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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

The Mile High Building, "The Illinois", project [Chicago, Illinois] (1956)

Drawing: Section w/ pyramid of Cheops, Empire State Building, Eiffel Tower

Frank Lloyd Wright Archives Drawing Inventory Number: 5617.001

Note: Drawing number assignments shown without question marks are compliant with the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives drawing inventory as of 2011. Drawing number assignments with question marks may represent attempts by John Geiger to order chronologically Wright project drawings which appeared in publications or are held in other collections within the master sequence of the Wright Archives inventory.

Drawing held by: Frank Lloyd Wright Archives.
Drawing Type: Working Drawings.
Scale: Not given.
Media: Paper, unspecified; colored pencil.
Drawing measurements: 12" x 96"
Drawing signed by Frank Lloyd Wright: No.
Principal delineation attributed to: Davison, Allen Lape

Notes and comments: (a) Merchabt Prince, Cleary, p. 64 describes Wright''s involvement with engineers Polivka and Minet in the legend accompanying this drawing. John W. Geiger 06/11/06. PS: Is Mrs. Wright somehow going to take credit for this involvement also? JG

Bibliographic Citations

Appears as a black-and-white illustration [Figure or plate 253] 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 464] in Pfeiffer, Bruce Brooks, Frank Lloyd Wright: The Complete Works 1943-1959 (Volume 3) (Cologne, Germany: Taschen, 2009).

Appears as a black-and-white illustration [Figure or plate 541, page 269] in Pfeiffer, Bruce Brooks, Frank Lloyd Wright Monograph 1951-1959 (Volume 8) (Tokyo: A. D. A. Edita, 1988).

Appears as a black-and-white illustration [page 12] in Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, Frank Lloyd Wright Quarterly: 2004, Vol. 15, No. 3 (Phoenix, Arizona: Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, 2002).

Appears as a color illustration [page 326] in Cleary, Richard (editor), Frank Lloyd Wright: From Within Outward (New York: Skira/ Rizzoli, 2009). Note by John Geiger: 2

Appears as a color illustration [page 119, 117-118] in Pfeiffer, Bruce Brooks, Frank Lloyd Wright Drawings: Masterworks from the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives (New York: Harry H. Abrams Inc., 1990).