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USONIA USONIA FURNITURE HUDSON VALLEY MAGAZINE WESTCHESTER MAGAZINE EXHIBITION: IN THE REALM OF IDEAS
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER SEATTLE WEEKLY USONIAN AUTOMATIC HOMES WRIGHT STUDYUSONIA
Date: 1947
Title: Usonia Homes Cooperative Site Map, Pleasentville Ny 1947.
Description: "Usonia Homes - A Cooperative Inc. In The Town of Mount Pleasant, Westchester County, N.Y. Site Plan. Prepared by The Design Panel of Usonia Homes From The Original By Frank Lloyd Wright. Office of William A. Smith, Geo H Martin, Mont M. Mathes. Parkway Road, Bronxville 8, NY." David Henken was the driving force behind the Usonian Homes Cooperative. A Taliesin apprentice between 1942 and 1943, he formed the Rochdale Cooperative in 1944. It became Usonia Homes in 1945. It later became know as Usonia II, to distinguish between the first attempt at creating a Usonian Community in 1939, which eventually fell through. The only home completed was the Goetsch-Winkler Residence (1939 - S.269) in Okemos, Michigan. Usonian Homes - A Cooperative, purchased 97 acres in 1947. The Plan laid out fifty-five one-acre circular lots. The plan also included a Community House, eight Guest Cabins, Swimming Pool, and School on the North end. The South end included a Farm Unit. Three Wright designed homes were built: Sol Friedman (1948 - S.316); Edward Serlin (1949 - S. 317); Roland Reisley (1951 - S.318). Forty were built by Wright apprentices including David Henken. Acquired from the estate of David Henken.
Size: Original blueprint plot plan 19.75 x 59.5
S#: 0720.22.0818Date: 1947 Title: Usonia Homes, A Cooperative, Inc. (Published by the Eastern Cooperative League)
Author: Henken, David
Description: A pamphlet describing the Usonia Homes Cooperative, Pleaseantville, New York. David Henken, a Taliesin apprentice between 1942 and 1943 formed the Rochdale Cooperative in 1944. It became Usonia Homes in 1944. 97 acres were purchase in 1947. Three Wright homes were built (Friedman, Serlin and Reisley). 40 were built by Wright apprentices including Henken. Includes seven photographs of Wright homes. (First Edition)
Size: 8.5 x 11
Pages: Pp 8
S#: 0720.05.0307
Date: 1952 Title: Mr. Wright facing right, leaning over a drawing board, wearing a pork pie hat, pencil in his right hand.
Description: Published in "Picturing Wright," 1994, page 7, Guerrero wrote "...numerous occasions arose to photograph him him as he inspected work in progress at various sites, including here at the Usonia homes in Pleasantville, New York in 1952. There always were revisions to be made and challenges posed by unforseen problems; sometimes he would simply a drawing that had a workman confused."
Size: 8.5 x 8 B&W photograph.
S#: 0910.29.1214
Date: 1952
Title: Usonia. Frank Lloyd Wright (right) and David Henken (left) Review Reisley Plans, 1952.
Description: Frank Lloyd Wright and David Henken review the Roland Reisley (center background) plans. David Henken was the driving force behind the Usonian Homes Cooperative. A Taliesin apprentice between 1942 and 1943, he formed the Rochdale Cooperative in 1944. It became Usonia Homes in 1945. It later became know as Usonia II, to distinguish between the first attempt at creating a Usonian Community in 1939, which eventually fell through. The only home completed was the Goetsch-Winkler Residence (1939 - S.269) in Okemos, Michigan. Usonian Homes - A Cooperative, purchased 97 acres in 1947. The Plan laid out fifty-five one-acre circular lots. The plan also included a Community House, eight Guest Cabins, Swimming Pool, and School on the North end. The South end included a Farm Unit. Three Wright designed homes were built: Sol Friedman (1948 - S.316); Edward Serlin (1949 - S. 317); Roland Reisley (1951 - S.318). Forty were built by Wright apprentices including David Henken. Photographed by Pedro Guerrero. Published in Picturing Wright, Guerrero, 1994, p.94.
Size: Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph.
S#: 0910.72.1121Date: 1976 Title: Frank Lloyd Wright's Usonian Houses: The Case for Organic Architecture (Published by Watson-Guptill Publications) (Hard Cover - DJ)
Author: Sergeant, John
Description: Original cover Price $24.50. (First Edition) (Sweeney 2001)
Size: 9 x 10
Pages: Pp 207
S#: 2001.00.0306
Date: 1984 Title: Frank Lloyd Wright's Usonian Houses: Designs for Moderate Cost One-Family Homes (Soft Cover)
Author: Sergeant, John
Description: Original SC List Price $16.95. (First Paper Edition)
Size:
Pages: Pp 207
ST#: 1984.02.0401
Date: 1985 Title: Realization of Usonia: Frank Lloyd Wright in Westchester (Published by The Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY)
Author: Beard, Rick; Henken, Priscilla; Henken, David
Description: Published to accompany an exhibition at The Hudson River Museum, 3 February through 7 April, 1985. "A 'Broad-Acre' Project" by Priscilla Henken originally appeared in the June 1954 edition of "Town and Country Planning", a British journal (Sweeney 1013). Includes 35 photos and illustrations. (First Edition)
Size: 8.5 x 9
Pages: Pp 36
ST#: 1985.18.0606
Date: 1985 Title: "Realization of Usonia. Frank Lloyd Wright in Westchester." March 7, 14, 21, 28, 1985.
Description: Brochure. "A Tour and Lecture series presented by The Hudson River Museum. Join us for four provocative Thursday programs in March, 1985, to explore the role of Frank Lloyd Wright in creating Usonia, one of Westchester County's most unique residential communities." Lecturers include Edgar Tafel, David Henken and Pedro Guerrero. Gift from Kathryn Smith.
Size: 7.25 x 3.6
Pages: Pp 4
ST#: 1985.36.0711
Date: 1997 Title: Usonia, Frank Lloyd Wright's Design for America
Author: Rosenbaum, Alvin
Description: Originally published in 1994. Original Hard Cover list price $29.95. (Fifth Edition)
Size:
Pages: Pp 215
ST#: 1997.07.0499
Date: 2001 Title: Usonia New York. Building a Community with Frank Lloyd Wright (Hard Cover - DJ) (Published by Princeton Architectural Press, New York)
Author: Reisley, Roland; with Timpane, John; Forward by Filler, Martin
Description: Usonia, New York is the story of a group of idealistic men and women who, following WWII, enlisted Frank Lloyd Wright to design and help them build a cooperative utopian community near Pleasantville, NY. Through both historic memorabilia and contemporary color photos, this book reveals the still-thriving community based on concepts Wright advocated in his Broadacre City proposals. Over the years, thousands of architects, scholars, planners, and students have visited the community, but no book has yet appeared on this remarkable site. Reisley (S.318 - 1951), one of the original members of Usonia (and still a resident), has written the first full account to illuminate the events, problems, and passions of a democratic group of people developing a designed environment an hour from New York City and the ups and downs of working with America's most famous --and most famously volatile--architect. (Publishers description.) Original list price $40.00. (First Edition)
Size: 9.25 x 9.25
Pages: Pp 172
ST#: 2001.53.0711
Date: 2012 Title: Taliesin Diary, A Year With Frank Lloyd Wright (Hard Cover) (Published by W. W. Norton & Company, New York, London)
Author: Henken, Priscilla J.
Description: The first publication of the diary of a Frank Lloyd Wright apprentice, 1942-43, with notes, contextual essays, and contemporaneous photographs. Priscilla J. Henken lived at Taliesin with her husband David Henken as part of The Fellowship, the group of acolytes who made Taliesin an architectural colony from the 1930s through the 1950s. Her lively description of day-to-day life on a communal working farm in south central Wisconsin provides unique insights into the world of Wright during the period and will fascinate Wright enthusiasts as well as those with specialized interest in midcentury architecture; social and spiritual movements; and the clash of cultures represented by two socialist, Jewish New Yorkers and the Midwestern farm community at Taliesin. Henken vividly describes the daily program, from cooking duties to editing the great architect's autobiography and watching films. (Publisher's description.) 30 photographs. Original list price $34.95. (First Edition)
Size: 6.5 x 8.75
Pages: Pp 272
ST#: 2012.19.1014
FURNITURE Date: 1981 Title: Unidentified Usonian Dining Room Chair, Circa 1939.
Description: Seat slants up from the back, the back slants back. The two back legs slant outward, the tops of both legs are cut at an angle as is the outside lower corner. The front leg slants outward. The two center pieces slant down from the front to the back. We have identified six Usonian homes designed in 1939 that are very similar, but not exact: Rosenbaum (S.267), Goetsch/Winkler (S.269), Schwartz (S.271), Sturges (S.272), Baird (S.277) and Sondern (S.279). One possibility is that it could be a prototype. Constructed of solid wood, not plywood. Acquired from Kelmscott Galleries. Wright Chairs.
Size: Three B&W 8 x 10 photographs.
ST#: 1981.134.0413
HUDSON VALLEY MAGAZINE Date: 2004
Title: Hudson Valley - February 2004 (Published monthley by Suburban Publishing, Inc., Poughkeepsie, New York)
Author: Reisley, Roland, Text and photographs
Description: (Concerning the Roland and Ronny Reisley Residence.) Frank Lloyd Wright and Us. Having their house designed by the 20th century's greatest architect was an exciting experience for Roland and Ronny Reisley - and one that continues to enrich their lives.
Ronny and I were married in 1950, and we lived in a small apartment in New York City. On weekends we drove around the suburbs looking at houses, but found nothing we liked or could afford. Then we heard about "a cooperative community in Westchester building affordable homes, supervised by Frank Lloyd Wright."
We decided to have a look. For Usonia Homes - A Cooperative, Wright had laid out circular one acre sites and narrow serpentine roads. A few of the intended 50 homes were to be designed by the architect himself, the rest by his apprentices or disciples (subject to his approval). We liked the people, the place...
Roland Reisley is the author of Usonia, New York - Building a Community with Frank Lloyd Wright, published by Princeton Architectural Press. Includes five photographs of the Reisley Residence. Original cover price $3.95.
Size: 8.25 x 11
Pages: Pp 32-35
ST#: 2004.98.0423
WESTCHESTER MAGAZINE Date: October 2004 Title: Westchester
Author: Epstein, H.M.
Description: "The 8 Wonders of Westchester. Local architects pick the county's best - and most important - buildings." "Best Total Concept. Usonia." Community of which three homes were designed by Wright.
Size:
Pages: Pp 66-67
ST#: 2004.06.1004
EXHIBITION: IN THE REALM OF IDEAS (1988-1990) PR SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER SEATTLE WEEKLY USONIAN AUTOMATIC HOMES DALLAS WASHINGTON DC MIAMI CHICAGO BELLEVUE SAN RAFAEL SAN DIEGO SCOTTSDALE Date: 1987 Title: Frank Lloyd Wright: In The Realm of Ideas (Soft Cover) (Published by The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation and the Scottsdale Arts Center Association)
Author: Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation
Description: A booklet describing the upcoming national tour of "Frank Lloyd Wright: In The Realm of Ideas"¯ Exhibition. "This is an exhibition of ideas. Using the work of Frank Lloyd Wright as examples and his own words as explanatory text, the exhibition highlights and illustrated those ideas that constitute the Foundation upon which everything he built is based.-¯ Introduction; Context of the Exhibition; Freedom of Space; Nature of the Site; Materials and Methods; Building for Democracy; The Display House; Schedule for the Exhibition. Includes five photographs and three illustrations.
Size: 8.5 x 11
Pages: Pp 16
ST#: 1987.57.0507
Date: 1987 Title: Frank Lloyd Wright In The Realm of Ideas (Invitation) (Published by the Scottsdale Arts Center Association and The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, Scottsdale)
Author: Scottsdale Arts Center Association and The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation
Description: Invitation Cover: Frank Lloyd Wright In The Realm of Ideas, Traveling Exhibition 1988-1990. Inside: Experience the genius and creative spirit that is Frank Lloyd Wright. Tour the "Usonian Automatic Exhibition House"¯ and exhibit before this unprecedented two-year tour begins in Dallas in January 1988. ...requests the honor of your presence at a private preview to celebrate the upcoming national tour of the exhibition "Frank Lloyd Wright In The Realm of Ideas"¯ December 14, 1987. Includes Envelope.
Size: 7 x 5.25
Pages: Pp 3
ST#: 1987.58.0507
Date: 1988 HC Title: Frank Lloyd Wright: In The Realm of Ideas (Hard Cover - DJ) (Published by Southern Illinois university Press, Carbondale and Edwardsville)
Author: Edited by Pfeiffer, Bruce Brooks and Nordland, Gerald.
Description: This collection of essays complements a traveling exhibition of Wright's work organized by the Scottsdale Arts Center Association. Five essays by: Jack Quinan, Aaron G. Green, E.T. Casey, Narciso G. Menocal and Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer, cover different aspects of Wright's work, from his early career in Chicago to his principles of organic architecture. Itinerary includes six (eight) locations from January 1988 through August 1990. Includes 151 photographs and illustrations. Original HC List Price $65.00. (Third Edition)
Size: 11.25 x 10.25
Pages: Pp 191
ST#: 1988.04.1100
Date: 1988 SC Title: Frank Lloyd Wright: In The Realm of Ideas (Soft Cover) (Published by Southern Illinois university Press, Carbondale and Edwardsville)
Author: Edited by Pfeiffer, Bruce Brooks and Nordland, Gerald.
Description: This collection of essays complements a traveling exhibition of Wright's work organized by the Scottsdale Arts Center Association. Five essays by: Jack Quinan, Aaron G. Green, E.T. Casey, Narciso G. Menocal and Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer, cover different aspects of Wright's work, from his early career in Chicago to his principles of organic architecture. Itinerary includes six (eight) locations from January 1988 through August 1990. Includes 151 photographs and illustrations. Original SC List Price $45.00. (Fourth Edition)
Size: 11.25 x 10.25
Pages: Pp 191
ST#: 1988.39.0707
1) Dallas (January - April 1988) Date: 1988 Title: Usonian Automatic Traveling Exhibit House. Dallas (January-April, 1988).
Description: Caption on face: "Dallas - This photograph, showing the interior of Usonian Automatic Exhibition House, is part of an exhibition of the works of Frank Lloyd Wright that has set out on a national tour that the organizers hope will fire the imagination of today's architects. Reuter. 1988." Stamped on verso: "Feb 12 88". The full size Usonian Automatic model home was exhibited in eight cities. Dallas (Jan-Apr 1988), Washington DC (June-Sept 1988), Miami (Dec-Feb 1989), Chicago (Jun-Sept 1989), Bellevue, WA (Oct-Jan 1990), San Rafael, CA (Feb-May 1990), San Diego (Jun-Sept 1990) and Scottsdale (Dec-Mar 1991). Acquired from the archived of the Chicago Tribune. For more information see our Wright Study on Usonian Automatic Homes and the Traveling Exhibit.
Size: Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph
ST#: 1988.51.0811
Date: 1988 Title: Usonian Automatic Traveling Exhibit House. Dallas (January-April, 1988).
Description: Caption on face: "Dallas - Frank Lloyd Wright's "Usonian" automatic house is dismantled 4/21 in downtown Dallas for the move to the Smithsonian. The Usonian modular house was designed by Wright to be easily built and taken apart and to fill the need for attractive affordable for the common man. The house was experimental and was designed in 1955. UPI." Stamped on verso: "Apr 25 88". The full size Usonian Automatic model home was exhibited in eight cities. Dallas (Jan-Apr 1988), Washington DC (June-Sept 1988), Miami (Dec-Feb 1989), Chicago (Jun-Sept 1989), Bellevue, WA (Oct-Jan 1990), San Rafael, CA (Feb-May 1990), San Diego (Jun-Sept 1990) and Scottsdale (Dec-Mar 1991). Acquired from the archived of the Chicago Tribune. For more information see our Wright Study on Usonian Automatic Homes and the Traveling Exhibit.
Size: Original 8 x 10 B&W photograph
ST#: 1988.52.0811
2) Washington DC (June - September 1988) 3) Miami (December 1988 - February 1989)
Date: 1988 Title: Usonian Automatic Traveling Exhibit House. Miami (December 18 - February 26, 1989).
Description: From January 1988 through March 1991, "Frank Lloyd Wright: In The Realm of Ideas" a traveling exhibition included a full-scale Usonian Automatic model. The design that was chosen for the full-scale model was the Sussman Residence (project). The full-scale home used lightweight construction material replicating concrete. This enabled quick dismantling, transporting and re-erection of the model. The tour exhibited in eight cities. Constructed in the park one block east of the Center for the Fine Arts in Miami, directly across the street from the Dade County Courthouse. The flooring section has been set in place and leveled. The 140 W. Flagler Street Building can be seen in the background on the right. The Miami exhibit was from December 18, 1988 - February 26, 1989. Stamped on verso: "Herald Staff photo by Albert Coya." "Date Used Dec 18 1988." Photographed by Albert Coya, most likely in November. Acquired from the archived of the Miami Herald.
Size: Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph.
ST#: 1988.66.0214
Date: 1988 Title: Usonian Automatic Traveling Exhibit House. Miami (December 18 - February 26, 1989).
Description: From January 1988 through March 1991, "Frank Lloyd Wright: In The Realm of Ideas" a traveling exhibition included a full-scale Usonian Automatic model. The design that was chosen for the full-scale model was the Sussman Residence (project). The full-scale home used lightweight construction material replicating concrete. This enabled quick dismantling, transporting and re-erection of the model. The tour exhibited in eight cities. Constructed in the park one block east of the Center for the Fine Arts in Miami, directly across the street from the Dade County Courthouse. The base has been leveled and walls are being set in place. Additional wall and roof sections can be seen throughout the part. The History Miami Building can be seen in the background. The Miami exhibit was from December 18, 1988 - February 26, 1989. Stamped on verso: "Herald Staff photo by Albert Coya." "Date Used Dec 18 1988." Photographed by Albert Coya from the Dade County Courthouse, most likely at the end of November. Acquired from the archived of the Miami Herald.
Size: Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph.
ST#: 1988.67.0214
Date: 1988 Title: Usonian Automatic Traveling Exhibit House. Miami (December 18 - February 26, 1989).
Description: From January 1988 through March 1991, "Frank Lloyd Wright: In The Realm of Ideas" a traveling exhibition included a full-scale Usonian Automatic model. The design that was chosen for the full-scale model was the Sussman Residence (project). The full-scale home used lightweight construction material replicating concrete. This enabled quick dismantling, transporting and re-erection of the model. The tour exhibited in eight cities. Constructed in the park one block east of the Center for the Fine Arts in Miami, directly across the street from the Dade County Courthouse. About half the walls have been erected, installation of the roof pieces have begun. The History Miami Building can be seen in the background. The Miami exhibit was from December 18, 1988 - February 26, 1989. Stamped on verso: "Herald Staff photo by Albert Coya." "Date Used Dec 18 1988." Photographed by Albert Coya from the Dade County Courthouse, most likely at the end of November. Acquired from the archived of the Miami Herald.
Size: Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph.
ST#: 1988.68.0214
Date: 1988 Title: Usonian Automatic Traveling Exhibit House. Miami (December 18 - February 26, 1989).
Description: Label on verso: "Herald Cutline Information. Photographer: Tony Olmos. Date: 12-5-88. Location: 101 W. Flagler. Description: Workers put up on of the walls of the portable house that was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright near the Center of Fine Arts." The full size Usonian Automatic model home was exhibited in eight cities. Dallas (Jan-Apr 1988), Washington DC (June-Sept 1988), Miami (Dec-Feb 1989), Chicago (Jun-Sept 1989), Bellevue, WA (Oct-Jan 1990), San Rafael, CA (Feb-May 1990), San Diego (Jun-Sept 1990) and Scottsdale (Dec-Mar 1991). Acquired from the archived of the Miami Herald.
Size: Original 8 x 10 B&W photograph.
ST#: 1988.63.0613
Date: 1988 Title: Usonian Automatic Traveling Exhibit House. Miami (December 18 - February 26, 1989).
Description: From January 1988 through March 1991, "Frank Lloyd Wright: In The Realm of Ideas" a traveling exhibition included a full-scale Usonian Automatic model. The design that was chosen for the full-scale model was the Sussman Residence (project). The full-scale home used lightweight construction material replicating concrete. This enabled quick dismantling, transporting and re-erection of the model. The tour exhibited in eight cities. Constructed in the park one block east of the Center for the Fine Arts in Miami, directly across the street from the Dade County Courthouse. Most of the walls except those on the far right, and more than half of the roof has been installed. The History Miami Building can be seen in the background. The Miami exhibit was from December 18, 1988 - February 26, 1989. Stamped on verso: "Herald Staff photo by Albert Coya." "Date Used Dec 18 1988." Photographed by Albert Coya from the Dade County Courthouse, most likely in early December. Acquired from the archived of the Miami Herald.
Size: Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph.
ST#: 1988.69.0214
Date: 1988 Title: Usonian Automatic Traveling Exhibit House. Miami (December 18 - February 26, 1989).
Description: From January 1988 through March 1991, "Frank Lloyd Wright: In The Realm of Ideas" a traveling exhibition included a full-scale Usonian Automatic model. The design that was chosen for the full-scale model was the Sussman Residence (project). The full-scale home used lightweight construction material replicating concrete. This enabled quick dismantling, transporting and re-erection of the model. The tour exhibited in eight cities. Constructed in the park one block east of the Center for the Fine Arts in Miami, directly across the street from the Dade County Courthouse. Walls and roof are complete, "foundation" is being hidden. The freeway and Steven P. Clark Building can be seen in the background. The Miami exhibit was from December 18, 1988 - February 26, 1989. Stamped on verso: "Herald Staff photo by Albert Coya." "Dec 25 1988." Photographed by Albert Coya from the Dade County Courthouse, most likely in early December. Acquired from the archived of the Miami Herald.
Size: Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph.
ST#: 1988.70.0214
Date: 1989 Title: Usonian Automatic Traveling Exhibit House. Miami (December 18 - February 26, 1989).
Description: From January 1988 through March 1991, "Frank Lloyd Wright: In The Realm of Ideas" a traveling exhibition included a full-scale Usonian Automatic model. The design that was chosen for the full-scale model was the Sussman Residence (project). The full-scale home used lightweight construction material replicating concrete. This enabled quick dismantling, transporting and re-erection of the model. The tour exhibited in eight cities. Constructed in the park one block east of the Center for the Fine Arts in Miami, directly across the street from the Dade County Courthouse. The exhibit is complete and fully landscaped. The Dade County Courthouse can be seen in the background on the left, the Claude Pepper Federal Building on the right. The Miami exhibit was from December 18, 1988 - February 26, 1989. Stamped on verso: "Feb 2 1989." Acquired from the archived of the Miami Herald.
Size: Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph.
ST#: 1989.85.0214
Date: December 18 - February 26, 1989 Title: Frank Lloyd Wright: In The Realm of Ideas (Published by the Scottsdale Cultural Council and The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, Scottsdale)
Description: Extensive brochure for traveling exhibition which included eight cities over three and a half years. Exhibit included a full size Usonian Home funded by the City of Scottsdale, Arizona. Center for the Fine Arts, Miami Florida, December 18, 1988 - February 26, 1989. Includes eight photographs and five illustrations. For more information see our Wright Study on Usonian Automatic Homes and the Traveling Exhibit.
Size: 5.25 x 11
Pages: Pp 10
ST#: 1988.40.0507
4) Chicago (June - September 1989) Date: 1989
Title: Frank Lloyd Wright: Ideas and Treasures, June 8 - September 4, 1989.
Description: Published by the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, IL., in conjunction with the traveling Usonian Exhibition House Exhibition, the Science and Industry also exhibited The Dana-Thomas House Treasures. "Frank Lloyd Wright: Ideas and Treasures," which included furniture, light fixtures and art glass windows and doors. "Frank Lloyd Wright: In The Realm of Ideas," included the full-size traveling Usonian Automatic House. "Welcome to the world of Frank Lloyd Wright, a world of bold innovation that reshaped the face of architecture in the Twentieth Century. The Destruction of the Box introduces Wright's concept of flowing interior space. Notice the lack of partitions that might block the flow. Notice, too, the long, low horizontal lines of the exteriors that reflect the lines of the prairie that was Wright's environment..." Pp 6.
Size: 5.25 x 11.25
ST#: 1989.106.1116Date: 1989 Title: Usonian Automatic Traveling Exhibit House. Chicago. May 23, 1989.
Description: Printed on verso: "Photographer: Osgood. Date: 5/23/89. Location: Museum of Science and Industry. Description: Frank Lloyd Wright home... Nicholson Hirzel scans blueprints in spacious end of house. It will be open to public June 8 to Sept 4. Clipping pasted to verso (stamped May 27 '89): "Wright house to be displayed. A full-scale Usonian Automatic House, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright but never before built, will be on display June 8 to Sept. 4 as part of a Wright exhibition at the Museum of Science and Industry. Jim McCulla (top) prepares to cut panel for the solarium of the 1,800-square-foot home shown in background. Nicholson Hirzel makes a final check of blueprints. Construction was directed by Taliesin Associated Architects according to designs Wright made in 1955. The exhibition is being sponsored by Whirlpool Corp. And Kohler Co. Tribune photos by Charles Osgood." Acquired from the archives of the Chicago Tribune. For more information see our Wright Study on Usonian Automatic Homes and the Traveling Exhibit.
Size: Original B&W photograph, 10 x 8.
ST#: 1989.92.0315
Date: 1989 Title: Usonian Automatic Traveling Exhibit House. Chicago. May 23, 1989.
Description: Printed on verso: "Photographer: Osgood. Date: 5/23/89. Location: Museum of Science and Industry. Description: Frank Lloyd Wright home... Jim McCulla prepares to cut panel for solarium at left with Wright house in background. It will be open to public June 8 to Sept 4. Clipping pasted to verso (stamped May 27 '89): "Wright house to be displayed. A full-scale Usonian Automatic House, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright but never before built, will be on display June 8 to Sept. 4 as part of a Wright exhibition at the Museum of Science and Industry. Jim McCulla (top) prepares to cut panel for the solarium of the 1,800-square-foot home shown in background. Nicholson Hirzel makes a final check of blueprints. Construction was directed by Taliesin Associated Architects according to designs Wright made in 1955. The exhibition is being sponsored by Whirlpool Corp. And Kohler Co. Tribune photos by Charles Osgood." Acquired from the archives of the Chicago Tribune. For more information see our Wright Study on Usonian Automatic Homes and the Traveling Exhibit.
Size: Original B&W photograph, 10 x 8.
ST#: 1989.93.0315
Date: 1989 Title: Usonian Automatic Traveling Exhibitt House. Chicago. June 6, 1989.
Description: Hand written on verso: "6-6-89. Berman photo. Mus. Of Sci & Indust. John A. And wife Dana Hagenah on patio. Clipping pasted to verso: "John and Dana Hagenah enjoy the outside deck of the Usonian house. The exhibit can be dismantles and reassembled." Stamped on clipping: "Jun 18 '89." Photographed by Chuck Berman. Acquired from the archives of the Chicago Tribune. For more information see our Wright Study on Usonian Automatic Homes and the Traveling Exhibit.
Size: Original 10 x 8 B&W print.
ST#: 1989.94.0315
Date: 1989 Title: Usonian Automatic Traveling Exhibit House. Chicago. June 6, 1989.
Description: Hand written on verso: "6-6-89. Berman photo. Sarah Logue (with Taliesin group) in living rm/dining room area in Usonian House. Museum of Sci & Ind." Clipping pasted to verso: "Sarah Logeu admires the living room-dining room area of Wright's Usonian Automatic House." Stamped on clipping: "Jun 18 '89." Photographed by Chuck Berman. Acquired from the archives of the Chicago Tribune. For more information see our Wright Study on Usonian Automatic Homes and the Traveling Exhibit.
Size: Original 10 x 8 B&W print.
ST#: 1989.95.0315
Date: 1989 Title: Usonian Automatic Traveling Exhibit House. Chicago. June 5, 1989.
Description: Clipping pasted to verso (stamped Jun 25 1989): "Frank Lloyd Wright's ideas influenced the homes and public buildings we live and work in today and will continue to influence architecture long after the year 2000. The ranch-styled house was inspired by the work of the Prairie School of architects that Wright led. It was Wright who drove the final nail in the coffin of the idea that every room had to have four walls and a door. A prime example of tearing down walls or, as he put it, "the destruction of the box," is the L-shaped space so often used today for a living area at one end, a dining area at the other. Then there were the ideas that seemed so sensible, but somehow never caught on." Caption clipping: "The Frank Lloyd Wright Usonian Automatic house of hollow-core concrete block was designed so it could be built by anyone." Note: The Chicago Exhibit was held from June - September 1989 at the Museum of Science and Industry. Label on verso: "Photographer, Rich Hein. Date: 6-5-89. Location: Museum of Science and Industry. Reporter: Brenda Rotzoll. Caption: Frank Lloyd Wright's Usonian house which is on display at the Museum of Science and Industry." Acquired from the archives of the Chicago Sun-Times. For more information see our Wright Study on Usonian Automatic Homes and the Traveling Exhibit.
Size: Original B&W photograph, 10 x 8
ST#: 1989.72.1010
Date: 1989 Title: Usonian Automatic Traveling Exhibit House. Chicago. June 7, 1989.
Description: Clipping pasted to verso: "A full scale replica of Wright's Usonian Automatic prefabricated house is part of the exhibition at the Museum of Science and Industry. Tribune photo by Jose Morej." Printed on verso: "Date: 6/7/89. Location: Museum of Science & Industry." Acquired from the archives of the Chicago Tribune. For more information see our Wright Study on Usonian Automatic Homes and the Traveling Exhibit.
Size: Original 10 x 8 B&W print.
S#: 1989.79.0212
Date: 1989 Title: Model: Proposed Arizona State Capitol Building June 7, 1989.
Description: In 1957 when the Arizona State Legislature proposed the construction of a new state capital building, Frank Lloyd Wright proposed a design of his own. He offered his design Pro Bono, but the design was rejected. This model was on display for the traveling exhibition "In the Realm of Ideas." Photographed at the Museum of Science & Industry, Chicago, June 7, 1989. Printed on verso: "Photographer: Morej. Location: Museum of Science & Industry. Model of proposed state capitol for Arizona. Date: 06/07/89." Taped to verso: Partial clipping of image. Stamped on clipping: "Jul 2 89." Acquired from the archives of the Chicago Tribune.
Size: Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph.
ST#: 1989.87.0614
Date: 1989 Title: Usonian Automatic Traveling Exhibit House, Interior view. Chicago. July 2, 1989.
Description: View of the fireplace from the Living room. Clipping pasted to verso: "An interior view of the Usonian Automatic House shows the Master's touches." Label pasted on verso: "Interior view of Usonian Automatic House. Exhibition: "Frank Lloyd Wright: Ideas and Treasures". Museum of Science and Industry, 57th St. and Lake Shore Dr. 60637." Acquired from the archives of the Chicago Tribune. For more information see our Wright Study on Usonian Automatic Homes and the Traveling Exhibit.
Size: Original 10 x 8 B&W print.
S#: 1989.81.0412
5) Bellevue, WA (October 1989 - January 1990) Date: October 9 - January 7, 1990 Title: Frank Lloyd Wright: In The Realm of Ideas (Published by the Scottsdale Cultural Council and The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, Scottsdale)
Description: Extensive brochure for traveling exhibition which included eight cities over three and a half years. Exhibit included a full size Usonian Home funded by the City of Scottsdale, Arizona. Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, Washington, October 9, 1989 - January 7, 1990. Includes eight photographs and five illustrations. For more information see our Wright Study on Usonian Automatic Homes and the Traveling Exhibit.
Size: 5.25 x 11
Pages: Pp 10
ST#: 1988.10.1289
Date: October 9 - January 7, 1990 Title: Frank Lloyd Wright In The Realm of Ideas. Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation.
Description: Specific information about the full size Usonian Home that was exhibited in 8 cities in conjunction with above brochure. For more information see our Wright Study on Usonian Automatic Homes and the Traveling Exhibit.
Size:
Pages: Pp 6
ST#: 1988.11.1289
Date: 1990 Title: Exhibition Prints: Frank Lloyd Wright: In The Realm of Ideas. 1990.
Description: Three prints used at the Bellevue, WA exhibition of the Usonian Exhibition House at the Bellevue Art Museum, October 9 - January 7, 1990. 1) "Frank Lloyd Wright: In The Realm of Ideas. October 9 - January 7, 1990. (Logo.) Bellevue Art Museum, 301 Bellevue Square, Bellevue, Washington. Printing: Puget Sound Power & Light Company. Type: Typehouse. Design: Nichols & Zwiebel." 2) "National Sponsors. Frank Lloyd Wright: In The Realm of Ideas is organized by the Scottsdale Cultural Council and the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation. This exhibit has been made possible by the generous support of Kohler Co., Whirlpool Corporation, and the City of Scottsdale. Northwest Presenter: Pacific First Federal Savings Bank. (Logo.) Printing: Puget Sound Power & Light Company. Type: Typehouse. Design: Nichols & Zwiebel." 3) "Northwest Frank Lloyd Wright Contributors: (List of 62 contributors). (Logo.) Printing: Puget Sound Power & Light Company. Type: Typehouse. Design: Nichols & Zwiebel."
Size: Each print is framed in a metal frame. 13.25 x 13.25.
ST#: 1990.120.0416 (1-3)
Date: 1989 Title: Usonian Automatic Traveling Exhibit House. Seattle. October 4, 1989.
Description: Clipping on verso: "Wright exhibit coup for Bellevue. Carl J. Brown prepares to install a drapery rod to the living room of the Frank Lloyd Wright house under construction across the street from Bellevue Square. The house is part of an exhibition opening October 9th at the Bellevue Art Museum. Photographed by Mike Siegel, Seattle Times." Acquired from the archives of the Seattle Times.
Size: Original 10 x 6 B&W photograph.
ST#: 1989.76.1011
6) San Rafael, CA (February - May 1990) Date: 1990 Title: Frank Lloyd Wright: In The Realm of Ideas. February 16 - May 13, 1990. Marin County Civic Center (Produced by Dessy-Sclater & Associates)
Author: Edited by Brown & Collins. Text by Pfeiffer & Nordland
Description: Exhibition catalog held at the Marin County Civic Center from February 16 - May 13, 1990. "This is an exhibition of ideas. Using the work of Frank Lloyd Wright as an example and his words as explanatory text, the exhibition highlights and illustrates those ideas that constitute the foundation upon which everything he built is based. The forms are irrevocably his, yet the ideas are eternal and we witness their manifestation throughout the whole panorama of architecture down to our own age." Text from "Frank Lloyd Wright: In The Realm of Ideas" is repeated in this booklet. (First Edition)
Size: 8.3 x 10.8
Pages: Pp 28
ST#: 1990.91.0312
Date: February 16 - May 13, 1990 Title: Frank Lloyd Wright: In The Realm of Ideas (Published by the Scottsdale Cultural Council and The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, Scottsdale)
Description: Extensive brochure for traveling exhibition which included eight cities over three and a half years. Exhibit included a full size Usonian Home funded by the City of Scottsdale, Arizona. Marin Center Exhibit Hall, San Rafael, CA. February 16 - May 13, 1990. Includes eight photographs and five illustrations. Two Copies. For more information see our Wright Study on Usonian Automatic Homes and the Traveling Exhibit.
Size: 5.25 x 11.
Pages: Pp 10
ST#: 1988.82.0415
Date: February 16 - May 13, 1990 Title: Frank Lloyd Wright In The Realm of Ideas
Description: Exhibit at Marin County Civic Center February 16 - May 13, 1990. Included an actual Usonian Modeled Home. For more information see our Wright Study on Usonian Automatic Homes and the Traveling Exhibit.
Size:
Pages:
ST#: 1990.12.1101
Date: 1990
Title: In the Realm of Ideas Frank Lloyd Wright Commemorative Medallion 1990.
Description: The Marin County Civic Center was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1957. On October 1 & 2, 1930, Wright delivered two lectures at the Art Institute of Chicago entitled "In the Realm of Ideas" and "To the Young Man in Architecture". These two speeches were published in 1931 as "Two Lectures on Architecture." In 1987 the Scottsdale Arts Center Association in conjunction with the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation organized a traveling exhibition of Wrights work entitled "In the Realm of Ideas Frank Lloyd Wright." It included a full size Usonian House, and eight locations from January 1988 through August 1990. The sixth location was held at the Marin County Civic Center from February 16 - May 13, 1990. Text on face: "In the Realm of Ideas Frank Lloyd Wright ." Text on verso: "In The Realm Of Ideas Frank Lloyd Wright. "In Appreciation, Marin Board of Supervisors, Al Arambaru, Harlod C. Brown Jr., Gary Giacomini, Robert Roumiguiere and Robert Stockwell. February 16 / May 13th, 1990."
Size: Ribbon measures 1.4 x 31". Medallion measures 3" circular.
ST#: 1990.175.0421Date: 1990
Title: 1990 - FDC - In The Realm of Ideas.
Description: In The Realm of Ideas, Marin County, Exhibition of Works by Frank Lloyd Wright, February 16 - May 13, 1990. Cancelled: Frank Lloyd Wright Station, San Rafael, CA, Marin Civic Center, February 16, 1990. (Non Wright stamp. 20th Universal Postal Congress - 1989. Scott #2438-D, 25c)
ST#: 2438.01.03197) San Diego (June-September 1990) Date: June 23 - September 30, 1990 Title: Frank Lloyd Wright: In The Realm of Ideas (Published by the Scottsdale Cultural Council and The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, Scottsdale).
Description: Extensive brochure for traveling exhibition which included eight cities over three and a half years. Exhibit included a full size Usonian Home funded by the City of Scottsdale, Arizona. San Diego Museum of Art, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA, June 23 - September 30, 1990. Includes eight photographs and five illustrations. For more information see our Wright Study on Usonian Automatic Homes and the Traveling Exhibit.
Size: 5.25 x 11
Pages: Pp 10
ST#: 1988.43.0509
8) Scottsdale (December 1990 - March 1991) Date: 1990
Title: Frank Lloyd Wright: In The Realm of Ideas.
Description: Exhibit poster for Frank Lloyd Wright: In The Realm of Ideas."¯Scottsdale Cultural Council welcomes home: Frank Lloyd Wright: In The Realm of Ideas, at the Scottsdale Center for the Arts. December 2, 1990 - April 7, 1991. Sunday - Wednesday 10am to 5pm, Thursday - Saturday 10am to 8pm."Frank Lloyd Wright: In the Realm of Ideas" is organized and circulated by the Scoltsdale Cultural Council and Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation. The exhibition and its national tour have been made possible by the generous support of Kohler Co., Whirlpool Corporation, and the City of Scottsdale. Printing courtesy of Salt River Project."¯
Size: 8.5 x 22, Framed: 8.75 x 22.25
ST#: 1990.190.0822Date: 1990 Title: Frank Lloyd Wright: In The Realm of Ideas (Published by the Scottsdale Cultural Council, Scottsdale Center for the Arts)
Description: Informational brochure for the final exhibition of the traveling exhibit. "Scottsdale Cultural Council welcomes home Frank Lloyd Wright: In The Realm of Ideas, at the Scottsdale Center for the Arts, December 2, 1990 through April 7, 1991. This acclaimed exhibition features dramatic photo murals, architectural models, drawings and renderings, furniture and decorative arts, as well as the 1,800-square foot Usonian Automatic House erected on the Scottsdale Civic Center Mall." Traveling exhibition included eight cities over three and a half years. Exhibit included a full size Usonian Home funded by the City of Scottsdale, Arizona. Center for the Fine Arts. Includes three illustrations. Gift from Kathryn Smith.
Size: 3.5 x 8.5
Pages: Pp 8
ST#: 1990.84.0711
PR Date: 1990 Title: Scottsdale Arts Center Association PR - 1990 (Published by the Scottsdale Arts Center Association, Scottsdale)
Author: Lucas, Suzette
Description: "Frank Lloyd Wright: In the Realm of Ideas. National Tour: 1988-1990. This exhibition, organized and circulated by the Scottsdale Arts Center Association (SACA), presents a rare opportunity to bring national recognition and prominence to the greater Phoenix area.-¯ Includes sponsorships, Oasis Model Sponsorship and a brief historical overview of the Oasis.
Size: 8.5 x 11
Pages: Pp 3
ST#: 1990.65.0507
Date: 1990 Title: Scottsdale Cultural Council PR - 1990 (Published by the Scottsdale Cultural Council, Scottsdale)
Author: Bartholomeaux, Carole V.
Description: "In the Realm of Ideas. Scottsdale welcomes Frank Lloyd Wright Home! 21-August-90... Nearly 900,000 people have seen the exhibition to date..."¯
Size: 8.5 x 11
Pages: Pp 3
ST#: 1990.66.0507
Date: 1990 Title: Scottsdale Cultural Council PR - 1990 (Published by the Scottsdale Cultural Council, Scottsdale)
Author: Bartholomeaux, Carole V.
Description: "Frank Lloyd Wright: In the Realm of Ideas. Fact Sheet"¯ Information pertaining to the exhibition in Scottsdale.
Size: 8.5 x 11
Pages: Pp 2
ST#: 1990.67.0507
Date: 1990 Title: Scottsdale Cultural Council PR - 1990 (Published by the Scottsdale Cultural Council, Scottsdale)
Author: Anonymous
Description: "Frank Lloyd Wright: In the Realm of Ideas. Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer, co-curator of the exhibition Frank Lloyd Wright: In the Realm of Ideas, is the director of archives of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation and the Frank Lloyd Wright Memorial Foundation."¯
Size: 8.5 x 11
Pages: Pg 1
ST#: 1990.68.0507
NEWSPAPERS CHICAGO AMEICAN DETROIT FREE PRESS SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER SEATTLE TIMES SEATTLE WEEKLY CHICAGO AMERICAN
Date: 1912
Title: Chicago American - January 2, 1912, Afternoon Edition (Published by the Chicago American, Chicago, Illinois)
Author: Anonymous
Description: Cheney to Wed Sister Of Wright “Art Mate?”
Cheney to Wed Wife’s Sister, Oak Park Hears.
Attorney Edwin H. Cheney will marry Miss Elizabeth Borthwick, sister of the wife who fled to Wisconsin with Frank Lloyd Wright, architect, was a report which startled friends of the Cheneys and Wrights in Oak Park and Chicago today. At the same time it was announced from Hillside, Wis., where Wright and the former Mrs. Cheney are drawing plans for homes and writing books together as "art mates," that Wright had not abandoned his plan to come to Chicago and ask for the signatures of his wife and Mr. Cheney to his explanation of why the two families were broken up.
Mr. Cheney said flatly he would not sign any statement for Mr. Wright. Mrs. Wright, receiving newspapermen for the first time in many days, said she would not cross a bridge until she came to it. Miss Elizabeth Borthwick, who, rumor said, was to marry the man her sister left, has been caring for his sister's children ever since the latter's flight to the realms of pure art, far from mundane affairs.
Both Mr. Cheney and his sister-in-law denied without denying the rumor, and laughed while they denied- that is, they called the report absurd and stated they had never heard of It, but when confronted with a flat question laughed again and refused to discuss a story “so utterly foolish."
Sends Mamah to School. Miss Borthwick Is the older sister of Mamah Bouton Borthwick (Cheney), authoress and “art mate” who is seeking the ultimate and esthetic in life at Wright's bungalow in Spring Green.
She came Into the life of the Cheney's shortly after her sister married the Oak Park lawyer. She has for years been a teacher in the Irving School and for five years saved her earnings to send her sister Mamah to the University of Michigan, where she gained the education to write her essays on sex, marriage and divorce and -other subjects akin to her strange career.
A third sister died leaving a little girl now twelve years old. Lizzie Borthwick adopted this child and when Mamah Cheney deserted her husband and children to tour Europe with her architect companion Miss Borthwick took up the new burden and became a mother to Cheney's babies.
Takes Up Sister's Duties. Every duty which the younger sister shirked Miss Borthwick took upon herself. When Mamah Cheney was searching the astral and the aesthetic for things in tune with her temperament, Miss Borthwick was smoothing out all the family differences and being fairy godmother to the household.
Herself intellectually the equal of her erratic sister, Miss Borthwick has sacrificed her own opportunity to marry and have a home, to travel, write and paint and become all the things at which Mamah Borthwick sought.
Mamah Borthwick was recently divorced by her husband and asked that she be given her former name, saying that the name Cheney suggested “all the things that are unpleasant in memory” while the name Borthwick was "associated with all things which are pleasant to my reveries."
Mothers the Children. Now, it is heard, Miss Borthwick will assume that name which has been associated with all her sacrifices to take upon herself the last and greatest burden of the sister who fled...
Original cover price one cent.
Size: 16 x 21
Pages: Pg 1-2
S#: 0114.40.0423
DETROIT FREE PRESS Date: 1912
Title: Detroit Free Press - February 4, 1912 (Published by The Detroit Free Press, Detroit)
Author: New York Herald Co.
Description: Single page printed in color, from the Detroit Free Press, written by New York Herald Co. Now It's The "Spiritual Hegira." Extraordinary Wright-Cheney Case, in Which the Principles Defied Public Opinion in Defense of a "Principal." "Forms are not sacred. The spirit alone is. There is one thing of greater importance than the home of yesterday, and that is the home of to-morrow." Thus is epitomized the philosophy of life of Frank Lloyd Wright, of Chicago. In perfect accord with his views, he says, is Mamah Bouton Borthwick, formerly Mrs. Edwin H Cheney. Includes a portrait of Frank Lloyd Wright, Edwin H Cheney, Mamah Bouton Borthwick and a view of Frank Lloyd Wright's Bungalow in Wisconsin.
Size: 17.5 x 22.25
Pages: Pp 6
S#: 0114.24.0218
Date: August 16, 1914
The Detroit Tribune - August 16, 1914 (Detail)
Publication: The Detroit Tribune (Published daily)
Author: Anonymous
Description: 1) Spring Green, Wis., Aug. 15. - "Negro Fires "Love Bungalow." Slays Architect's Soul Mate and Cuts Down Eight Others. Puts Torch to Wisconsin Cottage of Frank Lloyd Wright, of Chicago, and Kills Six and Injures Three as They Crawl Out of Window."¯ Accounts in graphic detail the death of Mrs. Mamah Bouton Borthwick, her two children Martha and John, four others and two seriously injured. (Complete Article)
Pages: Pp 1-2
Description: 2) Chicago, Aug. 15. - "Frank Lloyd Wright was in his office when he received a long distance telephone message informing him of the tragedy. He was prostrated and declined to discuss it. Later he left for Spring green.-¯ Brief history of Wright and Cheney. (Complete Article to come)
Size: Original cover price 5 cents. 17.5 x 23.25.
Pages: Pp 2
S#: 0124.08.0607
Date: 1915
Title: Detroit Free Press - November 28, 1915 (Published daily by The Detroit Free Press, Detroit, Michigan)
Author: Van Duzer, Winifred
Description: Wright's Seduction. Full page article, page one. The Love Letters of the New "Companion" of "Love Bungalow. Taliesin is open again. Frank Lloyd Wright, architect, artist, eccentric, philosopher, romancer and seeker after the absolute, so christened his bizarre and beautiful country home on the Wisconsin River near Spring Green, Wis., after Taliesin, son of St. Henwig, chief of the bards in the time of King Arthur... Their life together has already been marred by Mrs. Nellie Breen, a discharged servant, who stole Mrs. Noel's letters to Wright and sold them to a newspaper. To destroy the liason for the benefit of Wright's children, she said, Mrs. Breen sent federal investigators on the affair, hoping to base prosecution on violation of the Mann act... Beloved: If I could take you into the mysteries of this glorious day you would lose all your sorrow -- it would fall from you like and unworthy garment. Twice three days I have spoken to no one, yet I have danced and quivered and vibrated like a ray of light. Again I feel like a rainbow, as in those first days of wooing. Today has been so wonderful that I seem to hold the whole universe in my breast. I have worked hard yet I dream of my work -- no, not dreamed -- realized the majesty of my own being in its perfection and reality. Later I robed myself in white and walked through the park. Oh, the summer sea! The blue night! The scent of herbs and grass and leaves! The bitter smell of all the flowers. That restless throng. I think my face must have looked like the Christ as I pass through them unseeing no longer for the dim distance -- for the unknown. No restless yearning -- no need of companionship! Oh, dear Frank, I would take your burden if I could - would dissolve it in this love that is more than peace...
Size: 17.25 x 22.5
Pages: Pp 1
S#: 0128.56.1118
Left: Mrs. Maud Miriam Noel
Right: Frank Lloyd Wright
Taliesin, Spring Green
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER Date: October 5, 1989 Publication: Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Author: Hackett, Regina
Description: "Frank Lloyd Wright "In the Realm of Ideas" puts Bellevue Art Museum in the realm of major art exhibitions.
FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT 'IN THE REALM OF IDEAS' PUTS BELLEVUE ART MUSEUM IN THE REALM OF MAJOR ART EXHIBITIONS
By Regina Hackett
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, October 5, 1989What is living architecture? Betty Boop knew. When she sang, buildings swayed and danced. Frank Lloyd Wright knew, too. The quintessential American architect coined the term early in the century to describe his own exalted aspirations. Seeing little distinction between the built and the natural environment, Wright's idea of an architect's role wasn't too far from God's, the only builder to whom he regularly deferred. He once told a group of architects in Santa Barbara that the only good architecture in the entire city was the trees. (Continue)
Pages: Pp C1 C3
ST#: 1989.27.1089
SEATTLE TIMES Date: 1978
Title: Seattle Times Pictorial - August 20, 1978
Author: Mills, Dale Douglas
Description: Pacific Northwest Living. Article on Brandes House in Issaquah, Washington.
Size:
Pages: Pp 36-43
ST#: 1978.13.0303Date: 2000
Title: Seattle Times - January 16, 2000
Author: Church, Foster
Description: On the Wright Road. A Frank Lloyd Wright Architectural Fan Trip. (Two Copies.)
Size:
Pages: Pp K 1-3
ST#: 2000.19.1000, 2000.20.1000
SEATTLE WEEKLY Date: October 4, 1989 Title: Seattle Weekly
Author: Staten, Peter
Description: "Master plans. Frank Lloyd Wright: In the Realm of Ideas." Bellevue Art Museum October 9 through January 7
Size:
Pages: Pp 37-38
ST#: 1989.28.1089
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