Frank Lloyd Wright

Pair of Conservatory Doors from the Darwin D. Martin House, Buffalo, New York

Auction Closed

May 25, 06:32 PM GMT

Estimate

80,000 - 120,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from the Collection of Lawrence Galbo, Buffalo, New York

Frank Lloyd Wright

Pair of Conservatory Doors from the Darwin D. Martin House, Buffalo, New York

circa 1903-1905

executed by the Linden Glass Company, Chicago, Illinois

opalescent, iridized and clear glass, brass-plated "colonial" zinc cames, original wood door frames (not illustrated)

58 1/8 x 14 1/4 in. (147.6 x 36.2 cm) for each glass panel

78 x 24 1/8 x 1 3/4 in. (198.1 x 61.3 x 4.4 cm) for each door frame

Darwin D. Martin House, Buffalo, New York
Private Collection, Buffalo, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Edgar Kaufmann, Frank Lloyd Wright at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1982, p. 22 (for a period photograph of a related door in situ)
David A. Hanks, Frank Lloyd Wright, Preserving an Architectural Heritage, Decorative Designs from The Domino's Pizza Collection, exh. cat., New York, 1989, pp. 56 (for a related window) and 57 (for a period photograph of a related window in situ)
Thomas A. Heinz, Frank Lloyd Wright: Glass Art, London, 1994, p. 103 (for a related window)
Jack Quinan, ed., Frank Lloyd Wright: Windows of the Darwin D. Martin House, exh. cat., Burchfield-Penney Art Center, Buffalo State College, Buffalo, July 31-November 28, 1999, p. 17 (for a related window)
Julie L. Sloan, Light Screens: The Leaded Glass of Frank Lloyd Wright, exh. cat., New York, 2001, pp. 84 (for a drawing of a related window) and 85 (for the present lot illustrated)
Julie L. Sloan, Light Screens: The Complete Leaded-Glass Windows of Frank Lloyd Wright, New York, 2001, pp. 262 (for a related window in situ) and 263 (for a drawing of a related window)
Eric Jackson-Forsberg, ed., Frank Lloyd Wright: Art Glass of the Martin House Complex, San Francisco, 2009, pp. 6 (for related doors in situ) and 67 (for a related door panel)