in the June 1946 issue of
Architectural Forum.
The model was then exhibited in New York at the Museum of Modern Art, and
subsequently published in the September 1946 issue of
Popular Mechanics.
The design for the Loeb Residence was based on the Ralph Jester home. The
home was never built, and the design was utilized for the Gerald Loeb
Residence. The design was utilized again for the Dr. Paul V. Palmer
Residence (project 1947) in Phoenix, Arizona, but again, remained unbuilt.
Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer and his father resurrected the original Jester design
and built the home on the grounds of Taliesin West, Scottsdale, Arizona in
1974. 8 x 8 B&W photograph. |
0685.12.0514 -5 |
1946
(#6)
|
Gerald M. Loeb Residence (Project 1944), 1946,
#6 - Frank Lloyd Wright overseeing work on Loeb Residence model. Frank Lloyd
Wright designed the Gerald M. Loeb Residence in 1944 and was working on and
completing the Loeb Residence model during Stoller's 1946 visit. Wright and
his apprentices are completing the model in preparation for Stoller's
extensive photo expose published in the June 1946 issue of
Architectural Forum.
The model was then exhibited in New York at the Museum of Modern Art, and
subsequently published in the September 1946 issue of Popular Mechanics.
Image #6, a portrait of Wright was published in the April 1946 Issue of
Fortune Magazine,
(flipped horizontally) dated May 1946, and also published in "Frank
Lloyd Wright's Taliesin West," Stoller, 1999, Frontispiece, but miss
dated as 1951. The design for the Loeb Residence was based on the Ralph
Jester home. The home was never built, and the design was utilized for the
Gerald Loeb Residence. The design was utilized again for the Dr. Paul V.
Palmer Residence (project 1947) in Phoenix, Arizona, but again, remained
unbuilt. Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer and his father resurrected the original
Jester design and built the home on the grounds of Taliesin West,
Scottsdale, Arizona in 1974. 8 x 8 B&W photograph. |
0685.12.0514 -6 |
1946
(#7)
|
Gerald M. Loeb Residence (Project 1944), 1946,
#7 - Frank Lloyd Wright overseeing work on Loeb Residence model. Frank Lloyd
Wright designed the Gerald M. Loeb Residence in 1944 and was working on and
completing the Loeb Residence model during Stoller's 1946 visit. Wright and
his apprentices are completing the model in preparation for Stoller's
extensive photo expose published in the June 1946 issue of
Architectural Forum.
The model was then exhibited in New York at the Museum of Modern Art, and
subsequently published in the September 1946 issue of
Popular Mechanics.
The design for the Loeb Residence was based on the Ralph Jester home. The
home was never built, and the design was utilized for the Gerald Loeb
Residence. The design was utilized again for the Dr. Paul V. Palmer
Residence (project 1947) in Phoenix, Arizona, but again, remained unbuilt.
Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer and his father resurrected the original Jester design
and built the home on the grounds of Taliesin West, Scottsdale, Arizona in
1974. 8 x 8 B&W photograph. |
0685.12.0514 -7 |
1946
|
Arch Oboler Studio, Los Angeles, CA, Perspective and Floor Plan 1946,
(Project 1946 - FLLW #4602). Photograph of original drawing in the Frank
Lloyd Wright Archives. Perspective and First Level Floor Plan for the Arch
Oboler Studio. The Studio has two levels. Storage is on the left. Bathroom,
Kitchenette and Office is in the center, the Entrance and Carport are on the
right. FLLW #4602.02. Published in
Frank Lloyd Wright,
1943-1959, Pfeiffer, 2009, p.105. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. |
0685.23.1219 |
1946
|
Arch Oboler Studio, Los Angeles, CA, Perspective and Floor Plan 1946,
(Project 1946 - FLLW #4602). Photograph of original drawing in the Frank
Lloyd Wright Archives. Perspective and Second Level Floor Plan for the Arch
Oboler Studio. The Studio has two levels. The Living Room is on the left and
has a table with four chairs. There is a bathroom and alcove. The Dining
Room is on the right, has built-in seating, a table and two additional
chairs. Text: "Plan of Second Level." FLLW #4602.03. Published in
Frank Lloyd Wright,
1943-1959, Pfeiffer, 2009, p.104. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. |
0685.24.1219 |
1946
|
Ayn Rand Cottage Studio, Perspective 1946 (Project 1946
- FLLW #4717). Perspective of the Ayn Rand Cottage Studio viewed from below.
Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1946. Photograph of original drawing in
the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives. Ayn Rand was a well known Russian-American
writer and philosopher. She is best known for her two best-selling novels,
The Fountainhead
and Atlas Shrugged. The Fountainhead is a story of one man, Howard Roark,
and his struggles as an architect. The character was inspired by Frank Lloyd
Wright. Rand did not have a particular site in mind when she commissioned
him to design the Cottage Studio. She could not decided whether to build in
Connecticut or Los Angeles. The house was designed with five levels for a
hillside. Similar view published in
Frank Lloyd Wright,
1943-1959, Pfeiffer, 2009, p.106. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. |
0685.25.1219 |
1946
|
Ayn Rand Cottage Studio, Elevation and Floor Plan 1946
(Project 1946 - FLLW #4717). Study No. 2. Elevation and Floor Plan for the
Ayn Rand Cottage Studio. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1946. Photograph
of original drawing in the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives. Ayn Rand was a well
known Russian-American writer and philosopher. She is best known for her two
best-selling novels, The
Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged. The Fountainhead is a story of one
man, Howard Roark, and his struggles as an architect. The character was
inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright. Rand did not have a particular site in mind
when she commissioned him to design the Cottage Studio. She could not
decided whether to build in Connecticut or Los Angeles. The house was
designed with five levels for a hillside. Top illustration: Elevation. Text
written to the right side: "3 Houses, One at Each Level." Possibly designed
as rental income for the author. Lower illustration: Floor plan. Text hand
written near the bottom: "Study. No. 2." Additional illustrations published
in Frank Lloyd Wright,
1943-1959, Pfeiffer, 2009, p.105-106. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. |
0685.26.1219 |
1946
|
Ayn Rand Cottage Studio, Elevation and Floor Plans 1946
(Project 1946 - FLLW #4717). Elevation and two floor plans for the Ayn Rand
Cottage Studio. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1946. Photograph of
original drawing in the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives. Ayn Rand was a well
known Russian-American writer and philosopher. She is best known for her two
best-selling novels, The
Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged. The Fountainhead is a story of one
man, Howard Roark, and his struggles as an architect. The character was
inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright. Rand did not have a particular site in mind
when she commissioned him to design the Cottage Studio. She could not
decided whether to build in Connecticut or Los Angeles. The house was
designed with five levels for a hillside. Top illustration: Elevation.
Center and lower illustration: Floor plans. Text hand written on lower
illustration: "2nd Floor." Published in
Frank Lloyd Wright,
1943-1959, Pfeiffer, 2009, p.105. FLLW #4717.09. Original 10 x 8 B&W
photograph. |
0685.27.1219 |
1946
|
Charles E. Roberts Residence, Oak Park, Illinois, Roberts Electric Car, 1946
(1896 - S.040). 1896 Roberts Electric car, driven by Mr. Firestone in 1946
at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Charles E. Roberts was a client of Frank
Lloyd Wright's and strong supporter. Wright remodeled his home in 1896
(S.040), and his Stable in 1900 (S.041). One of Robert's inventions was an
electric car. According to Jorge Lucendo, "The "Roberts Electric" car was a
"'Stanhope" type car. It was equipped with two 60-volt electric motors, each
acting on one of the rear wheels. Using both motors could circulate at 20
mph and had a range of 40 miles... The total length was 89 inches and the
wheelbase was 54". The car "Roberts Electric", was manufactured and marketed
by the "Standard Screw Company" of Chicago, Illinois, between 1896 and
1897." Most enthusiasts recognize that it was way ahead of its time. In
2012, the Chevy Volt got 40 miles to the charge. Courtesy of the
Indianapolis Motor Speedway. 8 x 10 B&W photograph. |
0685.90.0623 |
1946
|
Melvyn Maxwell Smith Residence, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, Ground Plan 1946
(1946 - S.287). Ground/Floor plan for the Melvyn Maxwell Smith Residence,
1946. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1946. Plan is published in Frank
Lloyd Wright, An American
Architecture, Wright, 1955, p.176. Constructed of Brick & cypress, this
is an L-shaped Usonian design. Floors are radiant heat. Windows in the
living room facing the street are perforated light screens. Windows and
doors in the living room and bedrooms facing the lake are floor to ceiling
glass. 10 x 8 Color photograph. |
0685.92.1223 |
1946
|
Melvyn Maxwell Smith Residence, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, Ground Plan 1946
(1946 - S.287). Ground/Floor plan for the Melvyn Maxwell Smith Residence,
1946. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1946. Copy of the plan published in
Frank Lloyd Wright, An American
Architecture, Wright, 1955, p.176. Text on sleeve: "A-20-Wr-87-1.
Wright. M.M. Smith House. Plan: Grnd flr (Orig)." Acquired from the archives
of the University of Virginia. Original 35mm Color slide, sandwiched between
glass, plastic mount. |
0685.91.1123 |
Circa
1946
|
Suntop Homes Circa 1946 (1938 - S.248). Designed
for Otto Mallery, Tod Company, Armore, PA. It was originally entitled "The
Ardmore Experiment" by Wright. But when Otto Tod Mallery presents plans to
the Armore neighbors, they objected to an "Experiment" on their street.
Wright retitled it The Armore "Suntop Houses". Although delayed for a full
year, designed were finally approved (Architectural
Forum, August, 1939, pp142-3). The top level is a roof deck, for
"sunning", thus the name "Suntop." Although plans were drawn for four units,
only one was built. Construction began on May 1, 1939. Each unit had a
basement utility room, carport and two story living room on the first level.
The second level had the Dining Room and kitchen, with a balcony overlooking
the living room below, Master Bedroom with outside balcony, small bedroom or
nursery and bath. The third level had two bedrooms and the Sun Terrace.
Viewed from the south, unit 307 is on the left, 156 on the right. In unit
156, the Carport is on the lower left, Master Bedroom balcony above it, the
Living Room is to the right. The Sun Terrace is above. Landscaping next to
the house on the right has matured. Photographed by
Wayne Andrews. Acquired
from and courtesy of The Art Institute of Chicago. 10 x 6.5 B&W photograph. |
0685.09.0314 |
1946
|
Taliesin, Spring Green 1946. John de Koven Hill works
on the Gerald M. Loeb model. Frank Lloyd Wright designed the Ralph Jester
Residence in 1938, but construction costs forced Jester to forgo building
the home. Wright revived the design in 1944 for Gerald Loeb "Hilltop House."
Wright and his apprentices worked on the model in 1946, and it was featured
in the June 1946 issue of Architectural Forum. The model was then exhibited
in New York at the Museum of Modern Art, and subsequently published in the
September 1946 issue of Popular Mechanics. The design for the Loeb Residence
was based on the Ralph Jester home. The home was never built, and the design
was utilized for the Gerald Loeb Residence. The design was utilized again
for the Dr. Paul V. Palmer Residence (project 1947) in Phoenix, Arizona, but
again, remained unbuilt. Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer and his father resurrected
the...
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0685.20.0218 (1-3) |
1946
|
Taliesin West, Scottsdale, Arizona, 1946, (1937-38 - S.245).
A set of 56
photographs by Maynard Parker at Taliesin West. In 1946,
Elizabeth Gordon, editor of House Beautiful, made the decision
to show case Taliesin West, the winter home and studio of Frank
Lloyd Wright. "One man's house. We give much lip service to two
architectural principles: That a man's house should be a
personal expression and that it should take its place naturally
in the landscape. Frank Lloyd Wright's winter home and work shop
in Arizona really does both. The result is beautiful, exciting,
and very hard to explain..." Photographer Maynard Parker spent
five days at Taliesin West, May 24-28, 1946. This partial set of
56 photographs was photographed during that visit. 30 of the...
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0685.32.1121 -
0685.87.1121 |
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1946
|
Taliesin West Circa 1946 (1937-38 - S.245). In 1937-38, on the Eastern end
of the complex Frank Lloyd Wright built his first residential structure in
the desert - Sun Trap. It was later expanded and rebuilt with more durable
materials and renamed the "Sun Cottage." It is now used as staff apartments.
Photographed by
Wayne Andrews.
Label pasted to face: "University of California, Berkeley. 20th Century -
United States. Wright, Frank Lloyd. Taliesin West. Phoenix, Arizona. Cottage
for Miss Wright. 1938. Andrews 951. Department of Architecture." Acquired
from the archives of the University of California, Berkeley. Mounted to 14 x
11 gray board. Original 9 x 7.25 B&W photograph. |
0647.35.1218 |
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1946
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Taliesin West, Scottsdale, Arizona, Circa 1946, (1937-38 - S.245). In
1937-38, on the Eastern end of the complex Frank Lloyd Wright built his
first residential structure in the desert - Sun Trap. It was later expanded
and rebuilt with more durable materials and renamed the "Sun Cottage." It is
now used as staff apartments. Mounted to gray board. Label pasted to board:
"W 20, USA Arch. Wright, Frank Lloyd: 1864-. Phoenix, Arizona. Taliesin
West. 1938. (Cottage for Miss Wright.) Photo: Andrews 951. " Photographed by
Wayne Andrews,
taken during the same time period as (647.33). Acquired from the archives of
the University of Minnesota. Original 9.5 x 7.5 B&W Photograph. (Second
Copy,) |
0647.39.0420 |
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1946
|
Taliesin West, Scottsdale, Arizona, Circa 1946, (1937-38 - S.245). View from
the South of the Drafting Studio (left) and Dining Room that later became
the Annex Office. According to "Frank
Lloyd Wright Selected Houses 3, Taliesin West" Pfeiffer 1989, page
86, the dining room was moved and it was converted to a private dining room.
The Guest Quarters seen in the background on the right, were added to the
second floor above the kitchen and dining areas in 1941. An Indian Rock is
mounted at the top of the stairs on the left. The ceramic Chinese Theaters
that was embedded in desert masonry at the front of the Annex Office has not
yet been installed. Published in
Perspectives, Summer
1953, p.123; Marj, December 1953, p.5;
Architecture in America,
Andrews, 1960, p.140. Mounted to gray board. Label pasted to board: "W 20,
USA Arch. Wright, Frank Lloyd: 1864-. Phoenix, Arizona. Taliesin West. 1938.
(Drafting Room.) Photo: Andrews 947. " Photographed by
Wayne Andrews.
Acquired from the archives of the University of Minnesota. Original 9 x 7
B&W Photograph. |
0647.40.0420 |
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1946
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Taliesin West, Scottsdale, Arizona, Circa 1946, (1937-38 - S.245). View of
the Sunset Terrace from the Southwest. The ceramic Chinese Theaters have not
yet been placed on the Terrace. In the center of the courtyard is a 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. Frank Lloyd Wright designed the memorial.
The triangle shape, seen here with its original redwood base, supports three
plowshare discs. The base was later converted to concrete. The Guest
Quarters seen in the background on the left, were added to the second floor
above the kitchen and dining areas in 1941. Mounted to gray board. Label
pasted to board: "W 20, USA Arch. Wright, Frank Lloyd: 1864-. Phoenix,
Arizona. Taliesin West. 1938. (Courtyard.) Photo: Andrews 949. "
Photographed by
Wayne Andrews.
Acquired from the archives of the University of Minnesota. Original 9 x 7
B&W Photograph. |
0685.28.0420 |
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1946
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Taliesin West, Scottsdale, Arizona, Circa 1946, (1937-38 - S.245). View of
Mr. & Mrs. Wright's Quarters from the Southwest. The Garden Room is to the
left, the Water Tower is in the background in the center. The water tower
was later topped in wood. Mounted to gray board. Label pasted to board: "W
20, USA Arch. Wright, Frank Lloyd: 1864-. Phoenix, Arizona. Taliesin West.
1938. (West Facade.) Photo: Andrews 946. " Photographed by
Wayne Andrews.
Acquired from the archives of the University of Minnesota. Original 9 x 7
B&W Photograph. |
0685.29.0420 |
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1946
|
Taliesin West, Scottsdale, Arizona, Circa 1946, (1937-38 - S.245). View of
the Apprentices' Shelter from the bridge. Mounted to gray board. Label
pasted to board: "W 20, USA Arch. Wright, Frank Lloyd: 1864-. Phoenix,
Arizona. Taliesin West. 1938. (Apprentices' Shelter.) Photo: Andrews 950. "
Photographed by
Wayne Andrews.
Acquired from the archives of the University of Minnesota. Original 9.5 x
7.5 B&W Photograph. |
0685.30.0420 |
1947 |
1947
|
Amy Alpaugh Residence, Northport, Michigan, Perspective 1947, FLLW #
4703.003 (1947 - S.293 ). The Amy Alpaugh Residence was designed by Frank
Lloyd Wright in 1947. The plan consisted of two separate building connected
by a covered walkway. The larger of the two building was called "East
House," which was never completed. The smaller building was called the "West
House." The two houses were connected by a covered walkway. Perspective view
of West House, East House and the covered walkway in the center. West House
can be seen on the left, the covered walkway in the center, and East House
on the right. A distinctive design element for both houses is the shed roof
of both living rooms and the floor to ceiling glass doors and windows. Text
lower right: "Amy Alpaugh House." Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright
Foundation. 10 x 4.5 B&W Photograph. |
0720.39.1221 |
1947
|
Amy Alpaugh Residence, Northport, Michigan, West Elevation 1947, FLLW #
4703.005 (1947 - S.293 ). The Amy Alpaugh Residence was designed by Frank
Lloyd Wright in 1947. The plan consisted of two separate building connected
by a covered walkway. The larger of the two building was called "East
House," which was never completed. The smaller building was called the "West
House." The two houses were connected by a covered walkway. West Elevation
of West and East House. West House is on the left, East House on the right.
Text: "West Elevation. Country Dwelling for Miss. Amy Alpaugh. Northport,
Michigan. Frank Lloyd Wright Architect." Signed: "Approved Amy Alpaugh."
Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation. 10 x 4.25 B&W Photograph. |
0720.40.1221 |
1947
|
Amy Alpaugh Residence, Northport, Michigan, Aerial Perspective 1947, FLLW #
4703.007 (1947 - S.293 ). The Amy Alpaugh Residence was designed by Frank
Lloyd Wright in 1947. The plan consisted of two separate building connected
by a covered walkway. The larger of the two building was called "East
House," which was never completed. The smaller building was called the "West
House." The two houses were connected by a covered walkway. Aerial
perspective view of West House, East House and the covered walkway in the
center. West House can be seen on the left, the covered walkway in the
center, and East House on the right. A distinctive design element for both
houses is the shed roof of both living rooms and the floor to ceiling glass
doors and windows. Text lower left: "4703.007." Text lower right: "Alpaugh."
Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation. 10 x 4.5 B&W Photograph. |
0720.41.1221 |
1947
|
Amy Alpaugh Residence, Northport,
Michigan, Floor Plan 1947, FLLW # 4703.011 (1947 - S.293 ). The Amy Alpaugh
Residence was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1947. The plan consisted of
two separate building connected by a covered walkway. The larger of the two
building was called "East House," which was never completed. The smaller
building was called the "West House." The two houses were connected by a
covered walkway. Floor Plan for the "West House" (lower left) and "East
House" (upper right). A covered walkway connects the two houses. West House
was the only building that was completed. Over the years, minor
modifications have been made to this small "Studio" into a more complete
living space. The main section of the house was the "Studio" which was
rotated 45 degrees to the rest of the house. The studio - living room - was
smaller in size than that of the East House, and included a workspace
(kitchen), dining area and fireplace. To the South, at 45 degrees was a
covered porch, which now has been enclosed. A large wing to the North
included, two very small bedrooms, approximately 100 square feet each, a
bath and utilities room, greenhouse, storage, and a section for chickens and
goats. Over time, because the West House was the only...
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0720.42.1221 |
1947
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Florida Southern College, E. T. Roux Library
(1941 - S.252) Lakeland, Florida, 1947. The design is dated 1941, but due to
the war was not completed until 1945. The library was named after Edwin
Timanus (E. T.) Roux (1876-1946). Sometime between 1969 and 1970 the library
was renamed the Thad Buckner Building. Construction superintendent for the
Library was Robert D. Wehr, a member of the faculty. The dedication ceremony
was held on March 17, 1945. Viewed from the Southeast, looking Northwest.
Three students are standing under the Roux Library esplanade, the entrance
to the Library is just to the left. Page taped to verso: "Florida News &
Photo Service, Inc. Jacksonville 2, Florida. For Immediate Release, Miami
Herald. Comparing Notes. Lakeland, Florida - Students compare notes in front
of the library at Florida Southern College whose individualistic buildings
were designed by Frank Lloyd Wright." Stamped on verso: "Photography by
Florida News & Photo Service, Jacksonville, Florida, "FNPS credit
appreciated." "Nov 20, 1948." According to the Florida Library Archive, this
photograph was taken on May 18, 1947. Original 8.5 x6.5 B&W photograph. |
0720.10.0113 |
1947
|
Florence Hawkins Apartments, Auburn, CA, Perspective View 1947 (Project 1947
- FLLW #4728). Perspective view for the Florence Hawkins Apartments.
Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1947. Photograph of original drawing in
the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives. Two long wings meet at a 45 degree angle.
The plan appears to consist of separate two story duplexes, some abutting
each other. Published in
Frank Lloyd Wright,
1943-1959, Pfeiffer, 2009, p.132. FLLW #4728.09. Two original 10
x 8 B&W photographs. |
0720.34.1219 |
1947
|
Florence Hawkins Apartments, Auburn, CA, Ground and Floor Plan 1947 (Project
1947 - FLLW #4728). Ground and Floor Plan for the Florence Hawkins
Apartments. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1947. Photograph of original
drawing in the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives. Two long wings meet at a 45
degree angle. The plan appears to consist of separate two story duplexes,
some abutting each other. Written on many of the floor plans: "Two Story.".
Published in
Frank Lloyd Wright,
1943-1959, Pfeiffer, 2009, p.133. FLLW #4728.03. Two original 10
x 8 B&W photographs. |
0720.35.1219 |
1947
|
Florence Hawkins Studio, Auburn, CA, Perspective View 1947 (Project 1947 -
FLLW #4729). Perspective view for the Florence Hawkins Studio. Designed by
Frank Lloyd Wright in 1947. Photograph of original drawing in the Frank
Lloyd Wright Archives. The upper illustration appears to be a study for the
roof. The lower illustration is a perspective view looking up from below.
Published in
Frank Lloyd Wright,
1943-1959, Pfeiffer, 2009, p.133. FLLW #4729.04. Original 10 x 8
B&W photographs. |
0720.36.1219 |
1947
|
Huntington Hartford Sports Club and Play Resort, Hollywood, CA, Elevation
and Plan 1947 (Project 1947 - FLLW #4731). Elevation and Plan for the
Huntington Hartford Sports Club and Play Resort. Designed by Frank Lloyd
Wright in 1947. Photograph of original drawing in the Frank Lloyd Wright
Archives. Huntington Hartford was born into one of the wealthiest families
in the United States on April 18, 1911. His grandfather, founded the Great
Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company (A&P) in 1859. At the age of 12, he
inherited $90 million, the equivalent of nearly $1.25 billion in today's
dollars. In 1942 Huntington Hartford purchased a 160 acres estate in the
Hollywood Hills. In 1947 he commissioned Frank Lloyd Wright to design a
resort for the property which developed into five projects. 1. Cottage Group
Center, Scheme I (4721); 2. Huntington Hartford House (4724); 3. Sports Club
and Play Resort (4731); 4. The Stables (4737); and in January, 1948, 5.
Cottage Group Hotel Scheme II (4837). Anchored to the ridge of the canyon,
Frank Lloyd Wright designed a pyramid with large cantilevered bowls.
"Springing from this central shaft, the trefoil of cantilevered shallow
bowls of vertical concrete balance each other; a cantilevered tripod
carrying three clubroom glass enclosures, capped by shallow glass domes
constructed of... Continue... |
0720.28.1219 (A-B) |
1947
|
Huntington Hartford Cottage Group Center, Hollywood, CA, Scheme 1,
Perspective Plan 1947 (Project 1947 - FLLW #4721). Perspective Plan for the
Huntington Hartford Cottage Group Center. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in
1947. Photograph of original drawing in the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives.
Huntington Hartford was born into one of the wealthiest families in the
United States on April 18, 1911. His grandfather, founded the Great Atlantic
and Pacific Tea Company (A&P) in 1859. At the age of 12, he inherited $90
million, the equivalent of nearly $1.25 billion in today's dollars. In 1942
Huntington Hartford purchased a 160 acres estate in the Hollywood Hills. In
1947 he commissioned Frank Lloyd Wright to design a resort for the property
which developed into five projects. 1. Cottage Group Center, Scheme I
(4721); 2. Huntington Hartford House (4724); 3. Sports Club and Play Resort
(4731); 4. The Stables (4737); and in January, 1948, 5. Cottage Group Hotel
Scheme II (4837). Frank Lloyd Wright was commissioned by Hartford to design
a cottage-group members only hotel-resort in the canyon on his 160 acres. It
was designed to accommodate 130 guests. Wright placed the cottage units on
the western slopes of the canyon and named it the Cottage Group Center,
because of the nature of the cottage...
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0720.29.1219 |
1947
|
Huntington Hartford Cottage Group Center, Hollywood, CA, Scheme 1, Site Plan
1947 (Project 1947 - FLLW #4721). Perspective Plan for the Huntington
Hartford Cottage Group Center. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1947.
Photograph of original drawing in the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives.
Huntington Hartford was born into one of the wealthiest families in the
United States on April 18, 1911. His grandfather, founded the Great Atlantic
and Pacific Tea Company (A&P) in 1859. At the age of 12, he inherited $90
million, the equivalent of nearly $1.25 billion in today's dollars. In 1942
Huntington Hartford purchased a 160 acres estate in the Hollywood Hills. In
1947 he commissioned Frank Lloyd Wright to design a resort for the property
which developed into five projects. 1. Cottage Group Center, Scheme I
(4721); 2. Huntington Hartford House (4724); 3. Sports Club and Play Resort
(4731); 4. The Stables (4737); and in January, 1948, 5. Cottage Group Hotel
Scheme II (4837). As you enter the resort from the South, (bottom left), the
resorts Cottage Group Center is located to the left, on the Western slope of
the canyon. To the right, on the top of the Eastern ridge is the Huntington
Hartford House. As you continue North, you pass a man made lake which is to
the right side of the road. As you pass the resort's...
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0720.30.1219 |
1947
|
Huntington Hartford Cottage Group Center, Hollywood, CA, Scheme 1, Site Plan
1947 (Project 1947 - FLLW #4721). Site Plan, Level 635 detail for the
Huntington Hartford Cottage Group Center. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in
1947. Photograph of original drawing in the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives.
Huntington Hartford was born into one of the wealthiest families in the
United States on April 18, 1911. His grandfather, founded the Great Atlantic
and Pacific Tea Company (A&P) in 1859. At the age of 12, he inherited $90
million, the equivalent of nearly $1.25 billion in today's dollars. In 1942
Huntington Hartford purchased a 160 acres estate in the Hollywood Hills. In
1947 he commissioned Frank Lloyd Wright to design a resort for the property
which developed into five projects. 1. Cottage Group Center, Scheme I
(4721); 2. Huntington Hartford House (4724); 3. Sports Club and Play Resort
(4731); 4. The Stables (4737); and in January, 1948, 5. Cottage Group Hotel
Scheme II (4837). Text: "Cottage Group Center for Huntington Hartford. Frank
Lloyd Wright Architect. Lloyd Wright Associate." Published in
Frank Lloyd Wright,
1943-1959, Pfeiffer, 2009, p.131. FLLW #4721.30. Original 10 x 8
B&W photograph. |
0720.31.1219 |
1947
|
Huntington Hartford Cottage Group Center, Hollywood, CA, Scheme 1, Site Plan
1947 (Project 1947 - FLLW #4721). Site Plan, Level 650 detail for the
Huntington Hartford Cottage Group Center. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in
1947. Photograph of original drawing in the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives.
Huntington Hartford was born into one of the wealthiest families in the
United States on April 18, 1911. His grandfather, founded the Great Atlantic
and Pacific Tea Company (A&P) in 1859. At the age of 12, he inherited $90
million, the equivalent of nearly $1.25 billion in today's dollars. In 1942
Huntington Hartford purchased a 160 acres estate in the Hollywood Hills. In
1947 he commissioned Frank Lloyd Wright to design a resort for the property
which developed into five projects. 1. Cottage Group Center, Scheme I
(4721); 2. Huntington Hartford House (4724); 3. Sports Club and Play Resort
(4731); 4. The Stables (4737); and in January, 1948, 5. Cottage Group Hotel
Scheme II (4837). Text: "Cottage Group Center for Huntington Hartford. Frank
Lloyd Wright Architect. Lloyd Wright Associate." Published in
Frank Lloyd Wright,
1943-1959, Pfeiffer, 2009, p.131. FLLW #4721.31. Original 10 x 8
B&W photograph. |
0720.32.1219 |
1947
|
Huntington Hartford Cottage Group Center, Hollywood, CA, Scheme 1, Site Plan
1947 (Project 1947 - FLLW #4721). Site Plan, Level 615 detail for the
Huntington Hartford Cottage Group Center. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in
1947. Photograph of original drawing in the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives.
Huntington Hartford was born into one of the wealthiest families in the
United States on April 18, 1911. His grandfather, founded the Great Atlantic
and Pacific Tea Company (A&P) in 1859. At the age of 12, he inherited $90
million, the equivalent of nearly $1.25 billion in today's dollars. In 1942
Huntington Hartford purchased a 160 acres estate in the Hollywood Hills. In
1947 he commissioned Frank Lloyd Wright to design a resort for the property
which developed into five projects. 1. Cottage Group Center, Scheme I
(4721); 2. Huntington Hartford House (4724); 3. Sports Club and Play Resort
(4731); 4. The Stables (4737); and in January, 1948, 5. Cottage Group Hotel
Scheme II (4837). Text: "Cottage Group Center for Huntington Hartford. Frank
Lloyd Wright Architect. Lloyd Wright Associate." Published in
Frank Lloyd Wright,
1943-1959, Pfeiffer, 2009, p.131. FLLW #4721.31. Original 10 x 8
B&W photograph. |
0720.33.1219 |
1947
|
Rogers Lacy Hotel, Dallas, Texas 1947 (1946 - Project). According to Bruce
Brooks Pfeiffer, "The Rogers Lacy Hotel is one of Wright's most complex and
extravagant designs... Both the main block and the tower are sheathed in
diamond-shaped glass panels measuring 9 feet 6 ˝ inches from point to point
in one direction and 5 feet 5 inches from point to point in the other
direction..." Frank Lloyd Wright, 1943 - 1959, Pfeiffer, 2009, p.97.
Caption pasted to verso: "This is an artist's sketch of the proposed Rogers
Lacy Hotel at Dallas, Tex., designed by Wisconsin's Frank Lloyd Wright. The
radical building would rise 47 stories and would be constructed of light
stainless steel, glass and magnesium. The outer walls would be diamond
shaped glass panes." Stamped on clipping: "Su. Jul 13 1947." Original 7 x 9
B&W Photograph. |
1720.24.0619 |
1947
|
Charles L. Morgan
Obituary 1947. Obituary for Charles Leonard Morgan published in the Evening
Independent, St. Petersburg, Florida, Monday, April 7, 1947. "Charles
Morgan, Famous Architect, Drowns at Richey.
Tarpon Springs - Charles Leonard Morgan, 56, world
renowned architect and designer, was accidentally drowned in the Cootee
River at New Port Richey early Saturday afternoon. Mr. Morgan, a great
humanitarian and lover of children, had gone into the river in a small
rowboat to get a ball for some children who were playing along the shore and
had tossed the ball into the water... A graduate of the class of 1913,
University of Illinois, Mr. Morgan, architect and artist, was a former
professor of architecture at Kansas University, and professor of
architecture and designing at
Florida Southern College,
Lakeland. He had recently completed a three-year architectural tour of the
leading cities in South America... Mr. Morgan was an associate architect
with the firm of Frank Lloyd Wright, of Chicago, with connections in New
York, St. Louis, and several other large cities in the United States..." 4 x
5 B&W photograph. |
0720.38.0720 |
1947
|
George D Sturges House (1939 - S.272) 1947.
Designed and built in 1939. Photographed by Pedro E. Guerrero. A major
portion of the home is cantilevered over the hillside. Although extremely
visible, the design affords it an ample amount of privacy. It appears
windowless from the street, but the east side of the home has six sets of
floor to ceiling double doors that open outward. The living room covers
about half the floor space. Two bedrooms are adjacent to the living room and
share half of the floor to ceiling doors which open to the balcony.
According to Guerrero, he photographed this image in 1947, for the House and
Garden magazine. Constructed of brick and redwood. John Lautner, apprentice
from 1933-38, handled the construction. Wright utilized this design again in
the 1952, Frank S. Sander Residence (S.354) in Stamford, Connecticut.
Published in "Picturing Wright",
Guerrero, 1994, p.110. 10 x 7 B&W photograph. |
0720.11.0714 |
1947
|
George D. Sturges House, 1947 (1939 - S.272).
Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1939. Photographed by Pedro E. Guerrero.
View of the Living Room from the East. Built-in cabinets are on the left.
The main entrance is just to the left of the fireplace. The dining area is
on the far right. The beams overhead are not only structurally functional,
but also adds to the interior design. The furniture was designed by Wright.
In 1947, House and Garden asked Guerrero to photograph the Sturges house in
preparation for an issue devoted to Wright's work. "The plan did not succeed
because there was not enough new or completed Wright houses in that postwar
period to fill a whole issue. In preparation for it I did, however,
photograph the Sturges house in Brentwood Heights..." Picturing Wright,
1994, Guerrero, p.96. 10 x 8 B&W photograph. |
0720.14.0216 |
1947
|
George D. Sturges House, 1947 (1939 - S.272).
Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1939. Photographed by Pedro E. Guerrero.
View of the Dining area from the South. The Workspace is to the right. The
chairs were designed by Wright. In 1947, House and Garden asked Guerrero to
photograph the Sturges house in
preparation for an issue devoted to Wright's work. "The plan did not succeed
because there was not enough new or completed Wright houses in that postwar
period to fill a whole issue. In preparation for it I did, however,
photograph the Sturges house in Brentwood Heights..." Picturing Wright,
1994, Guerrero, p.96. 10 x 8 B&W photograph. |
0720.15.0216 |
1947
|
George D. Sturges House, 1947 (1939 - S.272).
Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1939. Photographed by Pedro E. Guerrero.
View of the Dining area from the South. The Workspace is in the center
background. The chairs were designed by Wright. In 1947, House and Garden
asked Guerrero to photograph the Sturges house in preparation for an issue
devoted to Wright's work. "The plan did not succeed because there was not
enough new or completed Wright houses in that postwar period to fill a whole
issue. In preparation for it I did, however, photograph the Sturges house in
Brentwood Heights..." Picturing Wright,
1994, Guerrero, p.96. Published on page 111. 10 x 8 B&W photograph. |
0720.16.0216 |
1947
|
George D. Sturges House, 1947 (1939 - S.272).
Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1939. Photographed by Pedro E. Guerrero.
View of the Dining area from the South. The Workspace is in the center
background. A very good view of a Wright designed chair on the right. In
1947, House and Garden asked Guerrero to photograph the Sturges house in
preparation for an issue devoted to Wright's work. "The plan did not succeed
because there was not enough new or completed Wright houses in that postwar
period to fill a whole issue. In preparation for it I did, however,
photograph the Sturges house in Brentwood Heights..." Picturing Wright,
1994, Guerrero, p.96. 10 x 8 B&W photograph. |
0720.17.0216 |
1947
|
Taliesin, Spring Green, Apprentices Working on Guggenheim Museum Model No.
1, 1945 (1925 - S.218). Five apprentices are working on the
model of the Guggenheim
Museum. Left to right: Burton Goodrich, John de Koven
Hill, Douglas Lockwood, Beatrice Reik and Lee Kawahara. On September 20,
1945, Frank Lloyd Wright, Hilla Rebay and Solomon R Guggenheim held a new
conference at the Plaza Hotel, New York, to unveil the model for the new
Guggenheim Museum. It was designed in two pieces to reveal the interior
cross-section of the museum. In the background, center right, is a large
photograph of the S. C. Johnson headquarters. Just beneath it on a table
sets another model. Hand written on verso: "Frank L. Wright - Homes of
Taliesin. Students. Filed 9/27/45." Stamped on verso: "Acme Newspictures,
Inc." Published in "Wright
on Exhibit," Smith, 2017, p.187. Original 9 x 7 B&W
photograph. |
0720.25.0919 |
1947
|
Picnic at Borglum Rock with apprentices, Summer
1947. Borglum Rock was a lovely wooded terrace some miles away from
Taliesin on a sheer escarpment overlooking a breathtaking ravine. "During
one summer of late the 1930's while Gutzon Borglum was working on the Mount
Rushmore heads, he visited Taliesin and attended one of the picnics.
They later named the spot Borglum Rock". Mr. And Mrs. Wright seated. Apprentices include: Foreground
(l-r)
Alan
Lape Davison, Davy (far left);
Ernst Wallfisch
(in hat); Donald Brown (third); Ann
Purcell (far right, violinist and part of the piano quartet from the Dallas
Symphony that summer, which also included Ernst & Lorry Walfish, piano and
viola respectively, and Signa Sandstrom, cello).
It was a
tradition of the Wrights when they were at Taliesin Spring Green, to
have a picnic Sunday afternoons. Apprentices cooked the food,
packed it, the dishes and silverware, and hauled everything to a scenic
spot at Taliesin or close by. "Working with Mr. Wright" Besinger
(1937- 55) 1997, Pp 179 (Bob
Brevick and Mansinh Rana also appear in a photo in Besinger).
Photographer possibly Wes Peters. One original 8 x
10 silver gelatin photograph, and one original 5 x 4 B&W photograph. 5 x
4 acquired from the estate of Noverre Musson. Stamped on verso: "905F." I would...
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0720.03.0107
0720.19.0917 |
1947
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Picnic at Borglum Rock, Summer 1947. Borglum Rock was a
lovely wooded terrace some miles away from Taliesin on a sheer escarpment
overlooking a breathtaking ravine. "During one summer of late the 1930's
while Gutzon Borglum was working on the Mount Rushmore heads, he visited
Taliesin and attended one of the picnics. They later named the spot Borglum
Rock". Mr. Wright is on the left, gesturing with his hands, talking to the
apprentices. Five apprentices are on the right. Acquired from the estate of
Taliesin Apprentice Noverre Musson. Stamped on verso: "862F." |
0720.20.0917 |
1947
|
Picnic at Borglum Rock with apprentices, Summer
1947. Apprentices include (l-r):
Tore
Bjornstadt (second from left with blond hair);
Paolo Solari (third from left, facing camera);
Next
might be John Geiger,
(but he does not remember the shirt); Next is probably Ivovanna Wright (John
vaguely remembers her in a halter that day); Mansinh Rana (with bent
head. He was a friend of Indira Gandhi and became the state architect for
India);
Ernst Wallfisch (in hat, behind and to the left
of Mansinh Rana);
Next is
Bob Brevic (looking to the left).
Photographer possibly Wes Peters. Original 8 x 10 silver gelatin photograph.
I would like to thank John Geiger for his help in identifying those in this
photo. |
0720.04.0107 |
1947
|
Unity Temple, Oak Park, Illinois Circa 1947 (1904 - S.096). Viewed from the
West, Unity Temple is on the left, Unity House is on the right, and the
Entrance is in the center. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1904. The walls
were executed in poured concrete. The large urn is missing on the wall to
the right of the entrance stairs. The metal plaque to the right of he stairs
reads Unity Universalist Church. North Kenilworth Avenue in the foreground.
The automobile on the right is a 1947 Chevrolet Fleetline Sportmaster.
Mounted to gray board. Label pasted to board: "W 20, USA Arch. Wright, Frank
Lloyd: 1869-. Oak Park, Illinois. Unity Temple. 1906. Photo: Andrews 729."
Photographed by
Wayne Andrews.
Acquired from the archives of the University of Minnesota. Original 9.5 x
7.75 B&W Photograph. |
0720.37.0420 |
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. |
0720.23.0918 |
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. |
0720.43.1121 |
1947
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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 |
1947
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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. |
0720.27.1119 |
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1948 |
1948
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1) Albert Adelman Residence,
Fox Point, Wisconsin Design Board Polaroid 1948 (1948 - S.308). Copy
photograph from original 4.24 x 3.5 color Polaroid. View of the Entry Court
looking South from the Entrance. Built in wall table is on the left.
Original drapes in the background cover floor to ceiling windows and doors.
Carpet with matching design elements in the foreground. Scanned from the
original Polaroid and enhanced by Douglas M. Steiner. 10 x 8 Color
photograph. |
0746.02.1102 -01 |
1948
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2) Albert Adelman Residence,
Fox Point, Wisconsin Design Board Polaroid 1948 (1948 - S.308). Copy
photograph from original 4.24 x 3.5 color Polaroid. View of the Entry Court
and Living Room looking Southwest. Original drapes in the background cover
floor to ceiling windows and doors. Carpet with matching design elements in
the foreground. Built in shelves ar3 to the right. Built-in seating to the
far right. Scanned from the original Polaroid and enhanced by Douglas M.
Steiner. 10 x 8 Color photograph. |
0746.02.1102 -02 |
1948
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3) Albert Adelman Residence,
Fox Point, Wisconsin Design Board Polaroid 1948 (1948 - S.308). Copy
photograph from original 4.24 x 3.5 color Polaroid. View of the Living Room
from the Entry Court looking West. Original drapes on the left cover floor
to ceiling windows and doors. Carpet with matching design elements. Built in
shelves are to the right. Scanned from the original Polaroid and enhanced by
Douglas M. Steiner. 10 x 8 Color photograph. |
0746.02.1102 -03 |
1948
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4) Albert Adelman Residence,
Fox Point, Wisconsin Design Board Polaroid 1948 (1948 - S.308). Copy
photograph from original 4.24 x 3.5 color Polaroid. View of the Northeast
corner of the Living Room. The Entry is just behind the built-in cabinets.
Original drapes in the background cover floor to ceiling windows and doors.
Scanned from the original Polaroid and enhanced by Douglas M. Steiner. 10 x
8 Color photograph. |
0746.02.1102 -04 |
1948
|
Maynard P. Buehler House, Orinda,
CA, Site Plan 1948 (1948 - S.309). FLLW #4805. Site plan for the Maynard P.
Buehler House. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1948. Photograph of
original drawing in the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives. The floor plan is
L-shaped, with the Living and Dining Room at a 45 degree angle. The Living
Room is octagonal in shape. The shorter portion of the L-shape is the
Workshop. The Workshop is a semi-circular section with a large fireplace.
Text: "Ground Plan. House for Mr. And Mrs. Maynard P. Buehler, Oakland Cal.
Frank Lloyd Wright Architect." Similar illustration published in
Frank Lloyd Wright,
1943-1959, Pfeiffer, 2009, p.154. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph.
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0746.24.1219 |
1948
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Florida Southern
College, Administration Buildings and Water Dome. Emile E. Watson (1945 -
S.255B), Benjamin Fine (1945 - S.255C); Edgar Wall Water Dome (1938, 1948 -
S.255A) 1948. Viewed from the Northeast. The Administration Buildings, two
separate buildings joined by the Esplanades, were completed in 1948. The
Water Dome, a 160 foot in diameter circular pool, was first filled in early
1948. The Water Dome is in the foreground. The Benjamin Fine Administration
Building is on the water's edge, the Emile E. Watson Administration Building
is in the background on the right. Bernard Elmo Fulghum (1898-1972) was a
Lakeland, Florida contractor. Text on face: "Sanborn Photo Service."
Clipping taped to verso: "A Blending of Eras. A happy paradox will greet
persons attending the 69th annual Founder's week at Florida Southern
College, Lakeland, next week... Three days later, on March 5 (1954), FSC
students, alumni and guests will take part in ceremonies dedicating the
college's
Frank Lloyd
Wright campus. The
great maestro of modern architecture is the designer of 18 buildings for
Florida Southern to cost $10 million. Half of them are realities now, giving
Florida an outstanding sample to Wright's work. The buildings designed by
Wright look newer than tomorrow,. They also look right at home in the
landscape...
Continue... |
0746.14.0113 |
1948
|
Florida Southern
College, Seminar Buildings (1940 - S.253.1-3) 1948. Viewed from the
Southwest. Originally called the Cora Carter, Isabel Walbridge and Charles
W. Hawkins Seminar Buildings. Designed in 1940, these three Seminar
buildings were completed in 1941. Sour students are gathered on the steps of
the Water Dome. The Water Dome is on the left, the Walbridge Seminar
building is on the right. Photographed by the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad.
Four students can be seen in a similar photograph published in "The
Buildings of
Frank Lloyd
Wright at Florida Southern College",
MacDonald, Galbraith, Rogers, 2007, p. 39. Similar photograph is also
published in "Of Fact and
Fancy", Thrift, 1979, p. 92. Stamped on verso: "Florida Southern
College, Public Relations Department, Lakeland, Florida." "Please credit
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad." Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. |
0746.15.0113 |
1948
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Huntington Hartford Cottage Group
Center, Hollywood, CA, Scheme 2, Cross Sections 1948 (Project 1948 - FLLW
#4837). Site Cross Section for the Huntington Hartford Cottage Group Center.
Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1948. Photograph of original drawing in
the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives. Huntington Hartford was born into one of
the wealthiest families in the United States on April 18, 1911. His
grandfather, founded the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company (A&P) in
1859. At the age of 12, he inherited $90 million, the equivalent of nearly
$1.25 billion in today's dollars. In 1942 Huntington Hartford purchased a
160 acres estate in the Hollywood Hills. In 1947 he commissioned Frank Lloyd
Wright to design a resort for the property which developed into five
projects. 1. Cottage Group Center, Scheme I (4721); 2. Huntington Hartford
House (4724); 3. Sports Club and Play Resort (4731); 4. The Stables (4737);
and in January, 1948, 5. Cottage Group Hotel Scheme II (4837). Cross
Sections. Text: "Sections. Cottage Group Center. For Huntington Hartford.
Frank Lloyd Wright Architect. Lloyd Wright Associate." This plan shows five
cross sections, "A - A" through "E - E." A - A is on the top left, C - C is
on the top right, E - E is in the center, D - D is on the bottom left, and B
- B... Continue... |
0746.23.1219 |
1948 |
Set of 10 original blueprints
for the Huntington Hartford Cottage Group Center, Scheme II
(Project). Huntington Hartford was born into one of the
wealthiest families in the United States on April 18, 1911.
His grandfather, founded the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea
Company (A&P) in 1859. At the age of 12, he inherited $90
million, the equivalent of nearly $1.25 billion in today's
dollars. In 1942 Huntington Hartford purchased a 160 acres
estate in the Hollywood Hills. In 1947 he commissioned Frank
Lloyd Wright to design a resort for the property which
developed into five projects. 1. Cottage Group Center,
Scheme I (4721); 2. Huntington Hartford House (4724); 3.
Sports Club and Play Resort (4731); 4. The Stables (4737);
and in January, 1948, 5. Cottage Group Hotel Scheme II
(4837). Assisting Wright with the project as the landscape
architect was Lloyd Wright, his son who had offices in
Hollywood. Wright presented plans for the projects in
October 1947. The hotel-resort was for members only, and
designed to accommodate 130 guests. Wright placed the
cottage units on the western slopes of the canyon and named
it the Cottage Group Center, because of the nature of the
cottage groupings rather than a single hotel building. Three
months later, in January 1948, Wright...
Continue...
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1948
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Sheet 1) Huntington Hartford
Resort Complex, Original Position (Project). Birds-eye view
of the canyon toward the Southwest. Text bottom left:
"Original Position." One of the two view points can be seen
in the foreground on the left. A bridge can be seen on the
top left. The Sports Club and Play Resort can be seen in the
background on the right, on the Eastern ridge. The sports
complex included swimming, tennis, saunas, dining, dancing,
a cinema, balconies, terraces and an apartment for Hartford
and his guests. 10 x 5 Color and B&W photographs.
See Wright Study: Hartford Resort (Project 1948) |
0746.21.0215 -1A&B |
1948
|
Sheet 2) Huntington Hartford
Birds-Eye View Scheme II (Project). Viewed from the
Southwest. Text: "Alternate. Huntington Hartford. Frank
Lloyd Wright Architect. Lloyd Wright Associate." Box bottom
right appears to be dated "Jan 30, 48." The Sports Club and
Play Resort can be seen in the upper left corner on the
Western ridge. The sports complex included swimming, tennis,
saunas, dining, dancing, a cinema, balconies, terraces and
an apartment for Hartford and his guests. The entrance to
the Cottage Group Center can be seen on the bottom right.
The main portion of the complex included the registration
and lobby, offices, lounge, dining pavilion, caf, sun
terraces, patios and gardens. 10 x 8 Color and B&W
photographs. See Wright Study: Hartford Resort (Project 1948) |
0746.21.0215 -2A&B |
1948
|
Sheet 3) Huntington Hartford
Entrance View Scheme II (Project). Viewed from the South.
Text: "View From Entrance Drive. Cottage Group Center. For
Huntington Hartford. Frank Lloyd Wright Architect. Lloyd
Wright Associate." Frank Lloyd Wright originally presented
the plans for the Cottage Group Center Scheme I, in October,
1947. Three months later, in January 1948, Wright totally
revised the plans with Scheme II. The major difference was
moving the whole complex from the West side of the canyon to
the East side. Wright reasoned that morning sun cast on the
western slopes would give the guests a more agreeable view
of the opposite side of the canyon in the morning. As you
enter the property, you pass through a set of Wright
designed gates. Wright also moved the Sports Club from the
East ridge to the West ridge which can be seen on the top
left corner. This design retained the cottage concept as in
the first, thus The Cottage Group Center. These cottages
were terraced on the canyon hillside and included
cantilevered terraces and gardens, bedrooms, sitting rooms
and kitchenettes. The main portion of the complex included
the registration and lobby, offices, lounge, dining
pavilion, caf, sun terraces, patios and gardens. Wright
transformed the eastern side of the canyon...
Continue... See Wright Study:
Hartford Resort (Project 1948) |
0746.21.0215 -3A&B |
1948
|
Sheet 4) Huntington Hartford
Plan at 565, Scheme II (Project). Automobile entrance. Text:
"Plan at 565. Cottage Group Center. For Huntington Hartford.
Frank Lloyd Wright Architect. Lloyd Wright Associate." Level
565 is the automobile entrance. As you enter the property,
you cross a bridge over a pool that is on both sides of the
road. As you pull forward, you drive under a large terrace
that stretches over the road. The entrance leads to the
lobby, clerk's deck, vault and manager's office. There are
areas of plantings, that are open above. From the lobby,
elevators and stairs lead to level 575. Driving forward
leads to underground garage as well as addition outdoor
parking. The plan is laid out utilizing an equilateral
triangle grid pattern. Plantings at this level includes:
Palms, magnolia and acacia. The line for Cross Section "A -
A" cut through the road and managers office at this level.
"C - C" cuts through the entrance and lower lobby. 8 x 8
Color and B&W photographs.
See Wright Study: Hartford Resort (Project 1948) |
0746.21.0215 -4A&B |
1948
|
Sheet 5) Huntington Hartford
Plan at 575, Scheme II (Project). Main lounge. Text: "Plan
at 575. Cottage Group Center. For Huntington Hartford. Frank
Lloyd Wright Architect. Lloyd Wright Associate." The main
lounge is on this level, and Wright labels it Living Room
which includes built-in seating and two fireplaces. It opens
to an outdoor lounge that covers the drive below. There are
built-in planting boxes. Stairs on the east side lead to the
open landscape. To the North of the living room are
washrooms, storage and the upper garage, with ramps that
lead to the lower garage below. From the Living Room, a
walkway leads to the south wing which includes three
cottages. Cottage Type (1), there are two, includes a
sitting room with built-in seating and fireplace, an outdoor
terrace, one bedroom, kitchen, a built-in dining table, and
a bath. The larger Cottage Type (3) includes a sitting room
with a fireplace, an outdoor terrace, three bedrooms, each
with their own bath, kitchen and a built-in dining table.
The plan is laid out utilizing an equilateral triangle grid
pattern. Plantings at this level include: Palms, plum,
avocado, walnut, acacia, bay, pine, broadleaf, grapefruit,
laurel and bamboo. 8 x 8 Color and B&W photographs.
See Wright Study: Hartford Resort (Project 1948) |
0746.21.0215 -5A&B |
1948
|
Sheet 6) Huntington Hartford
Plan at 585, Scheme II (Project). Dining Pavilion. Text:
"Plan at 585. Cottage Group Center. For Huntington Hartford.
Frank Lloyd Wright Architect. Lloyd Wright Associate." Above
the living room (main lounge), is the "upper part of the
Living Room" and has two fireplaces. Just to the north is
the cocktail lounge and bar. Continuing north is a sun
gallery and the kitchen. The ceiling is covered with
triangular skylights. Next is the hexagonal-shaped dining
pavilion. Taking a few steps up to a raised level is an area
with a fireplace. The dining room looks out at a water
cascade. To the South of the upper living room a passageway
leads to terraced garden, then on to a larger Cottage Type
(3) which includes a sitting room with a fireplace, an
outdoor terrace, three bedrooms, each with their own bath,
kitchen and a built-in dining table. The plan is laid out
utilizing an equilateral triangle grid pattern. 8 x 8 Color
and B&W photographs. See Wright Study: Hartford Resort (Project 1948) |
0746.21.0215 -6A&B |
1948
|
Sheet 7) Huntington Hartford
Plan at 595, Scheme II (Project). Patio. Text: "Plan at 595.
Cottage Group Center. For Huntington Hartford. Frank Lloyd
Wright Architect. Lloyd Wright Associate." Above the living
room is a patio labeled "upper part of the Living Room." To
the North is the glass and copper top over the dining
pavilion, as well as employee rooms and a small sitting
room. At the Southern end of this plan is another large
three bedroom Cottage Type (3). The layout of this three
bedroom cottage differs from the two on the lower levels,
but still includes a sitting room with a fireplace, an
outdoor terrace, three bedrooms, each with their own bath,
kitchen and a built-in dining table. It is reached by stairs
from levels 585 and 605. The plan is laid out utilizing an
equilateral triangle grid pattern. 8 x 8 Color and B&W
photographs.
See Wright Study: Hartford Resort (Project 1948) |
0746.21.0215 -7A&B |
1948
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Sheet 8) Huntington Hartford
Plan at 605, Scheme II (Project). Open Patio and bedrooms.
Text: "Plan at 605. Cottage Group Center. For Huntington
Hartford. Frank Lloyd Wright Architect. Lloyd Wright
Associate." Above the living room is an open patio labeled
"upper part of the Living Room," and includes planned
plantings on the roof. To the North is a single bedroom and
bath, and a long terrace garden over the employee bedrooms
below. To the South are eight guest rooms with fireplaces,
and bathrooms. At the Southern end of this plan is another
large three bedroom Cottage Type (3). The layout of this
three bedroom cottage differs from the two on the lower
levels, but still includes a sitting room with a fireplace,
an outdoor terrace, three bedrooms, each with their own
bath, kitchen and a built-in dining table. The plan is laid
out utilizing an equilateral triangle grid pattern. 8 x 8
Color and B&W photographs.
See Wright Study: Hartford Resort (Project 1948) |
0746.21.0215 -8A&B |
1948
|
Sheet 9) Huntington Hartford
Plan at 615, Scheme II (Project). Upper Level. Text: "Plan
at 615. Cottage Group Center. For Huntington Hartford. Frank
Lloyd Wright Architect. Lloyd Wright Associate." The upper
level provides additional cottages on the North and South,
with Guest Bedrooms in the center. The roof above the lower
"Living Room" is planted as a large Terrace Garden with a
large irregular hexagon open to the patio below. To the
North are three large three-bedroom Cottages Type (2). The
layout of these three bedroom cottages differ from those on
the lower levels. They includes a sitting room with a
fireplace, an outdoor terrace, three bedrooms, each with
their own bath, kitchen and a built-in dining table. The
larger bedroom includes a fireplace. The five Guest Bedrooms
located just next to the Living Room roof, are reached by
stairs from the lower level. Each of the bedrooms include a
bath and fireplace. This level of bedrooms are stepped back,
so that the roof of the lower bedrooms provide a "Terrace
Garden over Lower Bedrooms." Two the South are two
one-bedroom cottages. Each has a sitting room and fireplace,
kitchen, bedroom and bath. One has a built in dining table.
Both are surrounded by lush plantings and terraces. The plan
is laid out utilizing an...
Continue...
See Wright Study: Hartford Resort (Project 1948) |
0746.21.0215 -9A&B |
1948
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Sheet 10) Huntington Hartford
Cross Sections, Scheme II (Project). Text: "Sections.
Cottage Group Center. For Huntington Hartford. Frank Lloyd
Wright Architect. Lloyd Wright Associate." This plan shows
five cross sections, "A - A" through "E - E." A - A is on
the top left, C - C is on the top right, E - E is in the
center, D - D is on the bottom left, and B - B is on the
bottom right. On the plans, the cross sections run from
North to South: B - B; C - C; A - A in the center; E - E; D
- D on the South. Of interest is B - B, the cross section of
the of the Dining Room. Wright has added a spire rising from
the roof made of glass and copper. There is also evidence of
a water feature that cascades from the North to the South.
It begins on the North by the Dining Pavilion and runs to
the South, ending in the Pool at the Entrance. 8 x 8 Color
and B&W photographs.
See Wright Study: Hartford Resort (Project 1948) |
0746.21.0215 -10A&B |
1948
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Herbert & Katherine
Jacobs Residence II, Middleton, Wisc (1944 - S.283). During construction in
July 1948. Hand written on verso: "Designed by
Frank Lloyd
Wright for Mr. &
Mrs. Herbert Jacobs in 1944. Construction began 2 years later. Solar
hemicycle house, Middleton, Wisc." Label pasted on verso: "Reminiscent of a
medieval fortress, this "solar hemicycle house" in Middleton, Wis., was
designed by
Frank Lloyd
Wright for Mr. &
Mrs. Herbert Jacobs in 1944. Construction began two years later. The picture
is from "Building with
Frank Lloyd
Wright" by
Herbert Jacobs with Katherine Jacobs (Chronick [Chronicle] Books).
Photograph by Jack Steinberg. Published on the cover of "Building
with
Frank Lloyd
Wright",
Jacobs, 1978. Acquired from the archives of The Baltimore Sun. Original
10.25 x 3.75 B&W photograph. |
0746.13.0612 |
1948
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V.C. Morris Gift Shop, San Francisco, CA, Preliminary Study, 1948, FLLW
#4802 (1948 - S.310). Photograph of original drawing in the Frank Lloyd
Wright Archives. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1948. Preliminary study
for the V.C. Morris Gift Shop. A composite of the spiral ramp and the arched
entrance. "As visitors (from the world over) enter through the arch they
stand for a moment to gaze at the rhythmic spiral forms of the central ramp,
on and up to the patterned fantasy of the hanging screen with its groups of
luminesce opalescent bubbles appearing to ascend in clusters through the
ceiling. It is for them a breathless moment..." V. C. Morris. Published in
the Architectural Forum, February, 1950, p.83. Text: "4802.01." Additional
illustrations published in
Frank Lloyd Wright,
1943-1959, Pfeiffer, 2009, p.172-175. Original 10 x 8 B&W
photograph. |
0746.25.1219 |
1948
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V.C. Morris Gift Shop, San Francisco, CA, Front Elevation, 1948, FLLW #4802
(1948 - S.310). Photograph of original drawing in the Frank Lloyd Wright
Archives. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1948. Front Elevation for the
V.C. Morris Gift Shop. At first glance the face of the building appears to
be a flat solid brick wall, broken by the semi-circular entrance to the
building. The details are subtle. But as you look closer, there is depth to
the design. The face of the building protrudes about the thickness of one
brick, and is bordered by the vertical perforated light column on the left,
a concrete band near the top, and a second near the bottom, capping the row
of inset square lights. The right side steps back and is nearly overlooked.
As you step into the half glass, half brick semi-circular portal, each
successive row of brick and glass reduces the size of the entrance, much the
same as Wright's hallways. The entrance feels restrictive and confined, but
as you step through the doorway you feel a released. "As visitors (from the
world over) enter through the arch they stand for a moment to gaze at the
rhythmic spiral forms of the central ramp, on and up to the patterned
fantasy of the hanging screen with its groups of luminesce opalescent
bubbles appearing to ascend in clusters through the ceiling. It is for...
Continue... |
0746.26.1219 |
1948
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V.C. Morris Gift Shop, San Francisco, CA, Upper Floor Plan, 1948, FLLW #4802
(1948 - S.310). Photograph of original drawing in the Frank Lloyd Wright
Archives. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1948. Upper Floor Plan for the
V.C. Morris Gift Shop. "As visitors (from the world over) enter through the
arch they stand for a moment to gaze at the rhythmic spiral forms of the
central ramp, on and up to the patterned fantasy of the hanging screen with
its groups of luminesce opalescent bubbles appearing to ascend in clusters
through the ceiling. It is for them a breathless moment..." Quote: V. C.
Morris. Published in the Architectural Forum, February, 1950, p.83. Text:
"Sheet 2. Plan of Mezzanine Level. Gift Shop For Morris V. C. Maiden Lane,
San Francisco, Cal. Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect." FLLW #4824.07. Published
in
Frank Lloyd Wright,
1943-1959, Pfeiffer, 2009, p.175. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph.
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0746.27.1219 |
1948
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V.C. Morris Gift Shop, San Francisco, CA, Detail of
Upper Floor Plan, 1948, FLLW #4802 (1948 - S.310). Photograph of original
drawing in the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright
in 1948. Detail of Upper Floor Plan for the V.C. Morris Gift Shop. "As
visitors (from the world over) enter through the arch they stand for a
moment to gaze at the rhythmic spiral forms of the central ramp, on and up
to the patterned fantasy of the hanging screen with its groups of luminesce
opalescent bubbles appearing to ascend in clusters through the ceiling. It
is for them a breathless moment..." Quote: V. C. Morris. Published in the
Architectural Forum, February, 1950, p.83. Text: "Sheet 2. Plan of Mezzanine
Level. Gift Shop For Morris V. C. Maiden Lane, San Francisco, Cal. Frank
Lloyd Wright, Architect." FLLW #4824.07. Published in
Frank Lloyd Wright,
1943-1959,
Pfeiffer, 2009, p.175. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. |
0746.28.1219 |
1948
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John Pike House, Los Angeles, Perspective 1948 (Project - FLLW #4716).
Photograph of original drawing in the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives. Designed
by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1948. Perspective of the John Pike House. The Pike
House is an extensive two story house. The main section of the house is
centered around a large circular pool. The Entrance, Dining Room, Kitchen,
servants rooms are on one end. The garage is at 45 degrees and includes a
circular utility room. A long Gallery runs the entire length of the center
section on the first floor. A two story Living Room is at the opposite end
of the house and extends at 90 degrees. The bedrooms are on the second level
of the center section. FLLW #4716.11. Published in
Frank Lloyd Wright,
1943-1959, Pfeiffer, 2009, p.178. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. |
0746.29.1219 |
1948
|
John Pike House, Los Angeles, Aerial Perspective 1948 (Project - FLLW
#4716). Photograph of original drawing in the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives.
Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1948. Aerial perspective of the John Pike
House. The Pike House is an extensive two story house. The main section of
the house is centered around a large circular pool. The Entrance, Dining
Room, Kitchen, servants rooms are on one end. The garage is at 45 degrees
and includes a circular utility room. A long Gallery runs the entire length
of the center section on the first floor. A two story Living Room is at the
opposite end of the house and extends at 90 degrees. The bedrooms are on the
second level of the center section. Text: "House For Mr. & Mrs. John J.
Pike. Los Angeles, California. Frank Lloyd Wright Architect." FLLW #4716.17.
Published in
Frank Lloyd Wright,
1943-1959, Pfeiffer, 2009, p.179. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. |
0746.30.1219 |
1948
|
John Pike House, Los Angeles, Ground Floor Plan 1948 (Project - FLLW #4716).
Photograph of original drawing in the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives. Designed
by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1948. Ground Floor Plan for the John Pike House.
The Pike House is an extensive two story house. The main section of the
house is centered around a large circular pool. The Entrance, Dining Room,
Kitchen, servants rooms are on one end. The garage is at 45 degrees and
includes a circular utility room. A long Gallery runs the entire length of
the center section on the first floor. A two story Living Room is at the
opposite end of the house and extends at 90 degrees. The bedrooms are on the
second level of the center section. FLLW #4716.18. Published in
Frank Lloyd Wright,
1943-1959, Pfeiffer, 2009, p.179. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. |
0746.31.1219 |
1948
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John Pike House, Los Angeles, Second Floor Plan 1948 (Project - FLLW #4716).
Photograph of original drawing in the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives. Designed
by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1948. Second Floor Plan for the John Pike House.
The Pike House is an extensive two story house. The main section of the
house is centered around a large circular pool. The Entrance, Dining Room,
Kitchen, servants rooms are on one end. The garage is at 45 degrees and
includes a circular utility room. A long Gallery runs the entire length of
the center section on the first floor. A two story Living Room is at the
opposite end of the house and extends at 90 degrees. The bedrooms are on the
second level of the center section. Text: "Second Floor Plan." Additional
illustrations published in
Frank Lloyd Wright,
1943-1959, Pfeiffer, 2009, p.178-179. Original 10 x 8 B&W
photograph. |
0746.32.1219 |
C 1948
|
Taliesin West, Scottsdale, AZ, Garden Terrace Circa 1948 (1937 - S.241). Not
Dated. Set of three 35mm color slides. View of the Sunset Terrace from the
Northwest. The Pool is in the foreground. The Annex Office is on the left.
The ceramic Chinese Theaters that was embedded in desert masonry at the
front of the Annex Office has not yet been installed. According to
Frank Lloyd Wright Selected Houses 3,
Pfeiffer 1989, page 67 the 12 Chinese Theatre (Ching) pieces were purchased
in 1950. The Sunset Terrace is in the background. The Garden Room is just
beyond it. Text on sleeve: "Wright, F. L. - Taliesin West. 4-41. Taliesin
West. Ext., Garden room from west. Scottsdale, AZ, USA. 1937-59. Wright,
Frank Lloyd. U of Virginia FAIC." Acquired from the archives of the
University of Virginia. 35mm Color slide, sandwiched between glass, plastic
mount.
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0746.37.0121 (1-3) |
1948
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Taliesin West 1948, (1937 - S.241). Olgivanna
and Frank Lloyd Wright in their 1937 AC (Acedes) 16/80 March sports
two-seater. Wright saw the car parked on the street, left a note to the
owner and offered to purchase it. The owner agreed and was invited to dinner
at Taliesin West in April 1948. "Frank
Lloyd Wright Quarterly," Winter 2010, p.15. The AC Sports Tourer
was designed by the Earl of March, England. March had earlier worked at
Bentley Motors with W.O. Bentley. Three cars were exported to the United
States in 1937. Published in "A
Way of Life" Gottlieb, 2001. Photographed by Lois Davidson Gottlieb. 10
x 6 color photograph. |
0746.17.0215 |
1948
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Taliesin West 1948, (1937 - S.241). Olgivanna
and Frank Lloyd Wright in their 1937 AC (Acedes) 16/80 March sports
two-seater. Wright saw the car parked on the street, left a note to the
owner and offered to purchase it. The owner agreed and was invited to dinner
at Taliesin West in April 1948. "Frank
Lloyd Wright Quarterly," Winter 2010, p.15. The AC Sports Tourer
was designed by the Earl of March, England. March had earlier worked at
Bentley Motors with W.O. Bentley. Three cars were exported to the United
States in 1937. Published in "A
Way of Life" Gottlieb, 2001. Photographed by Lois Davidson Gottlieb. 10
x 6 color photograph. |
0746.18.0215 |
1948
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Mrs. Clinton Walker Residence, Carmel, CA, Perspective 1948 (1948 - S.306).
Photograph of original drawing in the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives. Designed
by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1948. Aerial perspective of the Mrs. Clinton Walker
Residence, viewed from the South. Built on a rocky outcrop in Carmel on the
Pacific Ocean, the Living Room looks out over the ocean and the beach below.
The basic grid is a diamond shaped equilateral parallelogram. Wright
expanded the grid in the living room creating a hexagon. With glass window
walls covering five sides, the cantilevered roof appears to float over the
space, sheltering the living room from the elements. Four thin cast iron
rods support the roof, and are invisible to the eye. The windows step out as
they rise toward the ceiling. The vertical portions of the windows are
stationary, while the horizontal portion is hinged, and folds down, allowing
gentle ocean breezes to flow into the living room. When approaching the
house from the south the terrace appears as a prow of a boat. FLLW
#5122.007. Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives, Avery Library.
Original 10 x 6 B&W photograph. |
0746.39.0621 |
1948
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Mrs. Clinton Walker Residence, Carmel, CA, Perspective 1948 (1948 - S.306).
Photograph of original drawing in the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives. Designed
by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1948. Perspective of the Mrs. Clinton Walker
Residence, viewed from the beach below. Built on a rocky outcrop in Carmel
on the Pacific Ocean, the Living Room looks out over the ocean and the beach
below. The basic grid is a diamond shaped equilateral parallelogram. Wright
expanded the grid in the living room creating a hexagon. With glass window
walls covering five sides, the cantilevered roof appears to float over the
space, sheltering the living room from the elements. Four thin cast iron
rods support the roof, and are invisible to the eye. The windows step out as
they rise toward the ceiling. The vertical portions of the windows are
stationary, while the horizontal portion is hinged, and folds down, allowing
gentle ocean breezes to flow into the living room. FLLW #5122.005. Courtesy
of the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives, Avery Library. Published in
Frank Lloyd Wright,
1943-1959, Pfeiffer, 2009, p.183. Original 10 x 6 B&W photograph. |
0746.41.0621 |
1948
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Mrs. Clinton Walker Residence, Carmel, CA, Perspective 1948 FLLW #5122 (1948
- S.306). Photograph of original drawing in the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives.
Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1948. Perspective of the Mrs. Clinton
Walker Residence, viewed from the beach below. Built on a rocky outcrop in
Carmel on the Pacific Ocean, the Living Room looks out over the ocean and
the beach below. Designed using a triangle module, the hexagonal shaped
living room walls and windows stair-step outward as they rise upward. FLLW
#5122.05. Published in
Frank Lloyd Wright,
1943-1959, Pfeiffer, 2009, p.183. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. |
0746.33.1219 |
1948
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Mrs. Clinton Walker Residence, Carmel, CA, Plan 1948 (1948 - S.306).
Photograph of original drawing in the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives. Designed
by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1948. Plan for the Mrs. Clinton Walker Residence.
Built on a rocky outcrop in Carmel on the Pacific Ocean, the Living Room
looks out over the ocean and the beach below. The basic grid is a diamond
shaped equilateral parallelogram. Wright expanded the grid in the living
room creating a hexagon. FLLW #5122.031. Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright
Archives, Avery Library. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. |
0746.40.0621 |
1948
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Mrs. Clinton Walker Residence, Carmel, CA, Ground Plan 1948 FLLW #5122 (1948
- S.306). Photograph of original drawing in the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives.
Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1948. Ground plan for the Mrs. Clinton
Walker Residence, viewed from the beach below. Built on a rocky outcrop in
Carmel on the Pacific Ocean, the Living Room looks out over the ocean and
the beach below. Designed using a triangle module, the hexagonal shaped
living room walls and windows stair-step outward as they rise upward.
Additional illustrations published in
Frank Lloyd Wright,
1943-1959, Pfeiffer, 2009, p.183. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. |
0746.34.1219 |
1948
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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 |
1948-49
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Frank Lloyd
Wright at Desk, Taliesin
West, Scottsdale, 1948-49. 11 x 14 |
0746.03.0606 |
1948-49
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Frank Lloyd
Wright with five
apprentices, Taliesin West, Scottsdale, 1948-49. 11 x 14 |
0746.04.0606 |
1949 |
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Oscar B. Balch Residence Circa 1949 (1911 - S.168).
Oscar B. Balch moved to Oak Park in 1890, where he joined the firm of A. W.
and S. E. Pebbles. Balch became a partner, and the name was changed to
Pebbles and Balch.
In 1907, Wright remodel their shop. The partnership did not last long. In
1908, a year after the shop was remodeled, Balch left to form the
Balch-Linder Shop with Augustinus Linder, coincidentally just across the
street. Shortly after Wright's return from Europe, Balch called on Wright to
design his home. Symmetrical in design, the Library in on the left, Living
Room and Terrace in the center, Dining Room on the right. The entrance to
the home is behind the Library on the left. Five bedrooms are upstairs.
Photographed during the winter by
John Gordon
Replinger, most likely before he published
his book on the Prairie School in 1951. 10 x 8 B&W photographs. Courtesy of
the Art Institute of Chicago. |
0798.26.1016 |
1949
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James & Dolores Edwards Residence Floor Plan
and Two Perspectives. (1949 - S.313). Designed in 1949 by Frank Lloyd
Wright. James Edwards was an engineer for the Oldsmobile. He read an article
by Loren Pope and contacted Frank Lloyd Wright in 1948. They proceeded and
the house was completed in 1952. Constructed of brick, cypress and a floor
of concrete. The carport, workspace and bedroom wing are L-shaped, with the
living room turned 60 degrees starting at the carport, forming a triangle.
The entrance is reached at the end of the carport, down a few stairs to
covered porch. Doors open into the entrance hall and living room. On the far
end, windows cover three sides of the living room. The fireplace mass on the
South wall also serves the dining area. Wright placed the dining room on the
opposite side of the fireplace adjacent to the workspace, separated by a
halfway. The workspace is opposite the entrance. A terrace runs the full
length of the bedroom wing, and is accessed from the living room, dining
room and two bedrooms. The original plans included an extension at the end
of the bedroom wing that was completed by the Taliesin Associate Architects
in 1968. Text: "House for a Mr. and Mrs. James Edwards. East Lansing,
Michigan. Frank Loyd Wright Architect." Text lower left...
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0798.41.0723 |
1949
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Thomas C. Lea House, Perspective, 1949,
Ashville, North Carolina (Project 1949 - FLLW #4910.01). Perspective view of
the Thomas C. Lea House. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1949. The Thomas
C. Lea House is a variation of the original Lake Tahoe Summer Colony project
(1922). Where the Lake Tahoe consisted mostly of cottages and cabins, a
bedroom wing was added to the Lea House. When Thomas Lea did not proceed
with the project, slight modifications were made to the plans, and presented
to Dr. Richard & Madelyn Davis. Although the Davis was the second “Wigwam”
design to be built, the Lea and Davis are the closest to the original Lake
Tahoe design. Lower text: “View From The West. House for Thomas C. Lea. Near
Ashville, North Carolina. Frank Lloyd Wright Architect.” Text lower left:
“4910.01.” Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives, Avery Library,
Columbia University. 10 x 6 B&W Photograph. |
0798.45.1024 |
1949
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Meyer S. May Residence 1949
(1908 - S.148). Frank Lloyd
Wright
visits Meyer May house on May 24, 1949. Viewed from the
Southwest. Wright points to details of the design with his cane. The Living
Room is on the left, the Entrance is on the right. There are three large
built in planters on the lower level. One is on the left behind Wright, on
the end of the Living Room, the second is in the foreground on the end of
the half-wall. The driveway runs alone the far side of the house, yet the
front yard had been covered in concrete. On the second floor, a bedroom
cantilevers out to the left. Courtesy of the Grand Rapids Public Library. 10
x 8 B&W photograph. |
0798.27.1017 |
1949
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New Theatre Model Circa 1949
(project). The design for this theater was first conceived for the New
Theatre for Woodstock, New York (1931 Project). In 1938 Frank Lloyd
Wright designed
the Pfeiffer Chapel (S.251) at the Florida Southern College and utilized the
original Woodstock floor plan. In 1949 the "New Theatre" was revived again
in Hartford, Connecticut, but was never executed. The New Theater model
appears to have been taken at Taliesin, Spring Green. Part of the photograph
of Wright published in Parade, The Sunday Picture Magazine - April 2, 1950.
5 x 3.5 B&W photograph. |
0798.20.0315 |
1949
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Wright at 82, 1950. Frank Lloyd
Wright points to a
photograph of the New Theatre Model Circa 1949 (project). The design for
this theater was first conceived for the New Theatre for Woodstock, New York
(1931 Project). In 1938 Frank Lloyd
Wright designed
the Pfeiffer Chapel (S.251) at the Florida Southern College and utilized the
original Woodstock floor plan. In 1949 the "New Theatre" was revived again
in Hartford, Connecticut, but was never executed. The photograph of the New
Theater model appears to have been taken at Taliesin, Spring Green. Copy
photograph from the "Parade, The Sunday Picture Magazine" - April 2, 1950. 5
x 5.75 B&W photograph.
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0798.21.0315 |
1949
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S.C. Johnson Research Tower under construction
June1949. (1944 - S.238). View of the Tower under construction. Scaffolding
is in place. Windows have not been installed, enhancing the view of
cantilevered floors. Once completed, square floors are exposed, round floors
are somewhat visible through tubular glass. The Research Tower was designed
in 1944, construction began in 1947 and the opening ceremony was held on
November 17, 1950. Published in "Frank
Lloyd Wright and the Johnson Wax Buildings" Lipman, 1986, page 144.
8 x 10 B&W photograph. |
0798.19.0215 |
1949
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S.C. Johnson Research Tower under construction 1949. (1944 - S.238). View of
the Tower under construction. Scaffolding is in place. Windows have not been
installed, enhancing the view of cantilevered floors. Once completed, square
floors are exposed, round floors are somewhat visible through tubular glass.
Frank Lloyd Wright designed the Research Tower in 1944, construction began
in 1947 and the opening ceremony was held on November 17, 1950. Appears to
be taken approximately at the same time as S#798.19. Mounted to gray board.
Label pasted to board: : "West 20, US Arch. Wright, Frank L. Racine, Wis.
S.C. Johnson & Son Research Center. Exterior: Research and Development
Tower, 1949." Original 8 x 10 B&W Photograph.
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0798.38.0220 |
1949
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Isabel Roberts Residence, River Forest, IL, Model 1949 (1908 - S.150). Set
of nine photographs of a model of the Isabel Roberts Residence. Perspective
view of the left side and front. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1908.
Isabel Roberts was Frank Lloyd Wright's secretary, bookkeeper and office
manager in his Oak Park studio. The dining room is on the left, the living
room is on the right. The house is laid out in a cruciform plan. Living
space is on the lower level, four bedrooms on the second level. The living
room is two stories, with a balcony above the fireplace over looking the
living room. Text hand-written on face: "The Isabel Roberts House. Frank
Lloyd Wright - 1908. Mar 49." Text stamped on verso: "D 393." Photographed
by Robert Frank. Robert Frank...
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0798.42.0723 (1-9) |
1949
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Clarence W. Sondern Residence (1939 - S.279) / Arnold Adler Addition,
Millwork Details, 1948, Kansas City, Missouri (1948 - S.307). Millwork plans
for the Arnold Adler Residence Addition. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in
1948. Details include plans for a new dining room table. Plans for the Adler
revisions were dated 1949. On Sheet No. 8, Millwork, Frank Lloyd Wright
designed a new dining room table for the Sondern/Adler House, a larger
single pieced table measuring 8 feet long, the equivalent of four sections.
Lower Text: "Additions to House for Mr. & Mrs. Arnold Adler, Kansas City,
Missouri, Frank Lloyd Wright Architect." Hand written lower left: "4907.12." Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives, Avery Library. 8 x 10 B&W
photograph. |
0798.40.0423 |
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1949
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Taliesin, Spring Green (Taliesin III 1925 -
S.218) Circa 1949. Frank Lloyd
Wright's 1940
Lincoln Cabriolet parked outside at Taliesin West. Wright ordered it in
1939, and it was the 16th one built that year, completed on December 28,
1939 and shipped on January 5, 1940. As with all of Wright's other
automobiles, it was painted in his personal color, Cherokee Red. Shortly
after it was delivered, Wright and Wesley Peters, Wright's son-in-law had a
heated argument. Peters stormed out of the residence, took the first car he
say, sped down the road and rolled it, crushing the top. Wright took the
opportunity to modify the top. He rounded the steel top, covering only the
back seat, eliminated the back window and added two semi-circular side
windows. Photographed by Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer. 10 x 8 B&W photograph.
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0798.16.0115 |
1949
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V.C. Morris Gift Shop, Exterior Entrance 1949 (1948 - S.310). Designed by
Frank Lloyd
Wright
in 1948. At first glance the face of the building appears to be a flat solid
brick wall, broken by the semi-circular entrance to the building. The
details are subtle. But as you look closer, there is depth to the design.
The face of the building protrudes about the thickness of one brick, and is
bordered by the vertical perforated light column on the left, a concrete
band near the top, and a second near the bottom, capping the row of inset
square lights. The right side steps back and is nearly overlooked. As you
step into the half glass, half brick semi-circular portal, each successive
row of brick and glass reduces the size of the entrance, much the same as
Wright's hallways. The entrance feels restrictive and confined, but as you
step through the doorway you feel a released. Published in the
Architectural Forum,
February, 1950, p.79; "An American Architect"
Kaufmann/Wright 1955, Page 20; "The Architecture of
Frank Lloyd Wright" De Long 1998 Page 55, 99. Label pasted to
verso: "The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York. The V. C. Morris Shop,
Maiden Lane, San Francisco." Stamped on verso: "Oct 30 1953." Photographed
by Maynard Parker. Original 8 x 10 B&W photograph. |
0798.31.0218 |
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V.C. Morris Gift
Shop, Exterior. Real Photo postcard. Photo by Maynard Parker
"San Francisco Store Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for V. C. Morris.
Silver, Glass, China, Linens, Accessories, Gifts. 140 Maiden Lane Off Union
Square." Built in 1948. Published in "An American Architect" Kaufmann/Wright 1955, Page 20; "Frank
Lloyd Wright and the Living City" De Long 1998 Page
55, 99. 3.5 x 5.4. |
0746.07.0207 |
1949
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V.C. Morris Gift Shop, Interior 1949 (1948 - S.310). Designed by
Frank Lloyd
Wright
in 1948. "As visitors (from the world over) enter through the arch they
stand for a moment to gaze at the rhythmic spiral forms of the central ramp,
on and up to the patterned fantasy of the hanging screen with its groups of
luminesce opalescent bubbles appearing to ascend in clusters through the
ceiling. It is for them a breathless moment..." V. C. Morris. Published in
the
Architectural Forum,
February, 1950, p.83; "Frank Lloyd Wright and the Living City" De Long 1998 Page 99; "The Architecture of
Frank Lloyd Wright" Levine 1996 Page 369;
Built in USA,
1952, p.119. Stamped on Verso: "Built in USA: Postwar Architecture, Museum
of Modern Art, 11 West 53rd Street, New York 19, N.Y. January 21 -
March 15, 1953." Also: "Maynard Parker, Modern Photography, Los Angeles 26,
Calif." Label pasted to verso: "Frank Lloyd
Wright, Store for V.C. Morris, San Francisco, Calif., 1949." Clipping
pasted to verso: "The beautiful curving staircase of the Morris store in San
Francisco, designed by Wright, actually is a ramp without steps. Curves are
the main design theme." Stamped on clipping: "Feb 22 1953." Photographed by
Maynard Parker. Original 8 x 10 B&W photograph. |
0798.32.0218 |
1949
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V.C. Morris Gift Shop, Interior.
Real Photo postcard.
Photo by Maynard Parker "San Francisco Store Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright
for V. C. Morris. Silver, Glass, China, Linens, Accessories, Gifts. 140
Maiden Lane Off Union Square." Built in 1948. Published in "Frank Lloyd Wright and the Living City" De Long 1998 Page 99; "The Architecture of
Frank Lloyd Wright" Levine 1996 Page 369. 5.4 x 3.5. |
0746.06.0405 |
1949
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V.C. Morris Gift Shop, Interior 1949 (1948 -
S.310). "Inside he finds release in the world of undreamed fantasy, all gold
and gray and white, dominated by a ramp that spirals up like a Jacob's
ladder - or a wave checked in its break - toward light that filters through
a translucent screen of plastic disks and half-bubbles, clustered in brass
tubing and suspended beneath skylights. The circular spiral of the ramp is
the pervading theme, developed in endless variation: reduced to disk or
hole, elongated as cylinder or tube, blown into domes and spheres. Shapes of
mass and void become complex, involute, as these basic forms cut through
each other in space and light, yet it is all so vigorously organized that
the total effect is one of singleness, breadth and peace. The visitor tends
to extend his pleasure from the building to the wares displayed in the
satiny black walnut cases and the circular wall niches. His transformation
into a customer is accomplished with dignity and dispatch."
Architectural Forum,
February 1950, p.79-85. Published on page p.81. Photographed by Maynard
Parker. Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph. |
0746.19.0215 |
1949
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Wright at 82. March 1949. Frank Lloyd
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. Published in
L'Architecture
D'Aujourd'Hui - No 24, June 1949, page V. Typed on verso: "Frank Lloyd
Wright (left) and
Douglas Orr..." Stamped on verso: "International News Photo, New York. Mar
22, 1949". Original 7 x 10 B&W photograph. |
0771.01.0911 |
1949
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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.
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0798.25.0116 |
1949
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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 |
1949
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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 |
1949
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Frank Lloyd
Wright and Pedro
E. Guerrero (September 5, 1917 - September 13, 2012), Pleasantville, New
York,
1949. Guerrero was with Frank Lloyd
Wright at the
Usonian Cooperative in Pleasantville, NY, photographing the progress of
three homes. He began photographing Wright's work in 1939, and continues
until Wright's death. Photographed by Keneji Domoto, an architect and former
apprentice. Published in "Picturing
Wright", Guerrero, 1994, p.12 and "Pedro
E. Guerrero", Guerrero, 2007, p.6. 8 x 10 B&W photograph. |
0798.14.0714 |
1949
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Frank Lloyd
Wright at 82.
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.
Original 5 x 7 silver gelatin photo. Published in "Frank
Lloyd Wright - A Visual Encyclopedia" 1999 Thomson, page 10 and 341. |
0760.01.0706 |
1949
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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. |
0798.36.1019 |
1949
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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. |
0798.37.1019 |
1949
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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;
"An
Autobiography"
Wright 1977, page 320 (see page 619, Photographers' Credits). Original 8 x 10 silver
gelatin photograph. |
0798.06.0906 |
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