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FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT PROJECT DRAWINGS

DESIGN EVALUATIONS

John Geiger applied a rating system to 714 Frank Lloyd Wright commissions using a numerical range of 10 (highest importance) to 2 (lowest importance), stepped in increments of .5, to express his view of the importance of the designs. Only projects with an evaluation number appear in this search.

Frank Lloyd Wright Project Drawing Detail

Sign for Taliesin Parkway, project [Spring Green, Wisconsin] (1956)

Drawing: Two elevations of stone pylon

Frank Lloyd Wright Archives Drawing Inventory Number: 5610.001

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: Not recorded.
Drawing signed by Frank Lloyd Wright: No.
Decorative Arts category: Decorative Accessories/Sculpture/stone.

Bibliographic Citations

Appears as a black-and-white illustration [Figure or plate 542, page 270] in Pfeiffer, Bruce Brooks, Frank Lloyd Wright Monograph 1951-1959 (Volume 8) (Tokyo: A. D. A. Edita, 1988).