FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT | Set of Four Windows from the Francis W. Little House, "Northome," Wayzata, Minnesota

Francis W. and Mary Little, Wayzata, Minnesota
By descent to their daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond W. Stevenson, Wayzata, Minnesota
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, by acquisition of the house, 1972
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1986

Edgar Kaufman, Frank Lloyd Wright at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1982, pp. 28, 35 (for photographs and drawings of windows from the Little House)
David A. Hanks, Frank Lloyd Wright: Preserving an Architectural Heritage, New York, 1989, p. 85 (for a photograph of leaded glass doors from the Little House)
William Allin Storrer, The Frank Lloyd Wright Companion, Chicago, 1993, p. 174-175 (for period photographs of the Little House, including similar leaded-glass windows)
Thomas Heinz, Frank Lloyd Wright: Glass Art, New York, 1994, p. 159 (for a photograph of the master bedroom windows from the Little House)
Julie L. Sloan, Light Screens: The Complete Leaded-Glass Windows of Frank Lloyd Wright, New York, 2001, pp. 220-221 (for a period photograph of the library windows and drawings of the windows from the Little House)
Julie L. Sloan, Light Screens: The Leaded-Glass of Frank Lloyd Wright, New York, 2001, p. 126 (for a photograph of similar leaded glass doors from the Little House)

Overall in very good condition. This impressive suite of windows appears to retain all of its original glass and cames. The glass with minor surface soiling throughout particularly concentrated to the edges, consistent with age. The edges of the glass panels with occasional minor traces of paint from the interior green-painted moldings. The cames with traces of scattered surface oxidation and discolorations, consistent with age. The original wood frames show expected age, with scattered losses, abrasions and surface wear throughout. On the exterior side of each panel, the painted surfaces display minor crackling, lifting and scattered losses consistent with age and exposure to the outer elements. When inspecting the painted surfaces closely, it appears there are at least two layers of paint that have been applied over time. A rare and important set of Frank Lloyd's Wright early Prairie light screens from one of his most famous commissions.
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