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More than 100 Frank Lloyd Wright commissions have special place names (e.g. "Hollyhock House" or "Fallingwater"). These titles were often bestowed by Wright on his designs but some were applied by clients. Only Wright projects with nicknames appear in this search.

Frank Lloyd Wright Project Drawing Detail


Mural and Fire Screen for Hillside, Taliesin Fellowship Complex, project [] (1934)

Drawing: Mural for North wall at main entrance stair; not executed

Frank Lloyd Wright Archives Drawing Inventory Number: 3404.006

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.
Drawing measurements: Not recorded.
Drawing signed by Frank Lloyd Wright: No.
Principal delineation attributed to: Wright, Frank Lloyd
Decorative Arts category: Decorative Accessories/Murals.

Bibliographic Citations

Appears as a color illustration [page 241] in Pfeiffer, Bruce Brooks, Frank Lloyd Wright: The Complete Works 1917-1942 (Volume 2) (Cologne, Germany: Taschen, 2010).

Appears as a color illustration [Figure or plate 231, page 139] in Pfeiffer, Bruce Brooks, Frank Lloyd Wright Monograph 1924-1935 (Volume 5) (Tokyo: A. D. A. Edita, 1985).