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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 Mr. and Mrs. Henry J. Allen [Wichita, Kansas] ()

Drawing: Leaded glass window? or ceiling panel?

Frank Lloyd Wright Archives Drawing Inventory Number: 1701.046

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; colored pencil; pastel.
Drawing measurements: Not recorded.
Drawing signed by Frank Lloyd Wright: No.
Decorative Arts category: Decorative Accessories/Leaded Glass/Ceiling lights/skylights.

Notes and comments: (a) Kaufmann does some strage editing on this drawing. The Monograph, Vol. p, page 194, fig.254 shows the entire drawing. Kaufmann cuts off one side beyond the central motif. John W. Geiger 04/24/96

Bibliographic Citations

Appears as a color illustration [page 157] in Kaufmann, Jr., Edgar, Frank Lloyd Wright: Drawings for a Living Architecture (New York: Horizon Press, 1959).

Appears as a color illustration [Figure or plate 254, page 194] in Pfeiffer, Bruce Brooks, Frank Lloyd Wright Monograph Preliminary Studies, 1889-1916 (Volume 9) (Tokyo: A. D. A. Edita, 1985).