Frank Lloyd Wright

Window from the Francis W. Little House, "Northome," Wayzata, Minnesota

Auction Closed

December 8, 07:38 PM GMT

Estimate

10,000 - 15,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Private American Collection

Frank Lloyd Wright

Window from the Francis W. Little House, "Northome," Wayzata, Minnesota

circa 1912-1914

produced by Temple Art Glass Company, Chicago

opaque, frosted and clear glass, copper-plated zinc came, original painted wood frame

20⅜ x 14½ in. (51.7 x 36.8 cm) excluding frame

26¼ x 19⅛ in. (66.7 x 48.6 cm) including frame

Francis W. and Mary Little House, Wayzata, Minnesota
Metropolitan Museum of Art, by acquisition of the house, 1972

Thomas A. Heinz, Frank Lloyd Wright: Glass Art, London, 1994, pp. 156 (for a related pair of doors) and 158-159 (for related windows)
Diane Maddex, Fifty Favorite Furnishings by Frank Lloyd Wright, New York, 1999, pp. 98-99 (for related windows installed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Julie L. Sloan, Light Screens: The Leaded Glass of Frank Lloyd Wright, exh. cat., New York, 2001, pp. 124-125 (for examples of a related window installed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Julie L. Sloan, Light Screens: The Complete Leaded-Glass Windows of Frank Lloyd Wright, New York, 2001, pp. 220 (for a period photograph of a related window in situ) and 222-223 (for a related window exhibited in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)