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SUPPORT THE WRIGHT LIBRARY PROCEEDS FROM EVERY SALE GOES TO SUPPORT THE WRIGHT LIBRARY. CLICK TO ORDER.         WE PROUDLY SUPPORT THE FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT FOUNDATION       WE PROUDLY SUPPORT THE FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT BUILDING CONSERVANCY     WE PROUDLY SUPPORT FALLINGWATER AND THE WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA CONSERVANCY   NEW ADDITIONS AND DISCOVERIES Date: 1992 Title: Darwin D. Martin Residence Vase, Historic Arts & Castings, 1992, Buffalo, New York (1904 - S.100). Description: Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1904 for the Darwin D. Martin Residence. Among the overwhelming number of drawings for the Darwin Martin House, are plans for a Library Bookcase, FLLW #405.119. Within the plans for the Bookcase is a drawing for a vase. Unless you are intentionally searching, the vase could very easily be overlooked. The original drawing is only 9.75" x 13.5" and stained.        Construction on the Darwin Martin Complex began in 1904, finished in 1905, and took about 15 months to complete. The residence included a complex of six buildings. The Martin Residence, the George Barton House, the gardener's cottage, a greenhouse, a two-story garage and stable, and a conservatory. Darwin Martin was instrumental in Frank Lloyd Wright’s commission with the Larkin Administration Building, and commissioned Wright to design Graycliff, his summer home, in 1927.        In 1992, Historic Arts & Casting produced The Metalwork Collection, consisting of designs by Frank Lloyd Wright and Louis Sullivan, some of which were produced for the first time. Darwin D. Martin Vase. The base and pedestal are square. The vase is turned 45 degrees. As the vase rises to the top, it increases in size. Just below the top, four horizontal indents wrap around all four sides. A small “urn” sets at the top of the vase.        Engraved in base: Frank Lloyd Wright logo, “Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, (C) (R) 1992". Historical Arts logo, "Historical Arts & Casting Inc., Prod. # 179 (stamped number).” Manufactured of cold-painted bronze. Original sale price $1,600. Size: Overall size: 4.1875 x 4.1875 x 30.5 Tall. Base: 4.1875 x 4.1875. Pedestal: 1.9375 x 1.9375. Top: 2.125 x 2.125. Top Urn: 2 x 2 x 1.125. ST#: 1992.165.0924     Date: Circa 1930 [1940?] Title: Frank Lloyd Wright, L’Architecture Vivante - Frank Lloyd Wright, Architecte Americain (American Architect) 1930 [1940?]. (L’Architecture Vivante translates to “Living Architecture.”) Publication Etablie Par Les Soins Des Editions Albert Morance, A Paris, 30-32, Rue De Fleurus. (Publication Established By The Care Of Editions Albert Morance, In Paris, 30-32, Rue De Fleurus.) (Published by Albert Morance, Paris) Author: Badovici, Jean Description: Published in French, this volume is a reprint of the Summer 1930, Numbers 28 issue, Frank Lloyd Wright. Published in book form with stiff boards and designed cover. The pages and plates in this volume are slipped into a portfolio, stiff boards, Light green cover, black letters, black cloth spine, tied with ribbons. Text on spine “Frank Lloyd Wright” in gilt letters.        Although it appears to repeat the 1930 issue, Daniel Lawler, in his extensive article “L’Architecture Vivante and its Extraits, 2018, dates this volume Circa 1940.        In 1930, this issue was reprinte as a double issue L’Architecture Vivante - Spring & Summer 1930, No 27 & 28.        In 1932, this issue was published as a single volume, Frank Lloyd Wright, Architecte Americain (Sweeney 301),,, Continue... Size: 9 x 11 Pages: Pp 49-76; Pls 1-25 S#: 0229.02.0924     Date: 1945 Title: Ohio State Engineer - April 1945 (Published seven times a year by the Students in the College of Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio) Author: Tubbs, Ellen L. Description: An Honest Architecture. Frank Lloyd Wright’s Contribution to an Architecture for America.        In proving to the world that a good architecture can grow out of the heart and mind of man without the enslaving dictates of tradition, Frank Lloyd Wright has given the world a democratic architecture. With Nature as his only restriction he has given his imagination a chance to develop an honest style of architecture, worthy of being called, "American." Wright expresses an architecture which, because of its use of mate-rial, is subordinate to Nature. In considering the Nature and color of materials he has blended the architecture with the surroundings.        Each civilization has evolved its own art, using the best tools of its age. Every people has had its own Architecture, developed form, and characteristics peculiar to its own age; yet America, a land of freedom, has chosen to copy ancient European forms of Architecture. This is as ridiculous as it would be to return to the use of the chattel slave of the Greek civilization. Wright believes that a free people should express their love of freedom in their architecture as well as in their other forms of Art. Thus he uses common sense, Nature, and his own individuality as his guides in designing.        Some of Wright's most striking forms of modern architecture are to be found in his designs for homes. Here he has let Nature rule supreme... Original cover price 15c. Size: 8.75 x 11.6 Pages: Pp 12-14 S#: 0647.52.1024     Date: 1992 Title: Heritage-Henredon Duo Vase, Historic Arts & Castings, 1992. Description: Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1955 for the Taliesin Ensemble, consisting of furniture, accessories, fabric, wallpaper, carpet and paint. A few prototypes were created by Minic Accessories in New York. We were able to locate three examples: 1) Metropolitan Museum of Art; 2) Brooklyn Museum; 3) Taliesin. This reproduction was produced in 1992 by Historic Arts & Casting, Inc.        “From the inception of Taliesin Ensemble in 1953 to forming the partnerships and to finally introducing the line in 1955 in House Beautiful, these manufacturers were working against an extremely tight deadline. Some partners were able to go into production with their new creation (albeit for a short period of time) while the others remained a concept with only a handful of prototypes made.        “One such partner was Minic Accessories. Valentine Minnich, the proprietor of Minic Accessories in New York, had been working with Gordon to create sets for the magazine's many photo shoots. The initial meeting between Minnich and Wright was arranged by Gordon in 1953, and took place at the Minic office in New York City. Minic occupied four floors in the building, in total measuring approximately 30,000 square feet. Valentine Minnich's son, William Minnich, was also in attendance at the meeting; he was only fourteen years old, but he had been apprenticing since he was five years of age. William recalls how his father and Wright were "kindred blood" and could understand each other from the moment they met.        “Wright wanted to create objects that were inspired by the slender weed vase design from the 1890s, but made of wood; he asked for something “light in design and light in luminous energy and natural as in pure and as in uncultivated.” Valentine Minnich and his two,,, Continue... Size: Overall size: 7.625 x 7.625 x 8.25 x 10.75 x 20.75 Tall. Short vase: 4.5 x 4.5 x 16.5; Top: 4.5 x 4.5; Vase: 4 x 4; Neck (between vase and base): 3.375 x 3.375 x 0.875; Base: 5.875 x 5.875 x 0.75. Tall vase: 3.375 x 3.375 x 20.75; Top: 3.375 x 3.375; Vase: 3 x 3; Neck (between vase and base): 2.375 x 2.375 x 1.875; Base: 4.875 x 4.875 x 0.75. ST#: 1992.164.0924     Date: 2023 Title: Dr. Richard & Madelyn Davis Residence and Wing, Woodside, Marion, Indiana, Exterior 2023 (FLLW #5037) (1950/1954 - S.324). Description: On a trip through the Midwest, we had the opportunity to visit the Davis Residence. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1950. The “Teepee-Like” or Wigwam” concept for the Davis House was derived from the Lake Tahoe Summer Colony project designed in 1922. Wright utilized this concept in a number of designs. The first was the Lake Tahoe Summer Colony project (1922) (FLLW #2205). It remained a project. In 1923, Frank Lloyd Wright utilized the Wigwam concept... Continue... Size: Original 23 X 15 high res digital images. ST#: 2023.32.2024 (1-90)     Date: 2018 Title: Francis W. Little Residence II, Northome, Deephaven, Minnesota / Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Living Room 2018 (1912 - S.173). Description: Set of 47 photographs of the Little Residence II Living Room. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1912. On a visit to New York City in 2018, we had the opportunity to visit the Living Room, reconstructed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In 1902, Frank Lloyd Wright designed the first house in Peoria, Illinois, the Francis W. and Mary Little Residence I & Stable.        Francis Little was an attorney and owner of a... Continue... Size: Original 23 X 15 high res digital images ST#: 2018.56.0924 (1-47)     Date: 2023 Title: Francis W. and Mary Little Residence I & Stable, Peoria, Illinois, 2023 (1902 - S.070 & .071). Description: Set of 43 exterior photographs of the Little Residence I & Stable. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1902. On a trip through the Midwest, we had the opportunity to visit the Little Residence. The house has a compact cruciform floor plan. The living room is on left side, reception and kitchen in the center and the dining room on the right side. The covered porch forms the bottom of the “T”. There are five bedrooms upstairs. The stable has a carriage room, stalls for horses and a cow, and a bathroom. The upstairs has a “man’s room” and the hay loft... Continue... Size: Original 23 X 15 high res digital images. ST#: 2023.30.0824 (1-43)     Date: 1902 Title: Francis W. & Mary Little Residence I, Peoria, Illinois, Art-Glass Window 1902 (1902 - S.070). Description: Original art-glass window from the Little Residence. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1902. Francis Little was an attorney and owner of a utility company in Peoria, Illinois. He hired his friend, Frank Lloyd Wright to design his home in Peoria. He retained Wright again that year to add a Stable to the home. In 1908 they sold the home and moved to Minnesota where they hired Wright to build a second home, "Northome".        He was more that a client, he was a friend and supporter of Wright’s work. In 1910, when Frank Lloyd Wright published Ausgefuhrte Bauten und Entwurfe von Frank Lloyd Wright, it included a descriptive booklet. Page 31 included Wright’s acknowledgment: "Charles E. Roberts, Francis W. Little and Darwin D. Martin - three American men of affairs, who have believed in and befriended this work when natural opposition from without and inherent faults within threatened to make an end to it. Without their faith and help this work would never have reached its present development. Frank Lloyd Wright."        The top one-third of the window holds the most detail. Detailed glass also runs on either side, and along the bottom of the window. The upper and lower portions of the window are bridged together by vertical cames. Julie Sloan called this a “Bamboo-Curtain pattern,” Light Screens, 2001. Other examples include the Davenport (1901), Henderson (1901), Fricke (1901), Cheney (1903), Brown (1905) and the Martin Gardener’s Cottage.        As in many of Wright’s other houses, he created a different design for the interior art-glass. Wright designed art-glass for the bookcase doors in the living room, a different design for the four living room skylights, and again, a different design for the dining room skylights. Wright also designed the art-glass in the front door, and the arched transom above... Continue... Size: Window: 36.25 H × 27.5" W; Overall: 41.875 H x 31.5 W x 2.125 D S#: 0052.33.0624     Date: 1971 Title: The Natural House (Hard Cover DJ) (Published by Pitman Publishing S. A. Ltd., London. Note: Sweeney indicates that British Edition was published in 1972, but this edition is dated 1971.) Author: Wright, Frank Lloyd Description: First British Edition. First published by Horizon Press in 1954. This volume appears to use the same plates created by Horizon Press.        Dust Jacket: The persistent concern of twentieth-century architects is this: to use the new materials of technology in the most economical yet imaginative ways. It is easy to be pessimistic when faced with much of today's housing. Their second-rate, outmoded styles, do not relate to the function of the materials employed, but serve as ornamental concessions - the "environmental bonus". There is ample evidence in other fields of design, however, that creative freedom does not preclude economic methods of production. This may suggest that the movement started this century to make the thoughtful, individual planning of homes a human necessity is bearing fruit as architects pay more attention to the cost of materials.        Frank Lloyd Wright made the designing of relatively low-cost housing one of his major pre-occupations. In this classic exposition of his findings, appearing for the first time in this country, he described and illustrated (with over 100 photographs, plans and drawings) how he came to build the world-famous "Usonian" houses from their original conception to their final execution...        Original list price Ł3.50, inside flap. (First Edition) (Sweeney 991) Size: 8.25 x 10.25. Pages: Pp 223 S#: 0992.12.0824     Date: 1905 Title: Frank L. Smith Bank, Dwight, Illinois, Barrel Chair, 1905 (1905 - S.111). Description: Original Barrel Chair from the Frank L. Smith Bank. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1905. Smith first contacted Wright in 1904. The first designed was a three story bank, which Smith rejected. In 1905 Wright’s second design, a one and a half story structure was accepted.        The seat is round, as are the circular stretchers below. The top rail is curved with inset panels at the ends on the back side. The ends of the top rail are cantilevered toward the front. The legs are set at forty-five degrees, pointing toward the center of the chair, and are in-line with the opposite leg, forming an exact “X”. The feet are flared at the bottom. They are the same width, 1.3125", but the depth of the back legs is greater. Front legs are 1.5" deep compared to 2.25" deep for the back. The back legs maintain that depth until they extend just past the seat where they curve to the depth of 1.125" deep. It is interesting to note that the Smith Side Chair front legs (ST#1981.108) mimic the Barrel Chair legs, set at 45 degrees, but the curved portion is inverted. The backrest, set between the back legs, runs from the stretcher to the top rail. It matches the curve of the top rail. The backrest of the side chair mimics the design of the barrel chair, but is not curved.        A Smith Barrel Chair was photographed in the Larkin Administration Building Library. Frank Lloyd Wright’s Larkin Building, Quinan, 1987, p.81.        Chairs were manufactured by the John W. Ayers, Co., Chicago. Constructed of oak. Provenance: Frank L. Smith Bank, Dwight, Illinois, Acquired from Toomey & Co... Continue... Size: 29 H x 23.75 W x 19.5 D S#: 0058.64.0624     Date: C 1925-28 Title: Taliesin Dam and Hydroelectric Plant, Spring Green Circa 1925-1928 (1920 - S.219). Description: Real Photo Postcard of the Taliesin Dam and Hydroelectric Plant. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1920. Due to water damage, weather and lack of maintenance, the exterior walls deteriorated. Text on face: “Dam at Frank Lloyd Wright’s Bungalow - Taliesin - near Spring Green, Wis. - SIX3-.” Text on verso: “Post Card. Correspondence. Address.” The stamp box is a dotted line with the letters “D O P S”, one letter in each corner. Published by DOPS which manufactured postcards between 1925 - 1942. After years of adverse weather, the Hydroelectric Plant Building was... Continue... Size: 5.5 x 3.5 S#: 0171.39.0824     Date: 1953-54 Title: Minic Rectangular Planter 1953-1954. Description: Prototype Minic Rectangular Planter designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for the Taliesin Ensemble, which consisted of Furniture, Accessories, Fabric, Wallpaper, Carpet and Paint. Constructed of mahogany, the planter is rectangular in shape. The sides are 3" tall x 20" long by 10" deep, and are .563" thick. The base of the sides is 1.25" tall x 20.625" wide x 10.625" deep. The feet of the planter are 3.25" x 3.25" x .75" high. The Wright designed pattern is carved into the feet of the base.        “From the inception of Taliesin Ensemble in 1953 to forming the partnerships and to finally introducing the line in 1955 in House Beautiful, these manufacturers were working against an extremely tight deadline. Some partners were able to go into production with their new creation (albeit for a short period of time) while the others remained a concept with only a handful of prototypes... Continue... Size: 22" W x 12" D x 3.75" H S#: 0987.133.0624     Date: 1953-54 Title: Minic Tall Hexagonal Weed Vase Prototype 1953-1954. Description: Prototype Minic Hexagonal Weed Vase designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for the Taliesin Ensemble, which consisted of Furniture, Accessories, Fabric, Wallpaper, Carpet and Paint. Constructed of mahogany, the stem and base are hexagonal in shape. The stem is 1/2" thick, and each of the six pieces is 2" x 20. The base is 3/4" thick and each side is 3" wide. The sleeve is constructed of copper-anodized aluminum. The top lip is 3" wide, and the stem is 2 3/8" x 13 3/4". The Wright designed pattern is carved in the base.        “From the inception of Taliesin Ensemble in 1953 to forming the partnerships and to finally introducing the line in 1955 in House Beautiful, these manufacturers were working against an extremely tight deadline. Some partners were able to go into production with their new creation (albeit for a short period of time) while the others remained a concept with only a handful of prototypes made.        “One such partner was Minic Accessories. Valentine Minnich, the proprietor of Minic Accessories in New York, had been working with Gordon to create sets for the magazine's many photo shoots. The initial meeting between Minnich and Wright was arranged by Gordon in 1953, and took place at the Minic office in New York City. Minic occupied four floors in the building, in total measuring approximately 30,000 square feet. Valentine Minnich's son, William Minnich, was also in attendance at the meeting; he was only fourteen years old, but he had been apprenticing since he was five years of age. William recalls how his father and Wright were "kindred blood" and could understand each other from the moment they met.        “Wright wanted to create objects that were inspired by the slender weed vase design from the 1890s, but made of wood; he asked for something “light in design and light in luminous energy and natural as in pure and as in uncultivated.” Valentine Minnich and his two sons were able to quickly draft dozens of sketches within two weeks of the meeting. With Wright's input, severall... Continue... Size: Base: 20.75" H × 5.25" W x 6" D. Stem: 3.5" W x 4" D. S#: 0987.132.0624     Wright at 68 (1935) Portrait of Frank Lloyd Wright. Wright is facing forward, looking directly at the camera. Both hands are in his suite jacket pockets. Eye glasses are hanging down. This photograph appears to be taken in a studio, the background is modeled.        This portrait was published in Time Magazine, July 15, 1935, p.44. The photograph is credited: “Keystone.” Keystone Press Agency became one of the most respected became prominence after the World War I and became one of leading press agencies of the era. Printed on a thick stock stat has turned light tan with age. Original gelatin silver 7 x 9.5 B&W photograph. 0397.86.0824     Date: Circa 1944 Title: The Taliesin Fellowship (Published by the Taliesin Fellowship, Spring Green, Wisconsin) Author: Wright, Frank Lloyd Description: A Prospectus For: The Taliesin Fellowship. In the Philosophy and Practice of Organic Architecture the Work of Frank Lloyd Wright at Taliesin Is Extended as the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation to Include Apprenticeships for about Thirty-five Young Men and Women.        Apprentices Prepare Plans, Details and Models for Building Construction and Work upon Construction Going on Throughout the Country. All Share in the Tilling of Taliesin Farm Fields and Gardens and the Daily Upkeep Necessary to Their Own Way of Life at Taliesin. Work, Even While Resting, Is Essential.         For twelve years past a small freely changing group of about thirty-five young men and women, volunteers (as all who come must be), have formed an energetic group of apprentices to myself. The over-educated novice meets at first with wholesome neglect in the hope that he may "relax" and give such natural perception as he may possess some benefit of the "break". He stands with the Fellowship of Apprentices, if he stands at all, in atmosphere free from pretense on native soil. Taliesin nourishes sincerity of character and purpose especially because Architecture is concerned. Responsibility in action stimulates whatever talent each apprentice may have.        Genius is something from within which we can neither furnish nor gainsay... Continue... Size: 8.25 x 10 Pages: Pp 4 S#: 2050.01.0724     Date: 1930 Title: Arizona Biltmore, Phoenix Arizona, Sconce Circa 1930 (Not dated) (1927 - S.221). Description: Sconce from the Arizona Biltmore. This was removed during one of the renovation to the Arizona Biltmore. The fixture features a ziggurat roof and base. It is six-sided, with the design on five sides. The stacked “V” design can be found throughout the Arizona Biltmore. It is prominent in the copper roof over the original one-story Aztec room near the entrance, and also the cantilevered roof over the four-story section near the entrance. The fixture is missing the glass and wiring. Acquired from an auction house in Peoria, Arizona. Size: 7.25 “ wide x 6.25" deep x 17.5 inches tall. S#: 0249.67.0524     Date: Circa 1930 Title: Arizona Biltmore, Phoenix Arizona, Candlesticks 1930 (Not dated) (1927 - S.221). Description: A pair of candlesticks from the Arizona Biltmore. These candlesticks utilize the triangle in its design. The base is a triangle, with three additional evenly spaced smaller triangles. The triangle, as a design element, can be found throughout the Arizona Biltmore. Manufactured in copper. Size: Triangular base: 5 “ x .5" deep. Smaller triangles 2.5". Height: 4.25". S#: 0249.68.0724     Date: 2024 Title: Henry J. Allen Residence, Wichita, Kansas 2024 (1916 - S.205). Description: Set of 65 exterior and 82 interior photographs of the Allen Residence. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1916. On a trip from Nashville to Seattle, we had the opportunity to visit and tour the Allen Residence. The house floor plan is “L” shaped, but when including the tea house and wall on the two opposite sides, the ground plan forms a square. The living room wing is one story, the bedroom wing is two. The entrance hall, and a portion of the living room are tiled. The living room opens to a terrace, pool and walled garden. The living room tile continues out to the terrace... Continue... Size: Original 23 X 15 high res digital images. ST#: Exterior 2024.05.0724 (1-65):  2024.06.0724 (1-82)     Date: 1911 Title: Lake Geneva Hotel, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, Leaded Art Glass Window, 1911 (1911 - S.171). Description: Original leaded art glass window from the Lake Geneva Hotel. It features a chevron design and conventionalized flower motif. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1911 as "The Geneva Inn", "The Geneva" opened in August 1912. Within two years, it changed hands due to financial difficulties. By the end of 1914 and the beginning of 1915 the name was changed to the "Hotel Geneva", and it stayed the Hotel Geneva most of its life. During its final years it was known as "The Geneva Inn". It was demolished in 1970.        Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer writes, “...windows on the ground floor were done in stained glass, a "tulip" pattern, with both iridescent and opalescent panes. The windows of the guest rooms on the floor above were simple diagonal geometric patterns in leaded clear glass.” Frank Lloyd Wright Monograph 1907-1913, 1987, p.189.        It appears that the “tulip” windows were strictly in the lobby. Lobby windows were also produced in a wider size. The guest room windows “were simple diagonal geometric patterns in leaded clear glass.”        Acquired from the Thomas S. Monaghan collection, March, 2024. One of four windows published in the The Domino’s Pizza Collection , Calendar, 1987, June... Continue... Size: Window: 43 High x 18 Wide, Overall: 48.75 High x 22 Wide x 2 Deep. S#: 0104.47.0324     Date: 1955 Title: John L Rayward Residence, Tirranna, New Canaan, Connecticut, Three Chairs 1955 (1955 - S.383). Description: Two arm chairs and one side chair from the Rayward Residence. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1955, the Rayward Residence was the ninth "hemicycle" designed by Wright: Jacobs II (1944), Meyer (1948), Laurent (1949), Pearce (1950), Lewis (1952), Marden (1952), Llewellyn Wright (1953), Cooke (1953), Rayward (1955) and the Spencer (1956).        At times, these chairs have been miss-identified as Heritage Henredon chairs. The design of these chairs is similar to the design Frank Lloyd Wright created for the Heritage Henredon line of furniture, also designed in 1955. But there are significant differences. Rayward Residence is FLLW #5523, Heritage Henredon is FLLW #5529, indicating Rayward was designed first. In reality, furniture was not the first part of the design process, so it may be difficult to determine which was designed first. But like later designs for dining room tables and chairs, there are many similarities, but each table and chair was unique to the specific house.        There are similarities between early slant back chairs: the Martin and Coonley low back chairs; the dining room arm chairs for the Jacobs 1, Palmer, Mossback and Boulter; the Martin and Johnson barrel chairs; the David Wright and Papas; and we could continue.        Although there are similarities, there are also differences when comparing the Rayward and Henredon side chairs, arm chairs and tall back dining room... Continue... Size: Gray side chair: 32 High x 22 Wide x 18 Deep. Gray arm chair: 31.5 High x 23 Wide x 19 Deep. Stripped arm chair: 31.5 High x 23 Wide x 17 Deep S#: 1092.267.0324 (1-3), 2024.03.0324 (1-13)     Date: 1915-1923 Title:  Imperial Hotel, Tokyo, Japan, Art Glass Window 1915-1923 (1915 - S.194). Description: Original leaded glass and gold-foiled glass window from the Imperial Hotel. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1915, construction began in 1917 and on July 4, 1922 the first section of Wright's Imperial Hotel opened. In August 1923 the hotel was complete. On September 1, 1923 a major earthquake destroyed Tokyo. The Imperial Hotel stood. A Tribute to Frank Lloyd Wright. Constructed of brick, concrete and Oya, a gray lava stone.        Thin horizontal bands of these leaded glass and gold-foiled glass windows were used as a design element. Wright weaves clear glass with gold-foiled glass.“...the building itself was a tapestry - a consistent fabric woven of interdependent, related units, however various.” Frank Lloyd Wright, A Testament, 1957        Thomas Heinz’ writes, “The use of gold mirror glass set in diagonals within these squares creates the impression of zig-zag lines. A mixture of art glass and patterned muntins is combined to create a more interesting and less expensive pattern than if either.... Continue... Size: 2.4" High x 15.75" Wide. S#: 0128.81.0324     Date: 1929 / 1986 Title: Frank Lloyd Wright Designs for N. V. Glassfabrik Leerdam Glassware 1929 (Leerdam Glassfabrik), Leerdam, Holland. (Project, FLLW #3003.23) Description: “Glassfabrik “ translates to “Glass Factory” in English. Designs include Dinner Plate, Bread and Butter Plate, Saucer, Coffee Pot, Dish, Glass, Vase. The Dutch glass manufacturing company was founded in 1878, and becoming the NV Glasfabriek Leerdam in 1891. According to Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer, “In 1928 Wright began a correspondence with P. M. Cochius, director of the N. V. Glasfabriek "Leerdam" that produced fine designer glassware. Wright was hoping to have glass blocks made for the lighting in the living room of San Marcos-in-the-Desert. He also wanted tabletop glass sculptures of the Nakoma and Nakomis figures. None of these were ever produced, but in 1929 he created a series of designs for tableware and flower holders. Records indicate that only an emerald green tall hexagonal flower vase was produced. The other designs proved too difficult to manufacture.... Continue... Size: 10.5 x 7.5 B&W photograph. S#: 0228.37.0224     Date: 2019 Title: Hollis R. Root Residence, Glencoe, Illinois, Exterior 2019 (1915 - S.189). Description: Set of 39 exterior photographs of the Root Residence. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1915, for Sherman Booth, Wright’s attorney and close friend. The Root Residence was one of five houses designed for the Sherman Booth's Ravine Bluffs Development.        Wright designed a number of projects for Booth. Sherman M. Booth Residence, Scheme I ( Project 1911 - F.1118). Municipal Art Gallery (Project 1911 - F.1122). Architectural Features for Glencoe Park (Project 1911 - F.1120). Glencoe Town Hall (Project 1911 - F.1121). Chicago & Milwaukee Electric Railway Station (Demolished mid-1950s) (1911 - F.1123)... Continue... Size: Original 23 X 15 high res digital images. ST#: 2019.74.0624 (1-39)     Date: 1905-06 Title: Hillside Home School II, Spring Green, Wisconsin, 1905-6 (1902 - S.069). Description: Real Photo Post Card. View of the Hillside Home School from the Southwest. This may be one of the earliest photographs of the Hillside Home School. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1902 and completed in 1903. Postmarked May 4, 1906, this photograph was most likely was taken in 1905-1906 or even a year earlier. Three students can be seen in front of the building, giving the building a sense of scale.        Ellen (Nell) and Jane Lloyd Jones, Frank Lloyd Wright’s aunts, formed the Hillside Home School in 1887 and ran it until 1915 when it closed. After attending... Continue... Size: 5.4 x 3.5 S#: 0064.55.0524     Date: 2019 Title: Chesley (Charles) Reynolds Perry Residence, Glencoe, Illinois, Exterior (1915 - S.188). Description: Set of 50 exterior and 6 interior photographs of the Perry Residence. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1915, for Sherman Booth, Wright’s attorney and close friend. The Perry Residence was one of five houses designed for the Sherman Booth's Ravine Bluffs Development.        Wright designed a number of projects for Booth. Sherman M. Booth Residence, Scheme I (Project 1911 - F.1118). Municipal Art Gallery (Project 1911 - F.1122). Architectural Features for Glencoe Park (Project 1911 - F.1120). Glencoe Town Hall (Project 1911 - F.1121). Chicago & Milwaukee Electric Railway Station (Demolished mid-1950s) (1911 - F.1123)... Continue... Size: Original 23 X 15 high res digital images. ST#: 2019.72.0524 (1-50), 2019.73.0524 (1-6)     Date: 1951 Title: Mostra Di Frank Lloyd Wright (Exhibition Of Frank Lloyd Wright). City of Florence, Palazzo Strozzi. Dialogue: “Broadacre City.” Exhibition Of Frank Lloyd Wright. Italian Studio of Art History, May 15, 1951. As previewed at Gimbel Brothers, Philadelphia, APA., January 1951. Author: Wright, Frank Lloyd; Stonorov, Oskar Description: Note: In twenty years of searching, we were unable to locate a copy of this booklet until now. Produced for the exhibition “Sixty Years of Living Architecture” held in Florence Italy, 1951. Text of a conversation between Frank Lloyd Wright and Oskar Stonorov concerning Broadacre City. A Preview of the exhibition was held in Philadelphia (January 1951). The world wide tour opened in Palazzo Strozzi Florence, Italy (June 1951).        Frank Lloyd. Wright: Oskar, what is that you wish me to clarify on the idea of Broadacre City?        Oskar Stonorov: Mr. Wright, after wandering through this exhibition of earlier buildings of yours, people have now reached this model of the... Continue... (First Edition) (Sweeney #833) Size: 8.4 x 8.6 Pages: Pp 5 S#: 0833.00.0524     Date: 2019 Title: Sherman M. Booth Residence, Scheme II, Glencoe, Illinois, Exterior and Interior 2019 (1915 - S.187). Description: Set of 73 exterior and 18 interior photographs of the Booth Residence. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1915, for Sherman Booth, Wright’s attorney and close friend. Sherman (1876 - 1957) and Elizabeth (1880–1960) Booth were married in 1907. As a side note: Sherman Booth’s sister was Blanche Angster. In 1911, Wright designed the Angster Residence, which burned and was demolished in 1956.        Wright designed a number of projects for Booth. Sherman M. Booth Residence, Scheme I (Project 1911 - F.1118). Municipal Art Gallery (Project 1911 - F.1122)... Continue... Size: Original 23 X 15 high res digital images. ST#: 2019.70.0524 (1-73), 2019.71.0524 (1-18)     Date: 1956 Title: 5) Gerald Sussman Residence Scheme II, Poundridge, New York, Preliminary Sketches 1956 (Projects 1955, 1956). Description: Lost Frank Lloyd Wright Design Discovered - Sussman Scheme II (1956). Three negative diazo print of Sussman Scheme II preliminary drawings, 1956. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1956. They include: A) Perspective. B) Three Elevations, South East, South West and North West. C) Ground and Floor plan. The design for the second set of plans is dated February 1, 1955.        It also included a set of eight working plans for the house. Two weeks later, Eugene wrote to the Sussmans from Taliesin West. “Dear Mr. And Mrs. Sussman: By now you have received your plans and we hope you are pleased. Sincerely, Eugene Masselink... Continue... Size: 24.5" x 18” each. S#: 1147.129.0224 (1-3)     Date: 2023 Title: Burton J. Westcott Residence, Springfield, Ohio, Exterior and Interior 2023 (1907 - S.099). Description: Set of 74 exterior and 59 interior photographs of the Westcott Residence. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1907, completed in 1909-11. We were able to visit the house on an overcast day near the end of October. When Frank Lloyd Wright published Ausgefuhrte Bauten und Entwurfe in 1910, he included two perspectives of the Westcott House. The first, a perspective study for the Westcott House. Plate XVI (16). This version is variation of the completed house, but remained a study. Plate LIII (53) is the version that was completed, a perspective of Westcott House, and a tissue overlay of the grand and first floor plan, and a floor plan for the second floor. Wright described the Westcott... Continue... Size: Original 23 X 15 high res digital images ST#: 2023.22.0324 (1-59)     Date: 2023 Title: Arthur Heurtley Cottage Remodeling, Les Cheneaux, Marquette Island, Michigan, 2023 (1902 - S.075). Description: Did Frank Lloyd Wright design the Heurtley Cottage in 1898? Set of 53 exterior photographs of the Arthur Heurtley Cottage. In 1902 Frank Lloyd Wright designed a house for Arthur Heurtley in Oak Park. Concurrently he remodeled a cottage for Heurtley on Marquette Island, in Michigan. Arthur Heurtley was born in 1860 and past away in 1934 at the age of 73. He was a successful businessman with a passion for music and art, and was an early client of Frank Lloyd Wright, and a friend. Besides his involvement with a number of clubs and organizations... Continue... Size: Set of 53 exterior 23 X 15 high res digital images ST#: 2023.01.0523 (1-53)     Date: 1905 Title: The Sketch Book - September 1905 (The Sketch Book is published monthly by The Sketch Book Publishing Co., Fine Arts Building, Chicago.) Author: Morris, Alfred Description: Frank Thomas Residence (1901 - S.067). This early article was missed by both Sweeney and Langmead and may offer some of the earliest photographs of the Thomas Residence.        "A Constant Home. Design and ornament in the home is of such vast importance, that when one comes across a worthy example - one that is consistent and sane - it would surely seem indifferent not to praise. The examples of the exterior and interior applications of design, in the photographs herewith, are ones that have not only a most harmonious consistency, but they also exhibit originality; originality not of the clever sort, but that of dignity and consistent beauty. This house in question is in Oak Park, Illinois, and was designed by that skillful architect and draughtsman, Mr. Frank Lloyd Wright... Mr. Frank Lloyd Wright is original with a reason. His sense of proportion in design is always rational and animated with beauty. His architecture is of a distinct type, harmonious and quietly elegant..." Includes five photographs. Original cover price 10c. Continue... (Digital and printed copy) Size: 7.5 x 10.5 Pages: Pp 37-41 S#: 0058.13.0116     Date: 1950 Title: Frank Lloyd Wright Bronze Portrait Bust, 1950, By John Karl Daniels. Description: Limited edition cast bronze bust of Frank Lloyd Wright, by sculptor John Karl Daniels. Daniels (1875-1978) was a Norwegian-American sculptor. His home and studio was on the grounds of the Van Dusen Mansion in Minneapolis. A majority of his sculptures in bronze and stone are located in Minnesota.        The bronze sculpture is numbered 12/100 and signed in overlapping letters “JKD 50" in-mold to left shoulder. It is mounted on a black honed and polished stone base with gilt-incised inscription: “Frank Lloyd Wright – Architect.” Some reports indicated that Wright sat for this bust in the sculptor’s Minneapolis studio in October of 1950. Text on back of bust: “Frank Lloyd Wright, 1950.” (Note: Back top left corner of stone is damaged.) Description: 5.0" Wide x 10.5" High x 5.0" Deep, Bust: 3.5" Wide x 6.0" High x 3.5" Deep. S#: 0831.118.0324     Date: 1914 Title: Midway Gardens Small Oval Platter, Chicago, Illinois, 1914 (1913 - S.180). Description: Small oval platter. Designed for Midway Gardens, Chicago, by Frank Lloyd Wright. Midway Gardens covered a city block and included the exterior summer garden with performance stage and an interior Winter Garden for year round entertainment. Wright designed the complete structure: furnishings, furniture, sculptures, murals, windows, dinnerware, monogram, a complete work of art.        The Midway Garden monogram and the design of the plate is by Frank Lloyd Wright. The platter is bordered with red squares, approximately 0.1875" x 0.1875." On the inside edge of the squares is a black oval line. The red squares are approximately .75 inches apart. The monogram is black lettering within a black rectangle, with a small red triangle. Marked on the bottom... Continue... Size: 7 x 4.5 S#: 0124.64.0224     Date: 1930 Title: L’Architecture Vivante - Summer 1930, No 28. (L’Architecture Vivante translates to “Living Architecture.”) Publication Etablie Par Les Soins Des Editions Albert Morance, A Paris, 30-32, Rue De Fleurus. (Publication Established By The Care Of Editions Albert Morance, In Paris, 30-32, Rue De Fleurus.) (Published by Albert Morance, Paris) Author: Badovici, Jean Description: Published in French, this volume includes two issues, Spring and Summer 1930, Numbers 27 and 28. The pages and plates in this volume are slipped into a portfolio, stiff boards, beige cloth spine, tied with ribbons.        Spring 1930 Issue: The Problem of the “Minimum House,” by Le Corbusier and P. Jeanneret.        Summer 1930 Issue: “Frank Lloyd Wright.” In 1932, this issue was published as a single volume, Frank Lloyd Wright, Architecte Americain (Sweeney 301).        Introduction: "Frank Lloyd Wright. Nous avons souvent montre dans l'Architecture Vivante, que le sens de sens de l'utile n'excluait nullement la recherche du beau..." (We have often shown in "Living Architecture" that the sense of meaning of the useful does not exclude the search for beauty ...)        The 32 pages (49-76), are single sheets, unbound, 17.75 x 10.75 folded to 8.87, 8 sheets. Pages 49-51 is text written by Jean Badovici, and includes two... Continue... (Sweeney 229) Size: 9 x 11 Pages: Pp 49-76; Plates 26-50 S#: 0229.00.0224     Date: 1940 Title: Leigh Stevens, Auldbrass Plantation, Yemassee, South Carolina, Ornamental Downspout, Circa 1940 (1940 - S.261-264). Description: Ornamental Spruce Downspout for the Leigh Stevens, Auldbrass Plantation. Frank Lloyd Wright designed some of the first buildings on the property in 1939. Wright originally designed copper ornamental downspouts for Auldbrass, but copper was difficult to obtain so at Stevens’ request, Wright designed ornamental wood pendants (FLLW #4015.19), suspended at each corner between the downspouts. Wright wrote on the drawing, “Print to Leigh.” When Wright published his extensive article in the January 1948 issue of Architectural Forum, Wright created a presentation drawing, including the ornamental downspout, page 95.        When Wayne Andrews photographed Auldbrass Plantation in 1953, the downspouts were plainly visible, and were still painted white as late as 1979, see Auldbrass, Frank Lloyd Wright’s Southern Plantation, DeLong, 2003, p.162-163. When Joel Silver acquired Auldbrass in 1986, it was in disrepair, and half complete. Silver restored Auldbrass, completed unfinished buildings, and replaced the ornamental wood downspouts with Wright’s original design, producing them in copper as Wright had initially specified.        " 'Old Brass' was the name given to a tract of land in South Carolina that includes over 4,000 acres. "In the mid 1930s the Savanna River Lumber Co. Which owned the tract of land slid into bankruptcy. C. Leigh Stevens took over the responsibility of reorganizing the company, and ended up "with its shares held by Stevens." Old Brass was one of many holdings owned by the reorganized Savanna River Lumber Co. The modern history of "Auldbrass" which Wright adapted from Old Brass started in 1939 when C. Leigh Stevens commissioned Frank Lloyd Wright to create a plantation complex of buildings for his southern home..." Auldbrass, The Plantation Complex Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, Stevens, 1992.        A pair from The Domino’s Center for Architecture & Design, sold at Christie’s, December 11, 1993. Price realized: $1,265 each piece. This piece acquired from Toomey & Company, Chicago, Illinois. Providence: Auldbrass Plantation / Important Private Collection / Private Collection. Constructed of Spruce, painted. Size: 65" High x 50" Wide x 2.25 Deep. S#: 0531.119.1223     Date: Circa 1924 Title: Taliesin II, Spring Green, Wis. Circa 1924 (1914 - S.182). Description: Real Photo Postcard. View of the Porte Cochere fountain from the Northwest. Behind the camera is the Porte Cochere and the sitting room in the private residence. In 1914, the driveway to Taliesin came up from the Southwest and entered Taliesin from beyond the Porte Cochere. At the time, there was a single column supporting the roof. Stairs were between the column and the fountain and are visible in drawings and photographs in Frank Lloyd Wright Select Houses 2, page 28 and 33. Also see S#0124.32 for another view. The photograph on page 33 is published in the... Continue... Size: 5.4 x 3.5 S#: 0164.15.0224     Date: 2023 Title: Cedric G. and Patricia Boulter Residence, Cincinnati, Ohio, Exterior and Interior 2023 (1954 - S.379). Description: Set of 96 exterior photographs of the Boulter Residence. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1954. The house is set into the hillside in the Clifton neighborhood of Cincinnati. We were able to visit the house on an overcast day near the end of October. In 1952, Frank Lloyd Wright designed a house for Horace Sturtevant in Oakland Californica. Like the Boulter Residence, it too was designed for a hillside. Working drawings were completed, but the house remained a project. Frank Lloyd Wright resurrected the design for the Boulter Residence, lengthening the living room by... Continue... Size: Original 23 X 15 high res digital images ST#: 2023.09.0124 (1-96)     Date: 1958 Title: Architektura (Poland) - July 1958 (Published monthly by Arkady Publishing House, Warsaw, Poland) Author: K. P. (Note: The book review was signed “K. P.” Initials did not match any editors listed.) Description: Book Review: The Future of Architecture. Przysztosc Architektury (The Future of Architecture). Wydawnictwo "The Architectural Press", Londyn 1955 r. (Publishing house "The Architectural Press", London 1955.)        The Future of Architecture was published in 1953. A British edition was published by the Architecural Press, London, in 1955.        Polish text: Ksizka ta skupia w jednym tomie rózne prace pisane autora, rozizucone po licznych wydawnictwach, dzis prewaznie wyczerpanych. Na stepie siazki najdujemy obserna „rozmowe z przyjacielem" na tematy architektoniczne, dalej cykl wykladów w Princenton (1930 r.), w Chicago (1931 r.), w Londynie (1939 r.), a w koncu dwa artykuly: o pewnych as-pektach architektury przysziosci oraz o architekturze bedacej wyrazem wlasnych dazen Wrighta, która on sam nazwal „architektura organiczna". Nie kuszac sie o streszczenie nader bogatego i rói-norodnego materialu ksiazki, przytaczamy z niej szereg charakterystycznych fragmentw. Uderza w nich wielki radykalizm F. L. Wrighta, jego bezkompromisowost, a przede wszystkim subiektywna ocena architektury epok minionych. Moga one bu-dzie rózne zastrzezenia, lecz na pewno warto sie z nimi zapozna jako z pogladami czlowieka, którego wydawcy nie wahali sie nazwa najwiekszym sposród zyjacych architektów...        English translation: This book brings together in one volume the author's various written works, scattered across numerous publications, now almost out of print. What follows is an extensive "conversation with a friend" on the topic series of lectures in Princenton... Continue... Size: 9.5 x 13 Pages: Pp 301-304 S#: 1259.90.0124     Date: 1900 Title: Warren Hickox Residence, Kankakee, Illinois, Art Glass Windows 1900 (1900 - S.056). Description: Set of two original art glass windows from the Warren Hickox Residence. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1900. Both the Hickox and Bradley houses are considered Wright’s first prairie styled houses. The depth of Frank Lloyd Wright’s design incorporated interior furnishing, carpets, built-ins, art glass windows and landscaping, creating a complete harmonious design. The Bradley House incorporated many design elements that defined Prairie styled houses. Low pitched... Continue... Size: Glass: 18" x 18.5" inches. Overall: 22" x 25" inches each. S#: 0041.74.1223 (1-2)     Date: 2019 Title: Warren Hickox Residence, Kankakee, Illinois, 2019 (1900 - S.056) Description: Set of 44 exterior photographs of the Warren Hickox Residence. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1900. Warren Hickox, Sr. purchased two adjoining lots and gave one to his daughter Anna Hickox Bradley (1900 - S.052) and the other to his son Warren Hickox, Jr. In 1900, both hired Frank Lloyd Wright to design homes for their properties. Warren and Anna had a sister, Mrs. Charles Roberts. In 1896, Frank Lloyd Wright remodeld the Charles E. Roberts Residence in Oak Park (S.040). This was one of many projects Wright would design for Roberts. The first project Frank Lloyd Wright designed for Roberts was a house in 1892 (FLLW #9210). In 1910... Continue... Size: Original 23 X 15 high res digital images ST#: 2019.68.1223 (1-44)     Date: Circa 1905 Title: Frank Lloyd Wright Studio Letterhead, Oak Park, Illinois, Circa 1905 (1897 - S.004). Description: Letterhead for the Frank Lloyd Wright Studio circa 1905. Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio were connected. He worked in the studio until 1909 when he traveled to Europe. Upon his return, he moved to Spring Green.        Unused Letterhead, beige handmade paper with Fabriano watermark, when held up to the light, has the appearance of laid paper, but disappears when light is removed. Top edge uncut and deckle, other three sides are trimmed. Letterhead stock matches envelope stock. Letterpress in two colors on both sides, dark brown and red. Text is on the front, the red monogram is on the back. Text on front, lower left: “From Frank Lloyd Wright Architect. Forest and Chicago Avenues, Oak Park, Illinois. Telephone Oak Park Fifty Three.” The solid red square was Frank Lloyd Wright’s second monogram. His first monogram was a Celtic cross within a circle, within a square.        In 1895 Wright installed a carved stone plaque (2002.136.0519-4) outside his Oak Park office which included his first monogram. He included it on his first letterhead. He also included it in the design for the title page, lower right hand corner, of The Eve of St. Agnes, and was added through-out The House Beautiful. Providence: Ex. collection of Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer. Acquired from Pfeiffer by Kathryn Smith. Acquired from the private collection of Kathryn Smith. Size: 8.25" x 4.75" S#: 0058.61.1223 Top Left: Front side of letterhead.  Lower Left: Back side.     Date: 1966 Title: Frank Lloyd Wright, Pioneer of Organic Architecture (Egypt) (Hard Cover DJ) (Published by National House for Printing and Publishing, Egypt) Author: Hammad, Mohammad; Karim, Sayed Description: Published in Arabic. Volume reads from back to front. Text is all in Arabic. Many photographs and illustration throughout. This may have been an unauthorized edition. The photographs are of a poor quality. It appears that the photographs were scanned from other books, not original photographs. They have the appearance like a Zerox copy. The cover portrait is a copy of the illustration and frontispiece from Frank Lloyd Wright, Rebel in Concrete, Forsee, 1959, and illustrated by Guy Fry. Note: Text in Arabic. Translation to English by the bookseller in Alexandria, Egypt, and by Google Translator.) (First Edition) (Sweeney 1631) Size: 9.5 x 8.75 Pages: Pp 231 S#: 1631.00.1223     Date: 1967 Title: Frank Lloyd Wright, His Life. His Works. His Views (Egypt) (Stiff Soft Cover) (Published by Arab Renaissance House, Egypt) Author: Mahmoud, Mohammed Tawfiq; Fathi, Hassan Description: Published in Arabic. Volume reads from back to front. Text is all in Arabic. Many photographs and illustration throughout. A few color plates. This may have been an unauthorized edition. The photographs are of a poor quality. It appears that the photographs were scanned from other books, not original photographs. They have the appearance like a Zerox copy. Cover illustration adapted from a Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation First Day Cover, 1966, which may have been adapted from an earlier illustration. Cover spine is missing. Note: Text in Arabic. Translation to English by the bookseller in Alexandria, Egypt, and by Google Translator.) (First Edition) Size: 6.6 x 9.5 Pages: Pp 946 S#: 1720.99.1223     Date: 2023 Title: Ingwald Moe Residence, Gary, Indiana, Exterior 2023 (1908-9 - FLLW #0531). Description: Set of 29 exterior photographs of the Moe Residence. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1905/1908-9, and most likely the plans were part of the Evanston Model Housing Project. The exterior walls of the house are covered in plaster and extends up to the roof line. The sills match the light color of the stucco. The windows are trimmed in wood, and trim is also used as a design element between windows. Like the Charles Brown Residence, the front porch roof may have originally been cantilevered. Mahony's original presentation drawing shows a cantilevered roof. The 1911 Sanborn... Continue... Size: Original 23 X 15 high res digital images. ST#: 2023.07.1123 (1-29)     Date: 2019 Title: Charles A. Brown Residence, Evanston, Illinois, Exterior 2019 (1905 - S.110). Description: Set of 45 exterior photographs of the Brown Residence. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1905. The exterior walls of the house are board and batten, and extend up to the sills of the second floor windows. The horizontal band of windows and stucco, surrounds all four side and extends to the roof line. The sills match the light color of the stucco. The windows are trimmed in wood, and trim is also used to as a design element between windows. A striking feature of the house is the roof that is cantilevered over the veranda. Like the Davenport Residence (1901), the house... Continue... Size: Set of 45 original 23 X 15 high res digital images. ST#: 2019.65.1023 (1-45)     Date: 2018 Title: E. Arthur Davenport Residence, River Forest, Illinois, 2018 (1901 - S.068). Description: Set of 50 exterior photographs of the Davenport Residence. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright January 1901 (FLLW#0101). In the July 1901 issue of Ladies Home Journal, Wright designed A Small House With Lots of Room In It. When you compare it to the Davenport design and floor plan, although larger, there are striking similarities. In 1931 the house was renovated. Three not so shuttle changes were made to the house. The trim around the upper front windows, altering the roof line dramatically and removal of the front porch. The lower half to two-thirds of the exterior of the house... Continue... Size: Original 23 X 15 high res digital images. ST#: 2018.52.1023 (1-50)     Date: 1911 Title: 1) Herbert Angster Residence, Lake Bluff, Illinois, Perspective View 1911 (1911 - S.169). Description: Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright at Taliesin (Hillside), in 1911 after his return from Europe (FLLW#1101.01). Perspective view of the Herbert Angster Residence viewed from the West. The kitchen is in the background on the far left. The entrance can be seen left of center in the two-story section of the house tucked behind the concrete urn. The covered porch in the foreground to the right is off the master bedroom. A built-in flower box sets between the two columns supporting the roof. The living room is to the right. Text lower left: “Mr. Herbert Angster Residence. Frank Lloyd Wright... Continue... Size: 10 x 7 B&W photograph S#: 0104.31.0923     Date: 1893 Title: 1) Municipal Boathouse, Lake Mendota, Madison, Wisconsin, Front Elevation 1893 (1893 - S.022). Description: Front Elevation for the Municipal Boathouse on Lake Mendota. The Municipal Boathouse on Lake Mendota, in Madison, Wisconsin, a recreational building and storage facility, was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1893. He was 26 year old at the time and a draftsman for the architectural firm of Adler and Sullivan. In March 1893, the Madison Improvement Association announced a competition for sketches of a boat house to be built by the association. Frank Lloyd Wright submitted two designs, and both were excepted, one for Lake Mendota and one for Lake Monona. The boat house for Lake Mendota was completed by the Spring of 1894, but construction of the lake Monona boathouse was put on hold due to the depression of 1893. The Lake Mendota Boathouse was built on the edge of a steep bank. At street level, the boat house appeared to be approximately one story tall. From the lakeside however, the size was much more impressive, rising 32.5 feet from the shoreline.        From the lake side, the two towers dominated the front elevation with a large arched opening that led to the interior storage for boats. At the base of each towers, a single centered arched doorway lead to the interior of the towers. Access was also gained by walkways on either side of the arched opening in the center. The boathouse was cut into the hillside and the back of the interior was semicircular. The roof supported the semicircular loggia above. Boats could be loaded onto storage racks via a "pivoted crane" that ran on a circular track overhead. Text: "Front Elevation, Toward Lake. Of the Boathouse On Lake Monona, For The Madison Improvement Assn. Madison Wis. Frank L Wright Architect. 1501 Schiller Building, Chicago." FLLW Foundation #9304.06. Courtesy of The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation Archives, Avery Architectural Library, Columbia University. Size: 8 x 10 B&W photograph S#: 0013.25.0823     Date: 1918 Title: Original Handwritten Letter from Frank Lloyd Wright to Catherine L. Wright, 1918. Description: An original handwritten letter from Frank Lloyd Wright to Catherine L. Wright dated October 2nd, 1918. Wright attempts to persuade Catherine to grant him a divorce. She continues to refuses.        On June 1, 1889, Catherine and Frank were married in Chicago, Illinois. She was 17 years old. Raising a family dominated most of her time. In 1903, Frank Lloyd Wright designed a house for Edwin H. And Mamah Borthwick Cheney In 1909, Mamah and Frank left their respective spouses and traveled to Europe, settling in Italy for about a year. Upon their return in 1911, they settled at Taliesin in Spring Green, Wisconsin. On January 2, 1912, Edwin announced his intentions to marry Mamah's sister, his sister-in-law. On August 15, 1914, one of Wright's recently hired domestic workers murdered Mamah, both her children, three of Wright's associates, and a son of one of the associates. He set fire to one wing of Taliesin, and murdered the seven people with an ax as they tried to escape the fire. At the time, Wright was overseeing work on Midway Gardens in Chicago. Catherine Wright would refuse to give Wright a divorce until November 13, 1922.        Immediately after the tragic death of Mamah Cheney on... Continue... Size: 13.125" x 4.375" folded to 4.56" x 4.375." S#: 0139.21.0523     Date: 1940 Title: Clarence W. Sondern Residence, Kansas City, Missouri, Two-Part Dining Room Table, 1940 (1939 - S.279). Description: Two original sectional dining room tables for the Clarence W. Sondern Residence. Clarence Sondern, was a laboratory director for a chemical company in Kansas City. The Sondern house was designed by Wright as a Usonian home in 1939. In 1944, Sondern moved and sold the home to Arnold Adler (1948 - S.307). In 1948, Adler commissioned Frank Lloyd Wright to design an addition that more than tripled the size of the house. Besides all the built-ins, Wright designed chairs, tables, hassocks and bed frames for the Sonderns. After the Adler addition was completed, an article was published on January 7, 1951, in the Kansas City Star about the housewarming at the Adler House. It included a photograph of the living and dining rooms, and it is interesting to note that none of the original Wright designed furniture was pictured in the space. Like other Dining Room tables from Wright’s Usonian period, the dining room table was modular in style. Sections could... Continue...  Size: Size: 26" tall x 24" wide x 30" deep (each). S#: 0531.102.0223     Date: 1900 Title: B. Harley Bradley Residence, Kankakee, Illinois, Original Dining or Sitting Room Leaded Art Glass Window 1900 (1900 - S.052). Description: Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1900. The Bradley Residence is one of Wight’s earliest Prairie Houses, and is considered by most to be his first. The depth of Frank Lloyd Wright’s design incorporated interior furnishing, carpets, built-ins, art glass windows and landscaping, creating a complete harmonious design. The Bradley House incorporated many design elements that defined Prairie styled houses. Low pitched gabled roofs, broad overhangs, dominate horizontal lines, the exterior finished in stucco and horizontal bands of art glass windows.        The B. Harley Bradley House featured over ninety leaded art glass windows. Art glass windows and doors throughout the house utilized a variation of the same design. They are also more complex than any of Wright’s earlier designs. This is the first time that the design continues through a number of windows. Multiple windows create a single design. The angles in the windows mimic the angles of the roof line. Windows were executed in three different lead cames, 1/2", 5/16", 3/16". The glass is clear with accents of white and red glass.        The skylight in the dining room is more elaborate in design and is considered the most sophisticated and lavish art glass designed by Wright and do not relate to the design of the other windows in the house. According to Sloan, Light Screens, 2001, p.94, the skylights mirrored the size and placement of the dining room table. A built-in china cabinet covers one interior wall. Glass doors in the cabinet originally included art glass, but are an entirely different design than the windows and skylight.        This particular design can be found in the dining and sitting rooms, and is the left pan when viewing it from the outside. The dining room has five pairs of windows that open outward. The sitting room has six pairs. Leaded art glass and wood. Provenance: B. Harley Bradley House, Kankakee. IL. Size: Glass: 17.5 x 34.5 inches. Overall: 22 x 40.75 inches. S#: 0041.49.0122     Date: 1952 Title: Frank Lloyd Wright: 60 Years of Living Architecture, Munich, Germany Exhibition (Published by the House of Kunst, a Museum, Munich. Poster Design: Stefan P. Munsing. German Graphic Arts Institute, Munich, Germany) Description: Original Silkscreen Poster produced for the Frank Lloyd Wright: 60 Years of Living Architecture, Munich, Germany Exhibition. Text: "Frank Lloyd Wright. Ausstellung, 60 Jahre Arhitektur. Haus der Kunst - Munchen. 16. Mai - 15.Juni. 9-18 Uhr. Markgraf-Druck K.G. Munchen 12. Entwurf, Munsing." (Frank Lloyd Wright. Exhibition, 60 years of architecture. House of Art - Munich. May 16 - June 15. 9am-6pm. Markgraf-Print Design: Munsing, Stefan P. K.G. Munchen 12. Design: Munsing.) Designed by Stefan P. Munsing, printed by Markgraf-Druck.        Sixty Years of Living Architecture, The Work of Frank Lloyd Wright (1951-1956) was a traveling exhibition of Wright's work, consisting of Models, photographs and original drawings. A Preview of the exhibition was held in Philadelphia at Gimbel Brothers Gallery in January, 1951. After the Preview, the exhibition was held in 9 different cities worldwide. The Munich exhibition was in 1952.        The cover of the exhibition catalog was printed in two color. Red and black. The gray is a half-tone dot pattern of the black plate. The poster is silkscreened using three colors, red, black and gray. If the catalog cover is a true indication of the red plate, it has faded on the poster. Acquired from an auction house in Great Britain. Size: 24 x 33.25 S#: 0861.01.0122     Date:1963 Title: Buildings, Plans And Designs, Frank Lloyd Wright (Folio) (Published in Japanese, publisher unknown) Author: Wright, Frank Lloyd Description: Published in Japanese, English and German. In 1910 Frank Lloyd Wright produced the "Ausgeführte Bauten und Entwürfe von Frank Lloyd Wright," published by Ernst Wasmuth, in Berlin. Each set consisted of two portfolios with a combined total of one hundred separate plates and tissue overlays. Printed in German. Each plate was 25.2" x 16." Included in the portfolios was a 32 page booklet.        In 1963, Horizon Press reproduced the portfolio as a single set, same dimensions, in English. The order of the plates were changed, and the embossed logo was dropped. The title was printed in English, the German notes in the floor plans remained. Tissues were printed as plates, numbering 100 plates. The 32 page booklet was published in English.        This folio follows the 1963 edition, but is reduced in size and number of plates. Folio boards are covered with a modeled paper. The cover has a title sheet pasted to the front of the board. There are four cloth ties.        Fifty plates in all, Plate 1, Winslow; Plate 2, Stable; Plate 6. Wolf; Plate 7, Wolf; Plate 8, Francis Apartments; Plate 9, Wright Studio; Plate 11, Heller; Etc. Although some plates have been deleted in this volume, each plate is number lower right, 1-50.         The booklet is printed in Japanese and English. Title: Frank Lloyd Wright. There are four sections. A: Frank Lloyd Wright’s Preface. (In English.) B: Plate Commentary. (In Japanese.) C: Terminology. (German to English.) D: Frank Lloyd Wright Chronicle. Portrait. Last entry: 1959. 4. 9. His death. (First Edition) Size: Folio: 12.5 x 17.6. Plates: 17.1 x 12. Booklet: 7.1 x 10.1. Pages: Folio, 50 Plates, Booklet: Pp 22 S#: 1534.03.1021     Date: 1976 Title: Buildings, Plans & Designs By Frank Lloyd Wright (Hard Cover with Slip Case) (Published by A.D.A Edita Tokyo Co., Ltd, Tokyo) Author: Wright, Frank Lloyd: Foreword By Peters, William Wesley Description: Originally published in 1963 as a portfolio edition, Horizon Press. Translated by Tadashi. Text in Japanese and English. Includes: Contents (p.5); Foreword by William Wesley Peters (p.6-7); Introduction by Frank Lloyd Wright (p.8-24); Plans and Designs (p.25-199); Notes by Frank Lloyd Wright (p.201-209); Guide to Terms (210-211). Foreword: "At the end of the First decade of the century there was published in Germany a monograph of the work of an American architect destined to revolutionize architectural thought and imbue it with vitality to an extent unparalleled in history. The folio publication: Ausgeführte Bauten und Entwürfe von Frank Lloyd Wright, imprinted by Ernst Wasmuth of Berlin in 1910, has undoubtedly had a more profound, and salutary, effect on the course of architecture then any other compatible work of which we know..." Like the 1963 edition, the title on each plate is in English. But unlike its earlier versions where each plate is a single sheet, this volume is bound, and most, but not all plates cover a spread, making most plates 20.25 x 14.375. Plates on a single page are 10.125 x 14.375. (First Edition) (Langmead #1512) Size: 10.5 x 14.75 Pages: Pp 211 S#: 2020.36.0618     Date: 1953 Title: Benjamin Adelman House Dining Room Table, Phoenix, AZ, 1953 (1951 - S.344). Description: Original two piece Dining Room table for the Benjamin Adelman House. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1951. Wright designed a laundry facility and three homes for Benjamin Adelman, and a home (two schemes) for his son, Albert Adelman. Wright's first project for Benjamin Adelman was a commercial building for his laundry and dry-cleaning business in Milwaukee in 1945. It remained a project. One year later, 1946, Benjamin's son Albert, approached Wright about designing a home for him on a lot he owned in Fox Point, Wisconsin. Scheme #1 remained a project, but... Continue... Size: The top of the tables are 32" square and 2.5" deep. The height of the table is 27." The legs are 8" wide and turned 45 degrees. 8" up from the bottom of the legs is a 12" x 12" shelf that intersects all four legs at the corners. S#: 1987.126.0521     Date: 1952 Title: Frank Lloyd Wright: America's Most Famous Architect. Rotterdam, Holland 1952 (The exhibition was supervised by Architect J.J.P. Oud. The interior was designer by Benno H. Wissing. The Exhibition Poster was design by Benno Wissing and Jan A. Begeer. Printed in the Netherlands by Kuhn en Zoon, Rotterdam.) Description: Original poster published for the exhibition Sixty Years of Living Architecture, The Work of Frank Lloyd Wright, held "in het ahoy' gebouw" (in the Ahoy Building), Rotterdam, Holland, 1952. The traveling exhibition consisted of models, 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 Florence, Italy (June 1951), then traveled to Zurich, Paris, Munich, Rotterdam, Mexico City, New York, Los Angeles and Chicago.        From the Rotterdam Catalog: Ter gelegenheid van hot het honderdjarig bestaan van de Acedemie van Beeldende Kunsten en Technische Wetenschappen is het mogelijk geworden met bijdragen van Rijk, Gemeente en stadgenoten deze tentoonstelling in Rotterdam to houden. (On the occasion of the centenary of the Academy of Visual Arts and Technical Sciences, it has become possible with contributions from the State, Municipality and fellow citizens to hold this exhibition in Rotterdam.)        Architect J. J. P. Oud is bereid geweest zijn bemiddeling to verlenen om deze tentoonstelling noor Rotterdam te krijgen en belostte zich op verzoek van Frank Lloyd Wright met de supervisie de Rotterdamse tentoonstelling. (Architect J. J. P. Oud was willing to mediate in getting this exhibition to Rotterdam and, at the request of Frank Lloyd Wright, took over the supervision of the Rotterdam exhibition.)        De inrichting word verzorgd door de ontwerper B. H. Wissing. (The interior is provided by the designer B. H. Wissing.)        The poster was designed by "Wissing - Beger," Benno... Continue... Size: 32.25 x 44 S#: 0910.69.0521     Date: 1932 Title: Frank Lloyd Wright, Architecte Americain. Extrait de "L'Architecture Vivante" (Excerpt from "Living Architecture"). Publication Etablie Par Les Soins Des Editions Albert Morance, A Paris, 30-32, Rue De Fleurus. (Publication Established By The Care Of Editions Albert Morance, In Paris, 30-32, Rue De Fleurus.). (Published by Albert Morance, Paris) Author: Basdovici, Jean Description: Published in French, this volume is a reprint of an extensive article on the work of Frank Lloyd Wright, first published in the French publication L'Architecture Vivante, Summer 1930, pp. 49-76, plates 26-50 (Sweeney 229). "Frank Lloyd Wright. Nous avons souvent montre dans l'Architecture Vivante, que le sens de sens de l'utile n'excluait nullement la recherche du beau..." (We have often shown in "Living Architecture" that the sense of meaning of the useful does not exclude the search for beauty ...) Pages in this volume are slipped into a portfolio, stiff boards, cloth spine, tied with ribbons. The 32 pages are single sheets, unbound, 17.75 x 10.75 folded to 8.87, 8 sheets. Pages 5-7 is the text in written by Jean Badovici, and includes two unidentified floor plans. Pages 8-30 includes illustrations and floor plans of Wright's work. They include: Unity Temple, Coonley, Heurtley, Thomas, Robie, Evans, Heath, Taliesin, Allen, Imperial Hotel, Midway Gardens, McCormick, Larkin, Gratte-ciel (Skyscraper - The 1923 Commercial Building in Copper, Concrete, and Glass), American System Built Homes, McArthur (Apartments), Lexington Terrace, Cutten, Horse Shoe Inn, Como Orchards, Westcott. Of note... Continue.... (Sweeney 301) Size: 9 x 11   Pages: Pp 32, Plus 25 Plates S#: 0301.00.0519     Date: 1928 Title: Original Wedding announcement of Frank Lloyd Wright and Olgivanna Wright Description: Original Wedding announcement of Frank Lloyd Wright and Olgivanna Wright, at Rancho Santa Fe, California, 25 August 1928. "Iovanna.  Married, August 25, Rancho Santa Fe, California. Olga Ivanovna, Daughter of Ivan Lazovich and Militza Milan of Gettinje Montenegro, To Frank Lloyd Wright, Son of Anna Lloyd-Jones and William Cary Wright, Taliesin, Wisconsin, 1928."ť        Designed and calligraphed by Wright, then photographically printed on vellum or rice paper and laminated to buff-colored card stock.  A portrait of their daughter Iovanna Lazovich Lloyd Wright at upper left; one portion hand-colored in red (4.5 x 5.5").  Olga and Frank were married on August 25, 1928 at midnight in Rancho Santa Fe near La Jolla.  The ceremony was held one year to the day after Wright's divorce from Miriam Noel Wright, and almost three years after their daughter Iovanna (shown in the hexagonal portrait) was born (December 2, 1925 in Chicago, Illinois). They honeymooned in Phoenix, Arizona at the Arizona Biltmore Hotel.        A book was purchased from the daughter of the Melvyn Maxwell Smith Residence (S.287 1946) designed by Wright in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. The invitation was in the book. Size: 4.5 x 5.5 S#: 215.01.1106

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