Unity Temple, Oak Park, IL. 1904. (Courtesy The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation Archives/Avery/MoMA)
This morning AN reported that a massive collection of Frank Lloyd Wright’s architectural drawings, photographs, models, and more are heading to a new home at New York’s Museum of Modern Art and Columbia University’s Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, opening up the archive to academic and scholarly research. For your enjoyment, below is a sampling of the treasures encompassed in the collection and a video about the news.
Click on a thumbnail to launch the slideshow. All images courtesy the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation Archives/Avery/MoMA unless noted otherwise.
Oasis Arizona State Capital, Phoenix, AZ. 1957.
Portrait of Frank Lloyd Wright by Yousuf Karsh, 1945. (Courtesy MoMA)
Frank Lloyd Wright with Wingspread Model at the Exhibition, Frank Lloyd Wright, American Architect. (Courtesy MoMA)
Frank Lloyd Wright by John Amarantides, 1955.
Wright on balcony of Guggenheim, 1959. Photo by David Wheatley.
Wright on balcony of Guggenheim, 1959. Photo by David Wheatley.
Crescent Opera House, Plan for Greater Baghdad, 1957.
Group of Seven Usonian Houses for Okemos, MI, 1940.
Minona Terrace Civic Center, Madison, WI. 1938.
Fallingwater Edgar J. Kaufmann House, Mill Run, PA. 1934-37.
Wright working on St. Mark’s in-the-Bowery tower, circa 1930.
Ward W. Willits House, Highland Park, IL. 1902-03.
Darwin D. Martin House, Buffalo, NY. 1902-04.
Unity Temple, Oak Park, IL. 1904.
Frederick C. Robie House, Chicago, IL. 1908-10.
Linoleum Tile, May Basket.
St. Marks’s in-the-Bowerie model on exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago, 1930.
Broadacre City model in construction in Arizona. 1935.