Important Design: from Noguchi to Lalanne

Important Design: from Noguchi to Lalanne

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

Frank Lloyd Wright

Pair of Doors from the Francis W. Little House, "Northome," Wayzata, Minnesota

Auction Closed

May 25, 06:32 PM GMT

Estimate

40,000 - 60,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

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

Frank Lloyd Wright

Pair of Doors from the Francis W. Little House, "Northome," Wayzata, Minnesota


circa 1912-1914

executed by the Temple Art Glass Company, Chicago, Illinois

opaque and clear glass, copper-plated zinc came, original painted wood door frame (not illustrated)

69 1/4 x 17 1/8 in. (175.9 x 43.5 cm) for each glass panel

85 1/2 x 25 3/4 x 2 3/4 in. (217.2 x 65.4 x 7 cm) for each door frame

Francis W. Little House, "Northome," Wayzata, Minnesota
Urban Remains, Chicago
Acquired from the above by the present owner, circa 2012
Edgar Kaufmann, Frank Lloyd Wright at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1982, pp. 28 and 35 (for photographs and drawings of related windows)
David A. Hanks, Frank Lloyd Wright: Preserving an Architectural Heritage, New York, 1989, p. 85 (for a photograph of related doors)
William Allin Storrer, The Frank Lloyd Wright Companion, Chicago, 1993, p. 174-175 (for period photographs of related windows in situ)
Thomas Heinz, Frank Lloyd Wright: Glass Art, London, 1994, pp. 156, 158-159 (for related doors and windows)
Julie L. Sloan, Light Screens: The Complete Leaded-Glass Windows of Frank Lloyd Wright, New York, 2001, pp. 220 and 221-222 (for photographs of related windows in situ)
Julie L. Sloan, Light Screens: The Leaded-Glass of Frank Lloyd Wright, New York, 2001, pp. 126-127 (for related windows and doors)