Frank Lloyd Wright Adjustable armchair, from the executive offices of the Harold C. Price Co. Tower, Bartlesville, Oklahoma circa 1956 Aluminum, steel, fabric. 93.5 x 71 x 69 cm (36 3/4 x 27 7/8 x 27 1/4 in.) Manufactured by the Blue Stem Foundry, Oklahoma. Mechanism on underside impressed with GK800.
Provenance Harold C. Price Co. Tower, Bartlesville, Oklahoma Phillips de Pury & Company, New York, 'Design', 13 December 2007, lot 38 Acquired from the above by the present owner Literature David A. Hanks, The Decorative Designs of Frank Lloyd Wright New York, 1979, p. 166 for a period image of similar examples in situ The Chairs of Frank Lloyd Wright exh. cat., Yale University School of Architecture, New Haven, 1987, n.p. for a drawing of a similar example David A. Hanks, Frank Lloyd Wright Preserving an Architectural Heritage: Decorative Designs from The Domino's Pizza Collection, New York, 1989, p. 118 for the image cited above, p. 119 for an armless example Jason T. Busch, Decorative Arts and Design, Collection Highlights, Pittsburgh, 2009, p. 182 for a similar example Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer Frank Lloyd Wright The Complete Works, 1943-1959, vol. 3, New York, 2009, pp. 315-16, 319-20 for drawings and period photographs showing similar examples
Frank Lloyd Wright Adjustable armchair, from the executive offices of the Harold C. Price Co. Tower, Bartlesville, Oklahoma circa 1956 Aluminum, steel, fabric. 93.5 x 71 x 69 cm (36 3/4 x 27 7/8 x 27 1/4 in.) Manufactured by the Blue Stem Foundry, Oklahoma. Mechanism on underside impressed with GK800.
Provenance Harold C. Price Co. Tower, Bartlesville, Oklahoma Phillips de Pury & Company, New York, 'Design', 13 December 2007, lot 38 Acquired from the above by the present owner Literature David A. Hanks, The Decorative Designs of Frank Lloyd Wright New York, 1979, p. 166 for a period image of similar examples in situ The Chairs of Frank Lloyd Wright exh. cat., Yale University School of Architecture, New Haven, 1987, n.p. for a drawing of a similar example David A. Hanks, Frank Lloyd Wright Preserving an Architectural Heritage: Decorative Designs from The Domino's Pizza Collection, New York, 1989, p. 118 for the image cited above, p. 119 for an armless example Jason T. Busch, Decorative Arts and Design, Collection Highlights, Pittsburgh, 2009, p. 182 for a similar example Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer Frank Lloyd Wright The Complete Works, 1943-1959, vol. 3, New York, 2009, pp. 315-16, 319-20 for drawings and period photographs showing similar examples
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