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Auction archive: Lot number 345

FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT (1867-1959)

Design
9 Dec 2022
Estimate
US$20,000 - US$30,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 345

FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT (1867-1959)

Design
9 Dec 2022
Estimate
US$20,000 - US$30,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

Details
FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT (1867-1959)
Important Drawing of an Officer's Chair for the S.C. Johnson & Son Administration Building, Racine, Wisconsin, circa 1937
pencil and colored pencil on paper
17 1/2 x 24 in. (44.5 x 60.9 cm) (sight)
30 1/4 x 33 1/4 in. (76.8 x 84.5 cm) (frame)
marked OFFICERS CHAIRS FOR MR H. F. JOHNSON JR. JOHNSON BUILDING / FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT ARCHITECT APRIL 17 1939 (center), with red signature block (lower right), and signed FLW Apr 15 '39 (lower right)
Literature
F. L. Wright, Sixty Years of Living Architecture, New York, 1953, n.p.
Y. Futagawa, A. Isozaki, GA 1: Frank Lloyd Wright Johnson & Son, Administration Building and Research Tower, Racine, Wisconsin, 1936-9, Tokyo, 1970, pp. 20-21, 24-35
D. Hanks, The Decorative Designs of Frank Lloyd Wright New York, 1979, p. 151
Frank Lloyd Wright/Steelcase, marketing pamphlet, Grand Rapids, 1981, n.p.
S. Elliot, Frank Lloyd Wright Chicago, 1981, pp. 41-42
B. B. Pfeiffer, Y. Futagawa, Frank Lloyd Wright Monograph: 1924-1936, Tokyo, 1985, pp. 254-255, 246-264 (for a discussion of the commission)
E. Kaufman, Jr., Frank Lloyd Wright at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1985, pp. 40-43
J. Lipman, Frank Lloyd Wright and the Johnson Wax Buildings, New York, 1986, pp. 84-91, 99, 103-108, 111-116, 118-119
T. Eaton, Frank Lloyd Wright the Seat of Genius, Chairs: 1895-1955, West Palm Beach, 1997, pp. 52-55
D. Maddex, 50 Favorite Furnishings by Frank Lloyd Wright New York, 1999, pp. 48-49
D. Maddex, 50 Favorite Rooms By Frank Lloyd Wright New York, 2001, p. 109
Exhibited
Tokyo, Japan, Sezon Museum of Art, Frank Lloyd Wright Retrospective, 1991
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Milwaukee Art Museum, The Wright State: Frank Lloyd Wright in Wisconsin, September - November 1992, p. 78

Auction archive: Lot number 345
Auction:
Datum:
9 Dec 2022
Auction house:
Christie's
King Street, St. James's 8
London, SW1Y 6QT
United Kingdom
+44 (0)20 7839 9060
+44 (0)20 73892869
Beschreibung:

Details
FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT (1867-1959)
Important Drawing of an Officer's Chair for the S.C. Johnson & Son Administration Building, Racine, Wisconsin, circa 1937
pencil and colored pencil on paper
17 1/2 x 24 in. (44.5 x 60.9 cm) (sight)
30 1/4 x 33 1/4 in. (76.8 x 84.5 cm) (frame)
marked OFFICERS CHAIRS FOR MR H. F. JOHNSON JR. JOHNSON BUILDING / FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT ARCHITECT APRIL 17 1939 (center), with red signature block (lower right), and signed FLW Apr 15 '39 (lower right)
Literature
F. L. Wright, Sixty Years of Living Architecture, New York, 1953, n.p.
Y. Futagawa, A. Isozaki, GA 1: Frank Lloyd Wright Johnson & Son, Administration Building and Research Tower, Racine, Wisconsin, 1936-9, Tokyo, 1970, pp. 20-21, 24-35
D. Hanks, The Decorative Designs of Frank Lloyd Wright New York, 1979, p. 151
Frank Lloyd Wright/Steelcase, marketing pamphlet, Grand Rapids, 1981, n.p.
S. Elliot, Frank Lloyd Wright Chicago, 1981, pp. 41-42
B. B. Pfeiffer, Y. Futagawa, Frank Lloyd Wright Monograph: 1924-1936, Tokyo, 1985, pp. 254-255, 246-264 (for a discussion of the commission)
E. Kaufman, Jr., Frank Lloyd Wright at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1985, pp. 40-43
J. Lipman, Frank Lloyd Wright and the Johnson Wax Buildings, New York, 1986, pp. 84-91, 99, 103-108, 111-116, 118-119
T. Eaton, Frank Lloyd Wright the Seat of Genius, Chairs: 1895-1955, West Palm Beach, 1997, pp. 52-55
D. Maddex, 50 Favorite Furnishings by Frank Lloyd Wright New York, 1999, pp. 48-49
D. Maddex, 50 Favorite Rooms By Frank Lloyd Wright New York, 2001, p. 109
Exhibited
Tokyo, Japan, Sezon Museum of Art, Frank Lloyd Wright Retrospective, 1991
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Milwaukee Art Museum, The Wright State: Frank Lloyd Wright in Wisconsin, September - November 1992, p. 78

Auction archive: Lot number 345
Auction:
Datum:
9 Dec 2022
Auction house:
Christie's
King Street, St. James's 8
London, SW1Y 6QT
United Kingdom
+44 (0)20 7839 9060
+44 (0)20 73892869
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