Important Design: from Noguchi to Lalanne
Important Design: from Noguchi to Lalanne
Property from the Collection of Lawrence Galbo, Buffalo, New York
Frank Lloyd Wright
Pair of "Usonian" Chairs
Auction Closed
May 25, 06:32 PM GMT
Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from the Collection of Lawrence Galbo, Buffalo, New York
Frank Lloyd Wright
Pair of "Usonian" Chairs
circa 1939
cypress
27 3/8 x 25 1/2 x 32 in. (69.5 x 64.8 x 81.3 cm) each
Christie's New York, June 7, 1996, lot 208
Private Collection
Phillips New York, December 15, 2010, lot 80
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Private Collection
Phillips New York, December 15, 2010, lot 80
Acquired from the above by the present owner
John Sergeant, Frank Lloyd Wright's Usonian Houses: The Case for Organic Architecture, New York, 1984, p. 52 (for a related model)
Spencer Hart, Wright Rooms, Glasgow, Scotland, 1998, pp. 108-109 (for photographs of the model in the Eric V. Brown House, Kalamazoo, Michigan)
Dixie Legler Guerrero, Frank Lloyd Wright: The Western Work, San Francisco, 1999, pp. 66-67 (for related models in the Brandes Residence, Issaquah, Washington)
Virginia Terry Boyd, Frank Lloyd Wright and the House Beautiful: Designing an American Way of Living, exh. cat., International Arts and Artists, Washington D.C., 2005, pp. 63 and 157 (for related models)
Alan Hess and Alan Weintraub, Frank Lloyd Wright Mid-Century Modern, New York, 2007, pp. 120, 122 and 166–67 (for related models)
Spencer Hart, Wright Rooms, Glasgow, Scotland, 1998, pp. 108-109 (for photographs of the model in the Eric V. Brown House, Kalamazoo, Michigan)
Dixie Legler Guerrero, Frank Lloyd Wright: The Western Work, San Francisco, 1999, pp. 66-67 (for related models in the Brandes Residence, Issaquah, Washington)
Virginia Terry Boyd, Frank Lloyd Wright and the House Beautiful: Designing an American Way of Living, exh. cat., International Arts and Artists, Washington D.C., 2005, pp. 63 and 157 (for related models)
Alan Hess and Alan Weintraub, Frank Lloyd Wright Mid-Century Modern, New York, 2007, pp. 120, 122 and 166–67 (for related models)