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Frank Lloyd Wright commissions

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Frank Lloyd Wright produced projects for sites located in 48 American states and 10 foreign countries. Some unbuilt projects, graphics designs, and publications do not have locations given in the archival record and are absent in this search.

FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT DRAWING DETAIL


House for Sherman M. Booth, scheme 2 [Glencoe, Illinois] (1915)

Drawing: Perspective of exterior light on ornamental masonry base

Frank Lloyd Wright Archives Drawing Inventory Number: 1502.002

Note: Records a category devised by Geiger to classify the types of decorative arts designs found in Frank Lloyd Wright projects. These terms were applied consistently through a choice list on Column [DECORATIVE ARTS] in Table MMTFDRAWINGS FILE.

Drawing held by: Frank Lloyd Wright Archives.
Drawing Type: Preliminary/Presentation.
Scale: Not given.
Media: Paper: Tracing paper, vellum with graphite pencil; gold, red and white paint on opaque cream-colored paper. Dr.
Drawing measurements: 4" x 12"
Drawing signed by Frank Lloyd Wright: No.
Decorative Arts category: Decorative Accessories/LightingLamps/standing/attached.

Notes and comments: Kaufmann

Bibliographic Citations

Appears as a black-and-white illustration [Figure or plate 284] in Drexler, Arthur, The Drawings of Frank Lloyd Wright (New York: Horizon Press, 1962). Note by John Geiger: Catalog to the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) exhibition.

Appears as a color illustration [page 156] in Kaufmann, Jr., Edgar, Frank Lloyd Wright: Drawings for a Living Architecture (New York: Horizon Press, 1959).