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Frank Lloyd Wright commissions

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Frank Lloyd Wright lived an exceptionally long and productive professional life. John Geiger was interested in the ebb and flow of architectural commissions in the Wright studio over time. This search shows Wright commissions for given decades and years, though the project dates often imply the completion date for a commission rather than the sometimes lengthy period involved with development of a design. Some entries also refer to drawings made by Wright earlier in his career prior to establishing his own practice.

Frank Lloyd Wright Project Drawing Detail

House for Susan Lawrence Dana [Springfield, Illinois] (1902)

Drawing: Butterfly wreath glass fanlight for the main door

Frank Lloyd Wright Archives Drawing Inventory Number: 9905.010

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: Exhibition.
Scale: Not given.
Media: Paper: Art with black ink.
Drawing measurements: 24x15"
Drawing signed by Frank Lloyd Wright: No.
Principal delineation attributed to: Wright, Frank Lloyd
Source of attribution: Frank Lloyd Wright Drawings exhibition at MOMA in New York, 1962. See Drexler, Arthur. The Drawings of Frank Lloyd Wright (New York: Horizon Press, 1962)

Date Range
Date created: circa 1899.
Revision Dates: Not recorded.

Note: A variety of dates are provided for some drawings. These can include fuzzy or circa dating information, and a series of up to 5 dates of revision to the drawing. Sometimes a source of attribution for the dates is indicated, most often given as the last name of an author to indicate a publication.

Decorative Arts category: Decorative Accessories/Leaded Glass/Windows.

Bibliographic Citations

Appears as a black-and-white illustration [Figure or plate 44, page 37] in Pfeiffer, Bruce Brooks, Frank Lloyd Wright Monograph Preliminary Studies, 1889-1916 (Volume 9) (Tokyo: A. D. A. Edita, 1985).

Appears as a black-and-white illustration [Figure or plate 37, page 127] in Riley, Terence and Reed, Peter (editors), Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect (New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1994).

Appears as a black-and-white illustration [page 211] in Kaufmann, Jr., Edgar, Frank Lloyd Wright: Drawings for a Living Architecture (New York: Horizon Press, 1959).