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Sixty Years of Living Architecture, Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, 1951. Set of 40 B&W photographs by Ancillotti & Co., of the exhibition "Sixty Years of Living Architecture" held in Florence, Italy, 1951. This set of 40 B&W photographers documents 10 models, 42 photographs and nine illustrations on display at the exhibition. "Sixty Years of Living Architecture: The Work of Frank Lloyd Wright" was a traveling exhibition of Wright's work, consisting of models, large photographs and original drawings. A Preview of the exhibition was held in Philadelphia at Gimbel Brothers Gallery in January, 1951. The world wide tour opened in Palazzo Strozzi Florence, Italy in June, 1951. Ancillotti & Company photographed many of the models and also documented the large photographs that were on display. A catalog, "Mostra Di Frank Lloyd Wright" was published for the exhibition.
       An offprint of a special section of Architectural Forum, January, 1951, was published and handed out at the show. A note on the inside front cover read: "These pages of The Magazine the Building will be reprinted and distributed in connection with a comprehensive exhibition of Frank Lloyd Wright's work

 

assembled by Architect Oscar stone Stonorov and made available for showing both in this country and abroad through the generosity of Arthur C. Kaufmann, Executive Head of Gimbal Brothers, Philadelphia. The exhibition will include several hundred original Frank Lloyd Wright drawings never before shown: drawings which constitute a remarkable record of the origin and development of modern architecture. First showing will be at the Gimbal Philadelphia store for one month beginning January 25. In response to a request from the Studio Italiano della Storia del’Arte, Palazzo Strozzi, the City of Florence and from Italian architects, the exhibition will go to Florence, Italy. Later showing will schedule for Zürich, Paris, London and Munich. For this reason, captions are translated into Italian, French, German and Russian on the last page."
       The 1953 Catalog for the exhibition, "Sixty Years of Living Architecture: The Work of Frank Lloyd Wright" for the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum published the catalog list, in English. We have used that list to catalog the forty photographs in this set. Set of forty 9.5 x 7.25 B&W photographs. (S#0857.51.0221 1-40)

   
1) Sixty Years of Living Architecture, Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, 1951. Display: Introductory Panel Right. "Taliesin West, Frank Lloyd Wright’s winter home in the Arizona desert near Phoenix." The Bell Tower is visible toward the center right. One of three introductory panels. Part of a set of forty B&W photographs by Ancillotti & Co., of the exhibition "Sixty Years of Living Architecture" held in Florence, Italy, 1951. "Sixty Years of Living Architecture: The Work of Frank Lloyd Wright" was a traveling exhibition of Wright's work, consisting of models, large photographs and original drawings. A Preview of the exhibition was held in Philadelphia at Gimbel Brothers Gallery in January, 1951. The world wide tour opened in Palazzo Strozzi Florence, Italy in June, 1951. Ancillotti & Company photographed many of the models and also documented the large photographs that were on display. Published in Sixty Years of Living Architecture: The Work of Frank Lloyd Wright, Moser, 1952, p.66. Original 9 x 7.25 B&W photograph. (S#0857.51.0221 -1)
 
2) Sixty Years of Living Architecture, Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, 1951. Display #1: "Guaranty Office Building, Buffalo 1890. The most significant of the buildings by liebermeister - Louis Sullivan." Part of a set of forty B&W photographs by Ancillotti & Co., of the exhibition "Sixty Years of Living Architecture" held in Florence, Italy, 1951. "Sixty Years of Living Architecture: The Work of Frank Lloyd Wright" was a traveling exhibition of Wright's work, consisting of models, large photographs and original drawings. A Preview of the exhibition was held in Philadelphia at Gimbel Brothers Gallery in January, 1951. The world wide tour opened in Palazzo Strozzi Florence, Italy in June, 1951. Ancillotti & Company photographed many of the models and also documented the large photographs that were on display. Original 7.25 x 9 B&W photograph. (S#0857.51.0221 -2)
 
3) Sixty Years of Living Architecture, Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, 1951. Display #10 & 9: 10: Upper: "Project for the Yahara Boat Club, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisc., 1902. Appeared in Europe in the Wasmuth publication of 1910. A fertile source of inspiration to the European architects of that period." Perspective and floor plan. Published in 1910. Ausgefüührte Bauten und Entwüürfe von Frank Lloyd Wright. Plate LV (55). 9: Lower: ""Ross House, Delaware Lake, Wisc., 1902." Floor plan and photograph. Part of a set of forty B&W photographs by Ancillotti & Co., of the exhibition "Sixty Years of Living Architecture" held in Florence, Italy, 1951. "Sixty Years of Living Architecture: The Work of Frank Lloyd Wright" was a traveling exhibition of Wright's work, consisting of models, large photographs and original drawings. A Preview of the exhibition was held in Philadelphia at Gimbel Brothers Gallery in January, 1951. The world wide tour opened in Palazzo Strozzi Florence, Italy in June, 1951. Ancillotti & Company photographed many of the models and also documented the large photographs that were on display. Original 7.25 x 9 B&W photograph. (S#0857.51.0221 -3)
 
3A) Detail: Ross House Lower and Upper Floor Plans.
 
3B) Detail: Ross House.
 
4) Sixty Years of Living Architecture, Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, 1951. Display #15: "Administration Building of the Larkin Company, Buffalo, 1904-06. A protest against the abuse of ornamentation characteristic of the period, this building is contemporaneous with the Flatiron Building in New York." Upper: Office desk and chair designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Lower: Interior. Photographed circa 1906-07 (S#0080.30). Part of a set of forty B&W photographs by Ancillotti & Co., of the exhibition "Sixty Years of Living Architecture" held in Florence, Italy, 1951. "Sixty Years of Living Architecture: The Work of Frank Lloyd Wright" was a traveling exhibition of Wright's work, consisting of models, large photographs and original drawings. A Preview of the exhibition was held in Philadelphia at Gimbel Brothers Gallery in January, 1951. The world wide tour opened in Palazzo Strozzi Florence, Italy in June, 1951. Ancillotti & Company photographed many of the models and also documented the large photographs that were on display. Original 7.25 x 9 B&W photograph. (S#0857.51.0221 -4)
 
4A) Detail: Larkin Company Office desk and chair designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
 
5) Sixty Years of Living Architecture, Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, 1951. Display #18: "Coonley House, Riverside, Near Chicago, 1908." Photographed circa 1923. Part of a set of forty B&W photographs by Ancillotti & Co., of the exhibition "Sixty Years of Living Architecture" held in Florence, Italy, 1951. "Sixty Years of Living Architecture: The Work of Frank Lloyd Wright" was a traveling exhibition of Wright's work, consisting of models, large photographs and original drawings. A Preview of the exhibition was held in Philadelphia at Gimbel Brothers Gallery in January, 1951. The world wide tour opened in Palazzo Strozzi Florence, Italy in June, 1951. Ancillotti & Company photographed many of the models and also documented the large photographs that were on display. Published in Sixty Years of Living Architecture: The Work of Frank Lloyd Wright, Moser, 1952, p.14. Also published in The Life-Work of the American Architect Frank Lloyd Wright, 1925, Page 22. Original 9 x 7.25 B&W photograph. (S#0857.51.0221 -5)
 
6) Sixty Years of Living Architecture, Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, 1951. Display #22: "Robie House, Chicago, IL, 1909. Prairie House. Early use of glass partitions." Perspectives and floor plans. Part of a set of forty B&W photographs by Ancillotti & Co., of the exhibition "Sixty Years of Living Architecture" held in Florence, Italy, 1951. "Sixty Years of Living Architecture: The Work of Frank Lloyd Wright" was a traveling exhibition of Wright's work, consisting of models, large photographs and original drawings. A Preview of the exhibition was held in Philadelphia at Gimbel Brothers Gallery in January, 1951. The world wide tour opened in Palazzo Strozzi Florence, Italy in June, 1951. Ancillotti & Company photographed many of the models and also documented the large photographs that were on display. Published in Sixty Years of Living Architecture: The Work of Frank Lloyd Wright Moser, 1952, p.13. Also published in The Life-Work of the American Architect Frank Lloyd Wright, 1925, Page 26. Original 9 x 7.25 B&W photograph. (S#0857.51.0221 -6)
 
6A) Detail: Robie House, Floor Plan lower level.
 
6B) Detail: Robie House, Floor Plan main level.
 
7) Sixty Years of Living Architecture, Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, 1951. Display #26: "Imperial Hotel, Tokyo, 1913-1919. This building is one of the few which resisted the disastrous earthquake of 1923. Synthesis of architectural and plastic forms, and of plants and water." Part of a set of forty B&W photographs by Ancillotti & Co., of the exhibition "Sixty Years of Living Architecture" held in Florence, Italy, 1951. "Sixty Years of Living Architecture: The Work of Frank Lloyd Wright" was a traveling exhibition of Wright's work, consisting of models, large photographs and original drawings. A Preview of the exhibition was held in Philadelphia at Gimbel Brothers Gallery in January, 1951. The world wide tour opened in Palazzo Strozzi Florence, Italy in June, 1951. Ancillotti & Company photographed many of the models and also documented the large photographs that were on display. Published in Sixty Years of Living Architecture: The Work of Frank Lloyd Wright, Kunst (S#0861.00), 1952, p.43. Also published in The Life-Work of the American Architect Frank Lloyd Wright, 1925, Page 115. Original 7.25 x 9 B&W photograph. (S#0857.51.0221 -7)
 
8) Sixty Years of Living Architecture, Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, 1951. Display #37: "Millard House, Pasadena, Cal., 1923. ‘La Miniatura.’ " Part of a set of forty B&W photographs by Ancillotti & Co., of the exhibition "Sixty Years of Living Architecture" held in Florence, Italy, 1951. "Sixty Years of Living Architecture: The Work of Frank Lloyd Wright" was a traveling exhibition of Wright's work, consisting of models, large photographs and original drawings. A Preview of the exhibition was held in Philadelphia at Gimbel Brothers Gallery in January, 1951. The world wide tour opened in Palazzo Strozzi Florence, Italy in June, 1951. Ancillotti & Company photographed many of the models and also documented the large photographs that were on display. Published in Sixty Years of Living Architecture: The Work of Frank Lloyd Wright, Moser, 1952, p.23. Original 7.25 x 9 B&W photograph. (S#0857.51.0221 -8)
 
9) Sixty Years of Living Architecture, Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, 1951. Display #47: "St. Mark’s Tower, New York City, 1929. Model, two-story apartments; built of copper, glass and concrete; constructed with a central core and cantilevered floor slabs." Part of a set of forty B&W photographs by Ancillotti & Co., of the exhibition "Sixty Years of Living Architecture" held in Florence, Italy, 1951. "Sixty Years of Living Architecture: The Work of Frank Lloyd Wright" was a traveling exhibition of Wright's work, consisting of models, large photographs and original drawings. A Preview of the exhibition was held in Philadelphia at Gimbel Brothers Gallery in January, 1951. The world wide tour opened in Palazzo Strozzi Florence, Italy in June, 1951. Ancillotti & Company photographed many of the models and also documented the large photographs that were on display. Original 7.25 x 9 B&W photograph. (S#0857.51.0221 -9)
 
10) Sixty Years of Living Architecture, Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, 1951. Display #51: "Broadacre City. Model. A conception of the ideal modern decentralized community. Scale of the model: 4 square miles. This area includes 2200 one-acre plots. Protesting against the exaggerated and inhuman concentration in American cities, Broadacre City is designed for the direct contact of man with nature and the countryside. His birthright is re-established; the wide, open spaces are apparently built upon. Thus the ‘urbanized countryside’ is born as a new type of city – one adapted to individual living." Text bottom left: "Fot. Ancillotti & C. - Milano - Via Solferino, 3 - Tel. 89.85.84." Part of a set of forty B&W photographs by Ancillotti & Co., of the exhibition "Sixty Years of Living Architecture" held in Florence, Italy, 1951. "Sixty Years of Living Architecture: The Work of Frank Lloyd Wright" was a traveling exhibition of Wright's work, consisting of models, large photographs and original drawings. A Preview of the exhibition was held in Philadelphia at Gimbel Brothers Gallery in January, 1951. The world wide tour opened in Palazzo Strozzi Florence, Italy in June, 1951. Ancillotti & Company photographed many of the models and also documented the large photographs that were on display. Original 9 x 7.25 B&W photograph. (S#0857.51.0221 -10)
11) Sixty Years of Living Architecture, Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, 1951. Display #52: "Farm Unit, Broadacre City, 1932. Prefabricated steel construction model." Text bottom left: "Fot. Ancillotti & C. - Milano - Via Solferino, 3 - Tel. 89.85.84." Part of a set of forty B&W photographs by Ancillotti & Co., of the exhibition "Sixty Years of Living Architecture" held in Florence, Italy, 1951. "Sixty Years of Living Architecture: The Work of Frank Lloyd Wright" was a traveling exhibition of Wright's work, consisting of models, large photographs and original drawings. A Preview of the exhibition was held in Philadelphia at Gimbel Brothers Gallery in January, 1951. The world wide tour opened in Palazzo Strozzi Florence, Italy in June, 1951. Ancillotti & Company photographed many of the models and also documented the large photographs that were on display. Original 9 x 7.25 B&W photograph. (S#0857.51.0221 -11)
12) Sixty Years of Living Architecture, Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, 1951. Display #53: "Project for the Willey House, Minneapolis, Minn., 1932. Model for a ‘Usonian’ house." Text bottom left: "Fot. Ancillotti & C. - Milano - Via Solferino, 3 - Tel. 89.85.84." Part of a set of forty B&W photographs by Ancillotti & Co., of the exhibition "Sixty Years of Living Architecture" held in Florence, Italy, 1951. "Sixty Years of Living Architecture: The Work of Frank Lloyd Wright" was a traveling exhibition of Wright's work, consisting of models, large photographs and original drawings. A Preview of the exhibition was held in Philadelphia at Gimbel Brothers Gallery in January, 1951. The world wide tour opened in Palazzo Strozzi Florence, Italy in June, 1951. Ancillotti & Company photographed many of the models and also documented the large photographs that were on display. Original 9 x 7.25 B&W photograph. (S#0857.51.0221 -12)
13) Sixty Years of Living Architecture, Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, 1951. Display #55: "Falling Water (E. J. Kaufmann House), Bear Run, PA., 1936." Hand written in Italian on verso: "Casa Sulla Cascata." Part of a set of forty B&W photographs by Ancillotti & Co., of the exhibition "Sixty Years of Living Architecture" held in Florence, Italy, 1951. "Sixty Years of Living Architecture: The Work of Frank Lloyd Wright" was a traveling exhibition of Wright's work, consisting of models, large photographs and original drawings. A Preview of the exhibition was held in Philadelphia at Gimbel Brothers Gallery in January, 1951. The world wide tour opened in Palazzo Strozzi Florence, Italy in June, 1951. Ancillotti & Company photographed many of the models and also documented the large photographs that were on display. Published in Sixty Years of Living Architecture: The Work of Frank Lloyd Wright, Kunst (S#0861.00), 1952, p.38. Photographed in 1937 by Bill Hedrich, Hedrich-Blessing. Original 7.25 x 9 B&W photograph. (S#0857.51.0221 -13)
14) Sixty Years of Living Architecture, Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, 1951. Display #57: "Jacobs House, Madison, Wisc., 1937. Cost in 1937, $5,500." Perspective, detail and three illustrations. Part of a set of forty B&W photographs by Ancillotti & Co., of the exhibition "Sixty Years of Living Architecture" held in Florence, Italy, 1951. "Sixty Years of Living Architecture: The Work of Frank Lloyd Wright" was a traveling exhibition of Wright's work, consisting of models, large photographs and original drawings. A Preview of the exhibition was held in Philadelphia at Gimbel Brothers Gallery in January, 1951. The world wide tour opened in Palazzo Strozzi Florence, Italy in June, 1951. Ancillotti & Company photographed many of the models and also documented the large photographs that were on display. Published in Sixty Years of Living Architecture: The Work of Frank Lloyd Wright, Moser, 1952, p.48. Original 9 x 7.25 B&W photograph. (S#0857.51.0221 -14)
 
14A) Detail: Jacobs House.
 
14B) Detail: Jacobs House Plan.
 
14C & D) Detail: Two perspectives of the Jacobs House.
15) Sixty Years of Living Architecture, Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, 1951. Display #59: " ‘Wingspread,’ Johnson House, Racine, Wisc., 1937. Model." Part of a set of forty B&W photographs by Ancillotti & Co., of the exhibition "Sixty Years of Living Architecture" held in Florence, Italy, 1951. "Sixty Years of Living Architecture: The Work of Frank Lloyd Wright" was a traveling exhibition of Wright's work, consisting of models, large photographs and original drawings. A Preview of the exhibition was held in Philadelphia at Gimbel Brothers Gallery in January, 1951. The world wide tour opened in Palazzo Strozzi Florence, Italy in June, 1951. Ancillotti & Company photographed many of the models and also documented the large photographs that were on display. Original 9 x 7.25 B&W photograph. (S#0857.51.0221 -15)
16) Sixty Years of Living Architecture, Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, 1951. Display #61: "Taliesin West, Near Phoenix, Ariz., 1938." View of the Drafting Room and Pergola from the Northwest. Part of a set of forty B&W photographs by Ancillotti & Co., of the exhibition "Sixty Years of Living Architecture" held in Florence, Italy, 1951. "Sixty Years of Living Architecture: The Work of Frank Lloyd Wright" was a traveling exhibition of Wright's work, consisting of models, large photographs and original drawings. A Preview of the exhibition was held in Philadelphia at Gimbel Brothers Gallery in January, 1951. The world wide tour opened in Palazzo Strozzi Florence, Italy in June, 1951. Ancillotti & Company photographed many of the models and also documented the large photographs that were on display. Original 9 x 7.25 B&W photograph. (S#0857.51.0221 -16)
17) Sixty Years of Living Architecture, Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, 1951. Display #61: "Taliesin West, Near Phoenix, Ariz., 1938." View toward the Sun Terrace and Garden Room. Note: The ceramic Chinese Theaters have not yet been installed. The Memorial to Svet (1946) has not been installed on the Terrace. Part of a set of forty B&W photographs by Ancillotti & Co., of the exhibition "Sixty Years of Living Architecture" held in Florence, Italy, 1951. "Sixty Years of Living Architecture: The Work of Frank Lloyd Wright" was a traveling exhibition of Wright's work, consisting of models, large photographs and original drawings. A Preview of the exhibition was held in Philadelphia at Gimbel Brothers Gallery in January, 1951. The world wide tour opened in Palazzo Strozzi Florence, Italy in June, 1951. Ancillotti & Company photographed many of the models and also documented the large photographs that were on display. Original 9 x 7.25 B&W photograph. (S#0857.51.0221 -17)
18) Sixty Years of Living Architecture, Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, 1951. Display #61: "Taliesin West, Near Phoenix, Ariz., 1938." View of the Garden Room. Part of a set of forty B&W photographs by Ancillotti & Co., of the exhibition "Sixty Years of Living Architecture" held in Florence, Italy, 1951. "Sixty Years of Living Architecture: The Work of Frank Lloyd Wright" was a traveling exhibition of Wright's work, consisting of models, large photographs and original drawings. A Preview of the exhibition was held in Philadelphia at Gimbel Brothers Gallery in January, 1951. The world wide tour opened in Palazzo Strozzi Florence, Italy in June, 1951. Ancillotti & Company photographed many of the models and also documented the large photographs that were on display. Original 9 x 7.25 B&W photograph. (S#0857.51.0221 -18)
19) Sixty Years of Living Architecture, Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, 1951. Display #62: "Taliesin West, Near Phoenix, Ariz., 1938. Guest cottage." Two views, exterior and interior of the Guest cottage. Part of a set of forty B&W photographs by Ancillotti & Co., of the exhibition "Sixty Years of Living Architecture" held in Florence, Italy, 1951. "Sixty Years of Living Architecture: The Work of Frank Lloyd Wright" was a traveling exhibition of Wright's work, consisting of models, large photographs and original drawings. A Preview of the exhibition was held in Philadelphia at Gimbel Brothers Gallery in January, 1951. The world wide tour opened in Palazzo Strozzi Florence, Italy in June, 1951. Ancillotti & Company photographed many of the models and also documented the large photographs that were on display. Original 9 x 7.25 B&W photograph. (S#0857.51.0221 -19)
 
19A) Detail: Interior of the Guest cottage.
20) Sixty Years of Living Architecture, Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, 1951. Display #67: "Model of the Lloyd Lewis House, Libertyville, Ill., 1939." Text bottom left: "Fot. Ancillotti & C. - Milano - Via Solferino, 3 - Tel. 89.85.84." Part of a set of forty B&W photographs by Ancillotti & Co., of the exhibition "Sixty Years of Living Architecture" held in Florence, Italy, 1951. "Sixty Years of Living Architecture: The Work of Frank Lloyd Wright" was a traveling exhibition of Wright's work, consisting of models, large photographs and original drawings. A Preview of the exhibition was held in Philadelphia at Gimbel Brothers Gallery in January, 1951. The world wide tour opened in Palazzo Strozzi Florence, Italy in June, 1951. Ancillotti & Company photographed many of the models and also documented the large photographs that were on display. Original 9 x 7.25 B&W photograph. (S#0857.51.0221 -20)
 
20A) Detail: Model of the Lloyd Lewis House.
21) Sixty Years of Living Architecture, Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, 1951. Display #68: "Lloyd Lewis House, Libertyville, Ill., 1939." Part of a set of forty B&W photographs by Ancillotti & Co., of the exhibition "Sixty Years of Living Architecture" held in Florence, Italy, 1951. "Sixty Years of Living Architecture: The Work of Frank Lloyd Wright" was a traveling exhibition of Wright's work, consisting of models, large photographs and original drawings. A Preview of the exhibition was held in Philadelphia at Gimbel Brothers Gallery in January, 1951. The world wide tour opened in Palazzo Strozzi Florence, Italy in June, 1951. Ancillotti & Company photographed many of the models and also documented the large photographs that were on display. Published in Sixty Years of Living Architecture: The Work of Frank Lloyd Wright, Moser, 1952, p.63. Original 9 x 7.25 B&W photograph. (S#0857.51.0221 -21)
22) Sixty Years of Living Architecture, Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, 1951. Display #70: "Pew House, Madison, Wisc., 1939. Built on contract by the Talieisn Fellowship." Two views, interior and exterior. Part of a set of forty B&W photographs by Ancillotti & Co., of the exhibition "Sixty Years of Living Architecture" held in Florence, Italy, 1951. "Sixty Years of Living Architecture: The Work of Frank Lloyd Wright" was a traveling exhibition of Wright's work, consisting of models, large photographs and original drawings. A Preview of the exhibition was held in Philadelphia at Gimbel Brothers Gallery in January, 1951. The world wide tour opened in Palazzo Strozzi Florence, Italy in June, 1951. Ancillotti & Company photographed many of the models and also documented the large photographs that were on display. Published in the Architectural Forum, January, 1951, Offprint, p.94, 96. The lower interior photograph also published in Sixty Years of Living Architecture: The Work of Frank Lloyd Wright, Moser, 1952, p.59. Original 7.25 x 9 B&W photograph. (S#0857.51.0221 -22)
23) Sixty Years of Living Architecture, Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, 1951. Display #70: "Pew House, Madison, Wisc., 1939. Built on contract by the Talieisn Fellowship." View from the kitchen to the dining room. Part of a set of forty B&W photographs by Ancillotti & Co., of the exhibition "Sixty Years of Living Architecture" held in Florence, Italy, 1951. "Sixty Years of Living Architecture: The Work of Frank Lloyd Wright" was a traveling exhibition of Wright's work, consisting of models, large photographs and original drawings. A Preview of the exhibition was held in Philadelphia at Gimbel Brothers Gallery in January, 1951. The world wide tour opened in Palazzo Strozzi Florence, Italy in June, 1951. Ancillotti & Company photographed many of the models and also documented the large photographs that were on display. Published in Sixty Years of Living Architecture: The Work of Frank Lloyd Wright, Moser, 1952, p.59. Original 9 x 7.25 B&W photograph. (S#0857.51.0221 -23)
24) Sixty Years of Living Architecture, Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, 1951. Display #73: "Sturges House, Brentwood Heights, Los Angeles, Cal., 1939." Exterior and interior view, floor plan and section. Part of a set of forty B&W photographs by Ancillotti & Co., of the exhibition "Sixty Years of Living Architecture" held in Florence, Italy, 1951. "Sixty Years of Living Architecture: The Work of Frank Lloyd Wright" was a traveling exhibition of Wright's work, consisting of models, large photographs and original drawings. A Preview of the exhibition was held in Philadelphia at Gimbel Brothers Gallery in January, 1951. The world wide tour opened in Palazzo Strozzi Florence, Italy in June, 1951. Ancillotti & Company photographed many of the models and also documented the large photographs that were on display. Original 9 x 7.25 B&W photograph. (S#0857.51.0221 -24)
24A) Detail: Floor plan and section.
 
24B) Detail: Interior view.
25) Sixty Years of Living Architecture, Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, 1951. Display #76: "Winckler-Goetsch House, Okemos, Mich., 1939. Typical ‘Usonian’ house." Exterior and interior views. Part of a set of forty B&W photographs by Ancillotti & Co., of the exhibition "Sixty Years of Living Architecture" held in Florence, Italy, 1951. "Sixty Years of Living Architecture: The Work of Frank Lloyd Wright" was a traveling exhibition of Wright's work, consisting of models, large photographs and original drawings. A Preview of the exhibition was held in Philadelphia at Gimbel Brothers Gallery in January, 1951. The world wide tour opened in Palazzo Strozzi Florence, Italy in June, 1951. Ancillotti & Company photographed many of the models and also documented the large photographs that were on display. Published in Sixty Years of Living Architecture: The Work of Frank Lloyd Wright, Moser, 1952, p.53. Original 7.25 x 9 B&W photograph. (S#0857.51.0221 -25)
26) Sixty Years of Living Architecture, Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, 1951. Display #78: " ‘Eagle Feather’ (Oboler House), Los Angelese, Cal., 1940." Two Exterior and one interior views. Part of a set of forty B&W photographs by Ancillotti & Co., of the exhibition "Sixty Years of Living Architecture" held in Florence, Italy, 1951. "Sixty Years of Living Architecture: The Work of Frank Lloyd Wright" was a traveling exhibition of Wright's work, consisting of models, large photographs and original drawings. A Preview of the exhibition was held in Philadelphia at Gimbel Brothers Gallery in January, 1951. The world wide tour opened in Palazzo Strozzi Florence, Italy in June, 1951. Ancillotti & Company photographed many of the models and also documented the large photographs that were on display. Original 7.25 x 9 B&W photograph. (S#0857.51.0221 -26)
 
26A) Detail: Exterior view.
 
26B) Detail: Interior view.
 
27) Sixty Years of Living Architecture, Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, 1951. Display #79: "Florida Southern College, Lakeland, Fla., 1940. Ann Pfeiffer chapel." Part of a set of forty B&W photographs by Ancillotti & Co., of the exhibition "Sixty Years of Living Architecture" held in Florence, Italy, 1951. "Sixty Years of Living Architecture: The Work of Frank Lloyd Wright" was a traveling exhibition of Wright's work, consisting of models, large photographs and original drawings. A Preview of the exhibition was held in Philadelphia at Gimbel Brothers Gallery in January, 1951. The world wide tour opened in Palazzo Strozzi Florence, Italy in June, 1951. Ancillotti & Company photographed many of the models and also documented the large photographs that were on display. Published in Sixty Years of Living Architecture: The Work of Frank Lloyd Wright, Moser, 1952, p.46. Original 7.25 x 9 B&W photograph. (S#0857.51.0221 -27)
28) Sixty Years of Living Architecture, Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, 1951. Display #81: "Jester House Project, Palos Verdes, Cal., 1940. Model." Text bottom left: "Fot. Ancillotti & C. - Milano - Via Solferino, 3 - Tel. 89.85.84." Part of a set of forty B&W photographs by Ancillotti & Co., of the exhibition "Sixty Years of Living Architecture" held in Florence, Italy, 1951. "Sixty Years of Living Architecture: The Work of Frank Lloyd Wright" was a traveling exhibition of Wright's work, consisting of models, large photographs and original drawings. A Preview of the exhibition was held in Philadelphia at Gimbel Brothers Gallery in January, 1951. The world wide tour opened in Palazzo Strozzi Florence, Italy in June, 1951. Ancillotti & Company photographed many of the models and also documented the large photographs that were on display. Original 9 x 7.25 B&W photograph. (S#0857.51.0221 -28)
28A) Detail: Jester House Model.
 
29) Sixty Years of Living Architecture, Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, 1951. Display #82: "Pauson House, Phoenix, Ariz., 1940. Situated in the desert on a hill outside Phoenix." Part of a set of forty B&W photographs by Ancillotti & Co., of the exhibition "Sixty Years of Living Architecture" held in Florence, Italy, 1951. "Sixty Years of Living Architecture: The Work of Frank Lloyd Wright" was a traveling exhibition of Wright's work, consisting of models, large photographs and original drawings. A Preview of the exhibition was held in Philadelphia at Gimbel Brothers Gallery in January, 1951. The world wide tour opened in Palazzo Strozzi Florence, Italy in June, 1951. Ancillotti & Company photographed many of the models and also documented the large photographs that were on display. Published in Sixty Years of Living Architecture: The Work of Frank Lloyd Wright, Moser, 1952, p.65. Original 7.25 x 9 B&W photograph. (S#0857.51.0221 -29)
30) Sixty Years of Living Architecture, Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, 1951. Display #84: "Sundt House, Madison, Wisc., 1941. Model." Note: In the background, top right, is a photograph of Taliesin west, Catalog item #17. Part of a set of forty B&W photographs by Ancillotti & Co., of the exhibition "Sixty Years of Living Architecture" held in Florence, Italy, 1951. "Sixty Years of Living Architecture: The Work of Frank Lloyd Wright" was a traveling exhibition of Wright's work, consisting of models, large photographs and original drawings. A Preview of the exhibition was held in Philadelphia at Gimbel Brothers Gallery in January, 1951. The world wide tour opened in Palazzo Strozzi Florence, Italy in June, 1951. Ancillotti & Company photographed many of the models and also documented the large photographs that were on display. Original 9 x 7.25 BW photograph. (S#0857.51.0221 -30)
30A) Detail: Sundt House Model.
 
31) Sixty Years of Living Architecture, Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, 1951. Display #86: "Second Jacobs House, Middleton, Wisc., 1942. Berm Type." Exterior view. Part of a set of forty B&W photographs by Ancillotti & Co., of the exhibition "Sixty Years of Living Architecture" held in Florence, Italy, 1951. "Sixty Years of Living Architecture: The Work of Frank Lloyd Wright" was a traveling exhibition of Wright's work, consisting of models, large photographs and original drawings. A Preview of the exhibition was held in Philadelphia at Gimbel Brothers Gallery in January, 1951. The world wide tour opened in Palazzo Strozzi Florence, Italy in June, 1951. Ancillotti & Company photographed many of the models and also documented the large photographs that were on display. Published in Sixty Years of Living Architecture: The Work of Frank Lloyd Wright, Moser, 1952, p.50. Original 9 x 7.25 B&W photograph. (S#0857.51.0221 -31)
 
32) Sixty Years of Living Architecture, Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, 1951. Display #86: "Second Jacobs House, Middleton, Wisc., 1942. Berm Type." Interior view. Part of a set of forty B&W photographs by Ancillotti & Co., of the exhibition "Sixty Years of Living Architecture" held in Florence, Italy, 1951. "Sixty Years of Living Architecture: The Work of Frank Lloyd Wright" was a traveling exhibition of Wright's work, consisting of models, large photographs and original drawings. A Preview of the exhibition was held in Philadelphia at Gimbel Brothers Gallery in January, 1951. The world wide tour opened in Palazzo Strozzi Florence, Italy in June, 1951. Ancillotti & Company photographed many of the models and also documented the large photographs that were on display. Published in the Architectural Forum, January, 1951, Offprint, p.92. The lower interior photograph also published in Sixty Years of Living Architecture: The Work of Frank Lloyd Wright, Moser, 1952, p.59. Original 7.25 x 9 B&W photograph. (S#0857.51.0221 -32)
 
33) Sixty Years of Living Architecture, Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, 1951. Display #88: "A Modern Gallery for the Guggenheim Foundation, New York City, 1943." Model of the proposed Guggenheim Museum. Text bottom left: "Fot. Ancillotti & C. - Milano - Via Solferino, 3 - Tel. 89.85.84." Part of a set of forty B&W photographs by Ancillotti & Co., of the exhibition "Sixty Years of Living Architecture" held in Florence, Italy, 1951. "Sixty Years of Living Architecture: The Work of Frank Lloyd Wright" was a traveling exhibition of Wright's work, consisting of models, large photographs and original drawings. A Preview of the exhibition was held in Philadelphia at Gimbel Brothers Gallery in January, 1951. The world wide tour opened in Palazzo Strozzi Florence, Italy in June, 1951. Ancillotti & Company photographed many of the models and also documented the large photographs that were on display. Original 9 x 7.25 B&W photograph. (S#0857.51.0221 -33)
34) Sixty Years of Living Architecture, Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, 1951. Display #88: "A Modern Gallery for the Guggenheim Foundation, New York City, 1943." Model of the proposed Guggenheim Museum. Part of a set of forty B&W photographs by Ancillotti & Co., of the exhibition "Sixty Years of Living Architecture" held in Florence, Italy, 1951. "Sixty Years of Living Architecture: The Work of Frank Lloyd Wright" was a traveling exhibition of Wright's work, consisting of models, large photographs and original drawings. A Preview of the exhibition was held in Philadelphia at Gimbel Brothers Gallery in January, 1951. The world wide tour opened in Palazzo Strozzi Florence, Italy in June, 1951. Ancillotti & Company photographed many of the models and also documented the large photographs that were on display. Original 9 x 7.25 B&W photograph. (S#0857.51.0221 -34)
 
35) Sixty Years of Living Architecture, Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, 1951. Display #102: "Adelmann House, Milwaukee, Wisc., 1949." Two views of the exterior. Upper is viewed from the North. Lower is viewed from the South. Part of a set of forty B&W photographs by Ancillotti & Co., of the exhibition "Sixty Years of Living Architecture" held in Florence, Italy, 1951. "Sixty Years of Living Architecture: The Work of Frank Lloyd Wright" was a traveling exhibition of Wright's work, consisting of models, large photographs and original drawings. A Preview of the exhibition was held in Philadelphia at Gimbel Brothers Gallery in January, 1951. The world wide tour opened in Palazzo Strozzi Florence, Italy in June, 1951. Ancillotti & Company photographed many of the models and also documented the large photographs that were on display. Original 9 x 7.25 B&W photograph. (S#0857.51.0221 -35)
36) Sixty Years of Living Architecture, Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, 1951. Display #102: "Adelmann House, Milwaukee, Wisc., 1949." Two views, interior and exterior. Upper view is of the living room. Lower is viewed from the West. Part of a set of forty B&W photographs by Ancillotti & Co., of the exhibition "Sixty Years of Living Architecture" held in Florence, Italy, 1951. "Sixty Years of Living Architecture: The Work of Frank Lloyd Wright" was a traveling exhibition of Wright's work, consisting of models, large photographs and original drawings. A Preview of the exhibition was held in Philadelphia at Gimbel Brothers Gallery in January, 1951. The world wide tour opened in Palazzo Strozzi Florence, Italy in June, 1951. Ancillotti & Company photographed many of the models and also documented the large photographs that were on display. The upper interior photograph of the living room is published in the Architectural Forum, January, 1951, Offprint, p.87. Original 7.25 x 9 B&W photograph. (S#0857.51.0221 -36)
 
37) Sixty Years of Living Architecture, Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, 1951. Display #104: "Friedman House, Pleasantville, NY., 1948." Exterior view from below. Part of a set of forty B&W photographs by Ancillotti & Co., of the exhibition "Sixty Years of Living Architecture" held in Florence, Italy, 1951. "Sixty Years of Living Architecture: The Work of Frank Lloyd Wright" was a traveling exhibition of Wright's work, consisting of models, large photographs and original drawings. A Preview of the exhibition was held in Philadelphia at Gimbel Brothers Gallery in January, 1951. The world wide tour opened in Palazzo Strozzi Florence, Italy in June, 1951. Ancillotti & Company photographed many of the models and also documented the large photographs that were on display. Published in the Architectural Forum, January, 1951, Offprint, p.98. Original 9 x 7.25 B&W photograph. (S#0857.51.0221 -37)
38) Sixty Years of Living Architecture, Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, 1951. Display #104: "Friedman House, Pleasantville, NY., 1948." Interior view of the living room. Part of a set of forty B&W photographs by Ancillotti & Co., of the exhibition "Sixty Years of Living Architecture" held in Florence, Italy, 1951. "Sixty Years of Living Architecture: The Work of Frank Lloyd Wright" was a traveling exhibition of Wright's work, consisting of models, large photographs and original drawings. A Preview of the exhibition was held in Philadelphia at Gimbel Brothers Gallery in January, 1951. The world wide tour opened in Palazzo Strozzi Florence, Italy in June, 1951. Ancillotti & Company photographed many of the models and also documented the large photographs that were on display. Published in the Architectural Forum, January, 1951, Offprint, p.100. Original 9 x 7.25 B&W photograph. (S#0857.51.0221 -38)
 
39) Sixty Years of Living Architecture, Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, 1951. Display #106: "The New Theater for Hartford, Conn., 1949. Model." Part of a set of forty B&W photographs by Ancillotti & Co., of the exhibition "Sixty Years of Living Architecture" held in Florence, Italy, 1951. "Sixty Years of Living Architecture: The Work of Frank Lloyd Wright" was a traveling exhibition of Wright's work, consisting of models, large photographs and original drawings. A Preview of the exhibition was held in Philadelphia at Gimbel Brothers Gallery in January, 1951. The world wide tour opened in Palazzo Strozzi Florence, Italy in June, 1951. Ancillotti & Company photographed many of the models and also documented the large photographs that were on display. Original 9 x 7.25 B&W photograph. (S#0857.51.0221 -39)
40) Sixty Years of Living Architecture, Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, 1951. Display #109: "Walter House, Quasqueton, Iowa, 1949." Part of a set of forty B&W photographs by Ancillotti & Co., of the exhibition "Sixty Years of Living Architecture" held in Florence, Italy, 1951. "Sixty Years of Living Architecture: The Work of Frank Lloyd Wright" was a traveling exhibition of Wright's work, consisting of models, large photographs and original drawings. A Preview of the exhibition was held in Philadelphia at Gimbel Brothers Gallery in January, 1951. The world wide tour opened in Palazzo Strozzi Florence, Italy in June, 1951. Ancillotti & Company photographed many of the models and also documented the large photographs that were on display. Published in Sixty Years of Living Architecture: The Work of Frank Lloyd Wright, Moser, 1952, p.70. Original 9 x 7.25 B&W photograph. (S#0857.51.0221 -40)
   
   
   
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