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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

Midway Gardens for Edward C. Waller and Oscar Friedman, scheme 2 [Chicago, Illinois] (1913)

Drawing: Perspective of metal table, chairs, and table lamp

Frank Lloyd Wright Archives Drawing Inventory Number: 1401.006

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.
Drawing measurements: 13 x 15"
Drawing signed by Frank Lloyd Wright: No.
Decorative Arts category: Decorative Accessories/Furniture, Loose/Chair/side.

Bibliographic Citations

Appears as a black-and-white illustration [Figure or plate 282] 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 black-and-white illustration [Figure or plate 198] in Hitchcock, Henry-Russell, In the Nature of Materials: The Buildings of Frank Lloyd Wright 1887-1941 (Boston, Mass.: Da Capo Press, 1978).

Appears as a black-and-white illustration [Figure or plate 174, page 172] in Kruty, Paul, Frank Lloyd Wright and Midway Gardens (Champaign, Illinois: University of Illinois Press, 1998).

Appears as a black-and-white illustration [Figure or plate 493, page 256] in Pfeiffer, Bruce Brooks, Frank Lloyd Wright Monograph 1907-1913 (Volume 3) (Tokyo: A. D. A. Edita, 1987).

Appears as a black-and-white illustration [Figure or plate 198] in Hitchcock, Henry-Russell, In the Nature of Materials: The Buildings of Frank Lloyd Wright 1887-1941 (New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1942).

Appears as a black-and-white illustration [Figure or plate 195, page 200] in Alofsin, Anthony, Frank Lloyd Wright: The Lost Years, 1910-1922 A Study of Influence (Chicago, Illinois: The University of Chicago, 1993).

Appears as a black-and-white illustration [page 289] in Pfeiffer, Bruce Brooks, Frank Lloyd Wright Drawings: Masterworks from the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives (New York: Harry H. Abrams Inc., 1990).