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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 Sherman M. Booth, scheme 2 [Glencoe, Illinois] (1915)

Drawing: Perspective of exterior light on ornamental masonry base

Frank Lloyd Wright Archives Drawing Inventory Number: 1502.002

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; gold, red and white paint on opaque cream-colored paper. Dr.
Drawing measurements: 4" x 12"
Drawing signed by Frank Lloyd Wright: No.
Decorative Arts category: Decorative Accessories/LightingLamps/standing/attached.

Notes and comments: Kaufmann

Bibliographic Citations

Appears as a black-and-white illustration [Figure or plate 284] 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 156] in Kaufmann, Jr., Edgar, Frank Lloyd Wright: Drawings for a Living Architecture (New York: Horizon Press, 1959).