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Liberty Magazine Cover Designs. According to Penny Fowler, Frank Lloyd Wright designed twelve cover designs for Liberty Magazine between 1926-1928. Frank Lloyd Wright, Graphic Artist, Fowler, 2002, p.74-103. (FLLW #2604, 2709). In 1955, Wright adapted the proposed Liberty Magazine cover designs for carpets by Karastan, and enlarged the drawings to 24 x 28. 1) Frozen Spheres 2) Jewelry Shop Window 3) March Balloons 4) April Showers 5) The Canary, Bird in the Cage
6) May Baskets 7) Garden Window 8) July Fourth, Flags 9) Desert (September) 10) Earth
11) Saguaro Forms and Cactus Flowers 12) December Gifts POSTCARDS LIBERTY MAGAZINE
1) FROZEN SPHERES
1) Frozen Spheres. Designed for the cover of Liberty Magazine between 1926-1928.
2) JEWELRY SHOP WINDOW Date: 1926
Title: Liberty Magazine Covers (1926-28). Jewelry Shop Window (FLLW 2709.001).
Description: Between 1926 to 1928, Frank Lloyd Wright designed twelve covers proposed for Liberty Magazine. Courtesy of The Museum of Modern Art MOMA.
Size: 8 x 9 Color Photograph.
S#: 0172.50.06203) MARCH BALLOONS
3) March Balloons. Designed for the cover of Liberty Magazine between 1926-1928 (FLLW 2604.020)
This design was adapted as a rug design for David and Gladys Wright in 1955.
Also see Anatomy of A Design "March Balloons."Date: Wright at 88 (1955)
Title: Frank Lloyd Wright at Taliesin West. Wright is at his drawing board, working on the presentation drawings for the carpet designs for Karastan.
Description: In 1955, Frank Lloyd Wright developed the "Taliesin Ensemble", a line of furnishings for those that did not live in one of his homes. Partnerships were formed with five companies: 1) Heritage-Henredon, a line of furniture designed by Wright. 2) Karastan, Rugs. 3) The Martin-Senour Company, the Taliesin Palette, 36 personally selected paint colors. 4) Minic, Accessories. 5) F. Schumacher & Co., Fabrics & Wallpaper designed by Wright.
Wright adapted the drawings he proposed in 1926-28 for the covers of Liberty Magazine. On the drawing board in front of him is March Balloons. Behind it just to the left is Garden Window. Beneath Garden Window to the left is Saguaro Forms and Cactus Flowers. To the right is Scherzo, an adaptation of the Liberty cover April Showers. Fowler indicated that July Fourth was also adapted as a carpet design, Frank Lloyd Wright, Graphic Artist, 2002, p.95.
An ad for Karastan in House Beautiful indicated that Wright was designing a line of carpets. "On the way ...A collection of rugs by Frank Lloyd Wright for Karastan. In the firm belief that today's home requires a rug as fresh and provocative as the new trends in building design, we're asking Frank Lloyd Wright to create a series of rugs for Karastan. The Taliesin Collection, to be introduced next spring, is still on the drawing boards. But we can safely predict that it will be as beautiful and livable, as thoughtful and original as everything this great designer has done." November 1955, p.349.
According to Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer, on August 8, 1955, Wright received an advance on royalties and an agreement to proceed on the designs. Wright adapted the proposed Liberty Magazine cover designs from 1926-28 and enlarged the drawings to 24 x 28. Pfeiffer indicated that none of the carpets were produced by Karastan in 1955, Frank Lloyd Wright, Complete Works 1943-1959, 2009, p.407. Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation.
Size: 10 x 6.5 Color photograph.
S#: 1092.141.0620Date: 1955
Title: Karastan - House Beautiful Ad - November 1955 (Published monthly by the Hearst Corp., New York)
Description: The Karastan Ad in House Beautiful indicated that Wright was designing a line of carpets. Wright adapted the drawings he proposed in 1926-28 for the covers of Liberty Magazine. "On the way ...A collection of rugs by Frank Lloyd Wright for Karastan. In the firm belief that today's home requires a rug as fresh and provocative as the new trends in building design, we're asking Frank Lloyd Wright to create a series of rugs for Karastan. The Taliesin Collection, to be introduced next spring, is still on the drawing boards. But we can safely predict that it will be as beautiful and livable, as thoughtful and original as everything this great designer has done." November 1955, p.349.
Size: 4 x 10.5 B&W photograph
S#: 1066.01.0620Date: 1955
Title: March Balloons, Design for Karastan Carpets, Adapted from the Cover Design for Liberty Magazine. I
Description: n 1955, Frank Lloyd Wright developed the "Taliesin Ensemble", a line of furnishings for those that did not live in one of his homes. Partnerships were formed with five companies: 1) Heritage-Henredon, a line of furniture designed by Wright. 2) Karastan, Rugs. 3) The Martin-Senour Company, the Taliesin Palette, 36 personally selected paint colors. 4) Minic, Accessories. 5) F. Schumacher & Co., Fabrics & Wallpaper designed by Wright. In 1926-28 designed 12 covers for Liberty Magazine. In 1955 he adapted the covers as carpet designs for Karastan. An ad for Karastan in House Beautiful indicated that Wright was designing a line of carpets. "On the way ...A collection of rugs by Frank Lloyd Wright for Karastan. In the firm belief that today's home requires a rug as fresh and provocative as the new trends in building design, we're asking Frank Lloyd Wright to create a series of rugs for Karastan. The Taliesin Collection, to be introduced next spring, is still on the drawing boards. But we can safely predict that it will be as beautiful and livable, as thoughtful and original as everything this great designer has done." November 1955, p.349. According to Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer, on August 8, 1955, Wright received an advance on royalties and an agreement to proceed on the designs. Wright adapted the proposed Liberty Magazine cover designs from 1926-28 and enlarged the drawings to 24 x 28. Pfeiffer indicated that none of the carpets were produced by Karastan in 1955, Frank Lloyd Wright, Complete Works 1943-1959, 2009, p.407. Courtesy of the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA).
Size: 8 x 9.5 Color photograph.
S#: 1092.142.0620 -1
"City by the Sea", North wall of the Tavern in Midway Gardens (1913). "March Balloons is reminiscent of the murals he created for the North and South walls of the Tavern in Midway Gardens. In 1956 Wright adapted "City by the Sea" for a mural design in the Music Pavilion at Taliesin West.
"City by the Sea", South wall of the Tavern in Midway Gardens (1913). "March Balloons is reminiscent of the murals he created for the North and South walls of the Tavern in Midway Gardens. In 1956 Wright adapted "City by the Sea" for a mural design in the Music Pavilion at Taliesin West.
Powhatan Building. Mosaic panels in the anteroom between the lobby and the pool of the Powhatan Building. As the Powhatan was receiving its final touches in 1929, the Midway Gardens was demolished in October 1929. The similarities between the Midway Gardens' murals and Morgan's mosaic panels are striking. Possibly his homage to Wright and the Midway Gardens.. 15 x 20 High Res digital photographs. 2014.39.1117-10 & 11
David and Gladys Wright Residence Carpet Design. The carpet was installed after Guerrero photographed the home in 1953. It had its origins in 1926. Wright adapted the design for the carpet from a design from one of a series of 12 abstracts he created for the covers of Liberty Magazine in 1926-28 entitled "March Balloons. Courtesy of The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation.
David and Gladys Wright Residence 2009. The Wright designed carpet was installed after Guerrero photographed the home in 1953. Courtesy Curbed.com.
Taliesin West Music Pavilion mural "City by the Sea" designed in 1956. In 1956 Wright adapted the Midway Gardens "City by the Sea" Murals for this mural design in the Music Pavilion at Taliesin West. Photographed by Douglas M. Steiner, Copyright 2004.Date: 1960s Title: "Taliesin, Spring Green, Wisconsin." Dining Room.
Description: "Wisconsin office of Taliesin Associated Architects, and campus of the Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture, established in 1932 by Mr. And Mrs. Frank Lloyd Wright." Produced by The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation. Photograph by John Amarantides) Not dated. See Wright Study of March Balloons.
Size: 3.5 x 5.5
S#: 1628.07.0305
Back
Date: 1970
Front
Title: The Taliesin Festival of Music and Dance (Published by The Taliesin Fellowship, Taliesin West)
Author: Taliesin Fellowship
Description: Performance Program. Performed at The Pavilion at Taliesin West, April 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 1970, 8:30pm. “Time Upon Time” A dance drama by Iovanna Lloyd Wright; Music by Mrs. Frank Lloyd Wright; Orchestration, Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer; Conducted, John Amarantides. Program cover is an abstraction designed in 1926 by Frank Lloyd Wright. Performed by the Taliesin Fellowship. (First Edition) (See march Balloons)
Size: 6.25 x 9.5
Pages: Pp 12
S#: 2073.10.0507
Date: September / October 1990 Title: Denver Art Museum Newsletter: On & Off The Wall - September / October 1990 (Published 6 times a year by the Denver Art Museum)
Author: Anonymous
Description: “Frank Lloyd Wright: Preserving an Architectural Heritage.” Decorative designs from the Domino’s Pizza Collection. Published in connection with the exhibition from October 13, 1990 - January 6, 1991. Includes 7 photos and illustrations. (See March Balloons)
Size: 8.5 x 11
Pages: Pp Cover 3, 4-5, 9
ST#: 1990.48.0506
Date: 1992 Title: Sky Magazine - June 1992
Author: Ward, Bernie
Description: He went to the woods and fields. (See March Balloons)
Size:
Pages: Pp Cover, 7, 92-99
ST#: 1992.04.0401
Date: Circa 1997 Title: Frank Lloyd Wright (David Wright Carpet Design) (Produced by Mani-G ‘Raps & Co.) "The Frank Lloyd Wright Collection, Mani-G ‘Raps & Co." (Label on verso: U: 1012167, V#: 150-05020-16, g: Mani G Raps, H Rug Flat Sheet R, 20x30). An adaptation of the David Wright Carpet.
Description: David Wright Residence (1950) (S.322). The carpet was installed after Guerrero photographed the home in 1953. It had its origins in 1926. Wright adapted the design for the carpet from a design from one of a series of 12 abstracts he created for the covers of Liberty Magazine in 1926-28 entitled "March Balloons". The covers were never published. It is reminiscent of the murals he created for the North and South walls of the Tavern in Midway Gardens (1913) entitled "City by the Sea". In 1956-57 Wright adapted "City by the Sea" for a mural design in the Music Pavilion at Taliesin West.
Size: 20 x 30
ST#: 1997.47.1209
Date: 2002 Title: Frank Lloyd Wright: Graphic Artist (Hard Cover - DJ)
Author: Fowler, Penny
Description: Original HC List Price $30.00. (First Edition) (See March Balloons)
Size: 8.25 x 10.75
Pages: Pp 133
ST#: 2002.43.0403
4) APRIL SHOWERS
4) April Showers (Similar to Bird in the Cage). Designed for the cover of Liberty Magazine between 1926-1928.
5) THE CANARY
5) The Canary, Bird in the Cage. (Similar to April Showers). Designed for the cover of Liberty Magazine between 1926-1928.
Date: 1955
Title: Scherzo (5), Design for Karastan Carpets,
Description: Adapted from the Cover Design for Liberty Magazine. Similar to April Showers and The Canary, Bird in a Cage. In 1955, Frank Lloyd Wright developed the "Taliesin Ensemble", a line of furnishings for those that did not live in one of his homes. Partnerships were formed with five companies: 1) Heritage-Henredon, a line of furniture designed by Wright. 2) Karastan, Rugs. 3) The Martin-Senour Company, the Taliesin Palette, 36 personally selected paint colors. 4) Minic, Accessories. 5) F. Schumacher & Co., Fabrics & Wallpaper designed by Wright. In 1926-28 designed 12 covers for Liberty Magazine. In 1955 he adapted the covers as carpet designs for Karastan. An ad for Karastan in House Beautiful indicated that Wright was designing a line of carpets. "On the way ...A collection of rugs by Frank Lloyd Wright for Karastan. In the firm belief that today's home requires a rug as fresh and provocative as the new trends in building design, we're asking Frank Lloyd Wright to create a series of rugs for Karastan. The Taliesin Collection, to be introduced next spring, is still on the drawing boards. But we can safely predict that it will be as beautiful and livable, as thoughtful and original as everything this great designer has done." November 1955, p.349. According to Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer, on August 8, 1955, Wright received an advance on royalties and an agreement to proceed on the designs. Wright adapted the proposed Liberty Magazine cover designs from 1926-28 and enlarged the drawings to 24 x 28. Pfeiffer indicated that none of the carpets were produced by Karastan in 1955, Frank Lloyd Wright, Complete Works 1943-1959, 2009, p.407.
Size: 5 x 5.75 Color photograph.
S#: 1092.142.0620 -4Date: 1969
Title: The Taliesin Festival of Music and Dance (Published by The Taliesin Fellowship, Taliesin West)
Author: Taliesin Fellowship
Description: Taliesin Festival Program. Performed at The Pavilion at Taliesin West, April 22, 23, 25, 26, 27, 1969, 8:30pm. “Time Upon Timer” A dance drama by Iovanna Lloyd Wright. Music by Mrs. Frank Lloyd Wright. Orchestration, Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer, Conducted, John Amarantides.
Program cover is an abstraction designed in 1926 by Frank Lloyd Wright. The Canary, Bird in a Cage was designed for Liberty Magazine.
Performed by the Taliesin Fellowship. Acquired from the Kathryn Smith collection.
Size: 6.25 x 9.5
Pages: Pp 12
S#: 2073.12.0724Back Front 6) MAY BASKETS
6) May Baskets. Designed for the cover of Liberty Magazine between 1926-1928.
Back
Date: 1968
Front
Title: The Taliesin Festival of Music and Dance (Published by The Taliesin Fellowship, Taliesin West)
Author: Taliesin Fellowship
Description: Taliesin Festival Program. Performed at The Pavilion at Taliesin West, April 25, 26, 27, 28, 1968, 8:30pm. “An American Montage” A dance drama by Iovanna Lloyd Wright. Music by Mrs. Frank Lloyd Wright. Orchestration, Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer, Conducted, John Amarantides.
Program cover is an abstraction designed in 1926 by Frank Lloyd Wright. May Baskets was designed for Liberty Magazine. This is the firtst time this design has been published.
Performed by the Taliesin Fellowship. Includes a reprint of “Work Song” by Frank Lloyd Wright. 6.25 x 9.5. (First Edition)Size: 6.25 x 9.5
Pages: Pp 16
S#: 2073.09.0507
Date: 1977
Title: The Taliesin Festival of Music and Dance (Published by The Taliesin Fellowship, Taliesin West)
Author: Taliesin Fellowship
Description: Taliesin Festival Program. Performed at The Pavilion at Taliesin West, April 26, 27, 29, 30. May 1, 1977, 8:30pm. “An American Montage” A dance drama by Iovanna Lloyd Wright. Music by Mrs. Frank Lloyd Wright.
Program cover is an abstraction designed in 1926 by Frank Lloyd Wright. May Baskets was designed for Liberty Magazine. This cover was first published in 1968 for the cover of The Taliesin Festival.
Performed by the Taliesin Fellowship. Includes a reprint of “Work Song” by Frank Lloyd Wright. Acquired from the Kathryn Smith collection,
Size: 6.25 x 9.5
Pages: Pp 16
S#: 2073.13.0724Back Front 7) GARDEN WINDOW
7) Garden Window (June). Designed for the cover of Liberty Magazine between 1926-1928.Date: 1955
Title: Garden Window (7), Design for Karastan Carpets,
Description: Adapted from the Cover Design for Liberty Magazine. In 1955, Frank Lloyd Wright developed the "Taliesin Ensemble", a line of furnishings for those that did not live in one of his homes. Partnerships were formed with five companies: 1) Heritage-Henredon, a line of furniture designed by Wright. 2) Karastan, Rugs. 3) The Martin-Senour Company, the Taliesin Palette, 36 personally selected paint colors. 4) Minic, Accessories. 5) F. Schumacher & Co., Fabrics & Wallpaper designed by Wright. In 1926-28 designed 12 covers for Liberty Magazine. In 1955 he adapted the covers as carpet designs for Karastan. An ad for Karastan in House Beautiful indicated that Wright was designing a line of carpets. "On the way ...A collection of rugs by Frank Lloyd Wright for Karastan. In the firm belief that today's home requires a rug as fresh and provocative as the new trends in building design, we're asking Frank Lloyd Wright to create a series of rugs for Karastan. The Taliesin Collection, to be introduced next spring, is still on the drawing boards. But we can safely predict that it will be as beautiful and livable, as thoughtful and original as everything this great designer has done." November 1955, p.349. According to Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer, on August 8, 1955, Wright received an advance on royalties and an agreement to proceed on the designs. Wright adapted the proposed Liberty Magazine cover designs from 1926-28 and enlarged the drawings to 24 x 28. Pfeiffer indicated that none of the carpets were produced by Karastan in 1955, Frank Lloyd Wright, Complete Works 1943-1959, 2009, p.407.
Size: 5 x 5.75 Color photograph.
S#: 1092.142.0620 -28) JULY FOURTH, FLAGS Date: 1926
Title: Liberty Magazine Covers (1926-28). July Fourth (Flags) (FLLW 2604.004).
Description: Between 1926 to 1928, Frank Lloyd Wright designed twelve covers proposed for Liberty Magazine. Courtesy of The Library of Congress.
Size: 8 x 9 Color Photograph.
S#: 0172.49.0620
A mosaic was created by Charles L. Morgan.
Cover of Town & Country Magazine, July 1937.Date: 1955
Title: July Fourth (8), Design for Karastan Carpets,
Description: Adapted from the Cover Design for Liberty Magazine. In 1955, Frank Lloyd Wright developed the "Taliesin Ensemble", a line of furnishings for those that did not live in one of his homes. Partnerships were formed with five companies: 1) Heritage-Henredon, a line of furniture designed by Wright. 2) Karastan, Rugs. 3) The Martin-Senour Company, the Taliesin Palette, 36 personally selected paint colors. 4) Minic, Accessories. 5) F. Schumacher & Co., Fabrics & Wallpaper designed by Wright. In 1926-28 designed 12 covers for Liberty Magazine. In 1955 he adapted the covers as carpet designs for Karastan. An ad for Karastan in House Beautiful indicated that Wright was designing a line of carpets. "On the way ...A collection of rugs by Frank Lloyd Wright for Karastan. In the firm belief that today's home requires a rug as fresh and provocative as the new trends in building design, we're asking Frank Lloyd Wright to create a series of rugs for Karastan. The Taliesin Collection, to be introduced next spring, is still on the drawing boards. But we can safely predict that it will be as beautiful and livable, as thoughtful and original as everything this great designer has done." November 1955, p.349. According to Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer, on August 8, 1955, Wright received an advance on royalties and an agreement to proceed on the designs. Wright adapted the proposed Liberty Magazine cover designs from 1926-28 and enlarged the drawings to 24 x 28. Pfeiffer indicated that none of the carpets were produced by Karastan in 1955, Frank Lloyd Wright, Complete Works 1943-1959, 2009, p.407. Published in Frank Lloyd Wright, Graphic Artist Fowler, 2002, p.95.
Size: 5 x 5.75 Color photograph.
S#: 1092.142.0620 -5
Back
Date: 1967
Front
Title: The Taliesin Festival of Music and Dance (Published by The Taliesin Fellowship, Taliesin West)
Author: Taliesin Fellowship
Description: Performance Program. Performed at The Pavilion at Taliesin West, April 21, 22, 23, 1967, 8:30pm. “An American Montage” A dance drama by Iovanna Lloyd Wright; Music by Mrs. Frank Lloyd Wright; Orchestration, Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer; Conducted, John Amarantides. Program cover is an abstraction designed in 1926 by Frank Lloyd Wright. Performed by the Taliesin Fellowship. Includes a reprint of “Work Song” by Frank Lloyd Wright. (First Edition)
Size: 6.1 x 9.5
Pages: Pp 16
S#: 2073.08.0507
Date: 2016
Title: Frank Lloyd Wright Quarterly - Fall 2016 Vol. 27 No. 4 (Published quarterly by The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, Scottsdale, AZ)
Author: 1) Graff, Stuart I. 2) Pielage, Andrew 3) Rose, Alison 4) Uechi, Naomi Tanabe 5) Goodman, Jeff 7) Patel, Neeta
Description: 1) Letter From the CEO.
2) In Paths Untrodden. A Photo Essay from Wisconsin’s Heritage Trail.
3) On Journeys Through the States. A Conversation with Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation Members Charles Covington and Maja Wessels.
4) For You O Democracy.
5) Grand is the Seen. Frank Lloyd Wright’s Personal Notes on Leaves of Grass.
6) With All They Gifts. Preserving Whitman Square at Taliesin West.
7) As I Sit Writing Here. A Brief History of the Taliesin Square-Papers.
8) I Hear America Singing.
9) Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation News.
10) Holiday Gift Guide.
11) Wright sites Open to the Public.
12) Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation.
13) The Frank Lloyd Wright Leadership Circle. Includes 57 photographs and illustrations.
Size: 8.5 x 11
Pages: Pp 48
ST#: 2016.16.04179) DESERT (SEPTEMBER) Date: 1926
Title: Liberty Magazine Covers (1926-28). September Abstraction, The Desert.
Description: Between 1926 to 1928, Frank Lloyd Wright designed twelve covers proposed for Liberty Magazine. Courtesy of the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA). Text top left: "September Abstraction, The Desert. FLW." View of the original drawing courtesy of the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA).
Size: 10 x 6 Color Photograph
S#: 0172.51.0620
9) September Abstraction, The Desert. Detail view of the original drawing courtesy of the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA). Designed for the cover of Liberty Magazine between 1926-1928.
A mosaic was created by Charles L. Morgan.Date: 1929
Title: Liberty Magazine Covers Morgan Mosaic (1929). Triangles in Color / September.
Description: In 1929, Charles L. Morgan created a number of Mosaics based on the Liberty Cover design "September Desert" by Frank Lloyd Wright. Original mosaic is painted ceramic tiles, 26.75" x 25" x .5." Published in Frank Lloyd Wright, Graphic Artist, Fowler, 2002, p.96. Courtesy of The Museum of Modern Art MOMA.
Size: 8 x 9 Color Photograph.
S#: 0228.35.0620Date: 2017
Title: Frank Lloyd Wright: Unpacking The Archives (Hard Cover DJ) (Published by The Museum of Modern Art, New York)
Author: Bergdoll, Barry; Gray, Jennifer with essays by Michael Desmond, Carole Ann Fabian, Elizabeth S. Hawley, Juliet Kinchin, Neil Levine, Ellen Moody, Therese O’Malley, Ken Tadashi Oshima, Michael Osman, Spyros Papapetros, Janet Parks, Matthew Skjonsberg, David Smiley, and Mabel O. Wilson.
Description: Publisher’s description: Published in conjunction with a major exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art, this volume reveals new perspectives on the work of Frank Lloyd Wright, a designer so prolific and familiar as to nearly preclude critical reexamination. Structured as a series of inquiries into the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation Archives, it is a collection of sixteen scholarly explorations rather than a master narrative. Each essay "unpacks" a key object from the Archives—interpreting and contextualizing it, tracing its meanings and connections, juxtaposing it with other works. Among the projects discussed are Wright’s quest to build a mile-high skyscraper, his little known project for a Rosenwald School for African American children, and his lifelong dedication to affordable and do-it-yourself housing. These and other explorations open Wright’s work to fresh questioning, interpretation, and debate, so that we may consider this iconic figure in new and illuminating ways. 274 illust4rations. Original list price $65.00.
Size: 9.75 x 12.25
Pages: Pp 256
ST#: 2017.26.011810) EARTH 10) Earth. Drawings do not exist, but Charles L. Morgan created a Mosaic of the design. Similar to the design for the Midway Gardens Tavern Mural on the North and South Walls. 11) SAGUARO FORMS & CACTUS FLOWERS
11) Saguaro Forms and Cactus Flowers. Designed for the cover of Liberty Magazine between 1926-1928.
Adapted for the cover design of Modern Architecture, Being the Kahn Lectures for 1930.
Adapted for a glass mural for the Arizona Biltmore lobby in 1973.
Date: 1931 Title: Modern Architecture, Being the Kahn Lectures for 1930 (Hard Cover - Illustrated Boards) (Published by Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey)
Author: Wright, Frank Lloyd
Description: Wright delivered a series of six lectures at Princeton University in 1930. The six lectures included "Machine, Materials and Men"; "Style in Industry"; "The Passing of the Cornice"; "The Cardboard House"; "The Tyranny of the Skyscraper"; "The City". "Preface. Prefaces, like all introductions, are usually unnecessary but courteous formalities. They are too often the transition between nothing that has gone before and something worthwhile that is to follow. Yet it was not so long ago that Frank Lloyd Wright, a man who most Europeans consider America's leading architect and designer, a man whose originality has influenced the trend of modern architecture in Europe, needed an introduction to most of his fellow countrymen. As early as 1903, at Hull House in Chicago, Frank Lloyd Wright challenged all romantic efforts to escape from the realities of a modern machine world when he objected to the formation of a Society of Arts and Crafts to perpetuate the pseudo-medieval dreams of Morris in Ruskin, and read a paper on "The Arts and Craft of the Machine..." E. Baldwin Smith. In 1953, this book was reprinted in full as part of "The Future of Architecture" pages 67-182 (S.913). Book Review in Saturday Review. 8.5 x 11. (First Edition) Second copy acquired from the Museum of Science and Industry, New York. (Designed Cover) Original list price $4.00. (First Edition) (Sweeney 250)
Size: 8.5 x 11
Pages: Pp 115
S#: 0250.00.0801, 0250.02.0518
Date: 1955
Title: Saguaro Forms and Cactus Flowers (11), Design for Karastan Carpets,
Description: Adapted from the Cover Design for Liberty Magazine. In 1955, Frank Lloyd Wright developed the "Taliesin Ensemble", a line of furnishings for those that did not live in one of his homes. Partnerships were formed with five companies: 1) Heritage-Henredon, a line of furniture designed by Wright. 2) Karastan, Rugs. 3) The Martin-Senour Company, the Taliesin Palette, 36 personally selected paint colors. 4) Minic, Accessories. 5) F. Schumacher & Co., Fabrics & Wallpaper designed by Wright. In 1926-28 designed 12 covers for Liberty Magazine. In 1955 he adapted the covers as carpet designs for Karastan. An ad for Karastan in House Beautiful indicated that Wright was designing a line of carpets. "On the way ...A collection of rugs by Frank Lloyd Wright for Karastan. In the firm belief that today's home requires a rug as fresh and provocative as the new trends in building design, we're asking Frank Lloyd Wright to create a series of rugs for Karastan. The Taliesin Collection, to be introduced next spring, is still on the drawing boards. But we can safely predict that it will be as beautiful and livable, as thoughtful and original as everything this great designer has done." November 1955, p.349. According to Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer, on August 8, 1955, Wright received an advance on royalties and an agreement to proceed on the designs. Wright adapted the proposed Liberty Magazine cover designs from 1926-28 and enlarged the drawings to 24 x 28. Pfeiffer indicated that none of the carpets were produced by Karastan in 1955, Frank Lloyd Wright, Complete Works 1943-1959, 2009, p.407.
Size: 8 x 9.25 Color photograph.
S#: 1092.142.0620 -3
Arizona Biltmore Hotel 2004. Adapted for a glass mural for the Arizona Biltmore lobby in 1973. Photographed by Douglas M. Steiner.(ST#2004.86.0818 -7)Date: Fall 2010 Title: Frank Lloyd Wright Quarterly - Fall 2010, Vol. 21 No. 4. (Published quarterly by The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, Scottsdale, AZ)
Author: Editor: Lucas, Suzette 3) Pfeiffer, Bruce Brooks
Description: The Collections of the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives.
1) Introduction. Foundation takes steps to ensure integrity of Wright’s archives and collections.
2) The Collections of the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives. A: Original Drawings. B) Historic Photographs. C) Manuscripts, correspondence, oral histories & libraries. D) Art Collections. E) Access.
3) The Hitchcock Collection Comes Home.
4) Midway Gardens Chess Set.
5) New Frank Lloyd Wright Collections Products.
6) Books: "Frank Lloyd Wright’s SC Johnson Research Tower", "The Florence Sketchbook of Frank Lloyd Wright, 1910", "Frank Lloyd Wright’s Robie House", "Frank Lloyd Wright’s Guggenheim Museum" (CD-ROM).
7) Gift membership packages and/or full sets of Quarterly offered for Holiday gift giving. Includes 106 illustrations and photographs. Gift from Kathryn Smith.Size: 8.5 x 11.
Pages: Pp 32
ST#: 2010.11.1012
12) DECEMBER GIFTS
12) December Gifts. Designed for the cover of Liberty Magazine between 1926-1928.POSTCARDS Date: 1986 Title: Frank Lloyd Wright Decorative Designs, A Folio of Postcards (Published by Pomegranate Publications, Petaluma, CA)
Author: Pomegranate Publications
Description: A boxed portfolio of 12 postcards, two each of six designs. "Regarded by many as the ‘Father of American architects,’ Frank Lloyd Wright is not widely known as a graphic designer. This selection of twelve postcards (two each of six designs) presents some of his finest graphic decorative designs, five for Liberty magazine covers and one for a mural..." 1) "City by the Sea" Mural Design, 1956. (Copyright 1982.) 2) "Bird in the Cage," design for Liberty magazine cover, April 1927. (Copyright 1984.) 3) "July Fourth", design for Liberty magazine cover, 1927. (Copyright 1984.) 4) "Saguaro Forms", design for Liberty magazine cover, November 1927. (Copyright 1984.) 5) "Old Fashioned Window", design for Liberty magazine cover, 1927. (Copyright 1985.) 6) "Jewelry Shop Window", design for Liberty magazine cover, February 1927. (Copyright 1986.)
Size: Postcards 6 x 4.25. Box cover 4.4 x 6.1.
Pages: Pp 12
ST#: 1986.56.0514 (1-6)
1: (Left) "City by the Sea" Mural Design, 1956. (Copyright 1982.)2: (Right) "Bird in the Cage," design for Liberty magazine cover, April 1927. (Copyright 1984.)
3: (Left) "July Fourth", design for Liberty magazine cover, 1927. (Copyright 1984.)4: (Right) "Saguaro Forms", design for Liberty magazine cover, November 1927. (Copyright 1984.)
5: (Left) "Old Fashioned Window", design for Liberty magazine cover, 1927. (Copyright 1985.)6: (Right) "Jewelry Shop Window", design for Liberty magazine cover, February 1927.
Date: 2010
Title: Liberty Magazine Cover Designs. Box of 20 Postcards, two each of 10 designs. 2010. (Published by Pomegranite Communication, Inc. Petaluma, CA)
Description: Ten of the twelve illustrations Frank Lloyd Wright created and proposed for the covers of Liberty Magazine, between 1926 and 1928: 1) Frozen Spheres (FLLW 2604.034); 2) Jewelry Shop Window (FLLW 2709.001). 3) March Balloons (FLLW 2604.020); 4) Bird in the Cage (FLLW2604.009); 5) May Basket (FLLW 2604.018); 6) Old Fashion Window (FLLW 2604.036); 7) July Fourth (Flags) (FLLW 2604.004); 8) September (Desert Triangles) (FLLW 2604.017); 9) Saguaro Forms and Cactus Flowers (FLLW 2604.005); 10) December Gifts (FLLW 2604.006); Box of 20 Postcards, two each of 10 designs. Original cost $9.95.
Size: Box 4.75 x 6.5, Postcards: 4.25 x 6.
ST#: 2010.44.0620
Left: 1) Frozen Spheres (FLLW 2604.034)
Right: 2) Jewelry Shop Window (FLLW 2709.001)
Left: 3) March Balloons (FLLW 2604.020)
Right: 4) Bird in the Cage (FLLW2604.009)
Left: 5) May Basket (FLLW 2604.018)
Right: 6) Old Fashion Window (FLLW 2604.036)
Left: 7) July Fourth (Flags) (FLLW 2604.004)
Right: 8) September (Desert Triangles) (FLLW 2604.017)
Left: 9) Saguaro Forms and Cactus Flowers (FLLW 2604.005)
Right: 10) December Gifts (FLLW 2604.006)LIBERTY MAGAZINE Date: 1929
Title: Liberty - March 23, 1929
Author: Wright, Frank Lloyd
Description: "Taliesin: The Chronicle of a House with a Heart. Taliesin was an ancient bard, in Wales, who sang the glories of Fine Art. His name is Welsh for "radiant brow." But he is now a house in Wisconsin on a low hill dividing several valleys that end in the plain of the Wisconsin river. Along one valley perennially flows a spring-water stream, winding and doubling upon itself on its way to the river with fine disregard of time or distance. This valley with the stream winding down it's very center was the home of Grandfather Lloyd–Jones, in Wales a hatter and preacher; in the valley a farmer and preacher because Unitarians in Wales, at the time he was about fifty-three years old, we're not popular anyway. And if a firebrand of a man, such as he, questioned how a man should be just with God, regardless of conventional answers – well, to such as he, America seems the hope and the Haven..." (Sweeney 226)
Size:
Pages: Pp 8 21-2 24 26-9
S#: 0226.00.0904
A General view of the living room in Taliesin III.
Captions:
Left: The Living Room fireplace in Taliesin as it stands now.
Right: A studio fireplace in the Taliesin III of today.
Left: A bedroom fireplace, built of the specially quarried native stone.
Right: The forecourt at sunset. Taliesin III has four courts.Date: 1934
Title: Liberty - February 10, 1934 (Published by Liberty Publishing Corp.)
Author: Wright, Frank Lloyd
Description: What is the Modern Idea? A famous Architect Looks Into the Future. Original List Price 5 cents. (Sweeney 376)
Size:
Pages: Pg 49
S#: 0376.00.0105Date: 1955
Title: Liberty (Canadian) - May 1955
Author: Rasky, Frank Author: Wright, Frank Lloyd Description: Frank Lloyd Wright: What makes a genius? Description: What’s Wrong with Canadian homes? Size: Size: Pages: Pp 23-24 70-73 Pages: Pp 25 S#: 1092.01.0701 S#: 1092.02.0701
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