Important Design

Important Design

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Property from a Private American Collection

Frank Lloyd Wright

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

Auction Closed

December 8, 07:38 PM GMT

Estimate

25,000 - 35,000 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

52¾ x 16⅞ in. (134 x 42.9 cm) excluding frame

58½ x 21½ in. (148.6 x 54.6 cm) including frame

Francis W. and Mary Little House, Wayzata, Minnesota
Metropolitan Museum of Art, by acquisition of the house, 1972
David A. Hanks, Frank Lloyd Wright: Preserving an Architectural Heritage, New York, 1989, p. 85 (for related doors)
Thomas A. Heinz, Frank Lloyd Wright: Glass Art, London, 1994, pp. 156 (for a related pair of doors) and 158
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. 123 (for a period photograph of a related window in situ) and 126-127
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), 222-223 (for a related window exhibited in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York) and 224 (for a related pair of doors)