Frank Lloyd Wright, “The House Beautiful,” 1963 Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959) – American

Frank Lloyd Wright, “The House Beautiful,” 1963
Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959) – American architect and designer
Rev. William Channing Gannett (1840-1923) – Unitarian minister and social reformer
“The House Beautiful.” Park Forest, IL: The Prairie School Press (and Wilbert Hasbrouck), 1963. Facsimile of the William Winslow and Auvergne Press edition from 1896/1897. Unpaginated.
High point in Arts and Crafts and the Prairie School Movements developing in the Midwest at the time
Publisher's one page promotional sheet laid in
Includes a fourteen page booklet sewn into the front endpapers reproducing Wright's photographs of the weeds that influenced his designs
Sweeney 1530
Folio (253 x 296 mm); green and brown cloth boards and spine with gilt lettering on spine and rear board. Top edge gilt.
Very good condition
Estimate: $400

Winslow was a client of Frank Lloyd Wright and enlisted Wright to create the intricate designs that adorn each page. Winslow's original edition was bound with a brown leather spine, here reproduced in cloth. A faithful facsimile.

Frank Lloyd Wright (American, 1867-1959)

A Midwestern man by birth, Frank Lloyd Wright went on to become the preeminent American architect and designer of his time. After graduating school he became the chief assistant to the important American modernist architect Louis Sullivan. From there, Wright went on to form his own firm and develop a style known as Prairie school. Wright’s organic, American, and distinctly modern designs resulted in the construction of many iconic buildings, including: the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, NY; Fallingwater, PA; Unity Temple, IL; Imperial Hotel, Japan; etc.

Condition

In overall very good, very clean condition.

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Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959) – American architect and designer
Rev. William Channing Gannett (1840-1923) – Unitarian minister and social reformer
“The House Beautiful.” Park Forest, IL: The Prairie School Press (and Wilbert Hasbrouck), 1963. Facsimile of the William Winslow and Auvergne Press edition from 1896/1897. Unpaginated.
High point in Arts and Crafts and the Prairie School Movements developing in the Midwest at the time
Publisher's one page promotional sheet laid in
Includes a fourteen page booklet sewn into the front endpapers reproducing Wright's photographs of the weeds that influenced his designs
Sweeney 1530
Folio (253 x 296 mm); green and brown cloth boards and spine with gilt lettering on spine and rear board. Top edge gilt.
Very good condition
Estimate: $400

Winslow was a client of Frank Lloyd Wright and enlisted Wright to create the intricate designs that adorn each page. Winslow's original edition was bound with a brown leather spine, here reproduced in cloth. A faithful facsimile.

Frank Lloyd Wright (American, 1867-1959)

A Midwestern man by birth, Frank Lloyd Wright went on to become the preeminent American architect and designer of his time. After graduating school he became the chief assistant to the important American modernist architect Louis Sullivan. From there, Wright went on to form his own firm and develop a style known as Prairie school. Wright’s organic, American, and distinctly modern designs resulted in the construction of many iconic buildings, including: the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, NY; Fallingwater, PA; Unity Temple, IL; Imperial Hotel, Japan; etc.

Condition

In overall very good, very clean condition.

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