FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT (1867-1959)

Lot 347
09.12.2022 11:00UTC -05:00
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ID 880208
Lot 347 | FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT (1867-1959)
Estimate value
$ 20 000 – 30 000
FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT (1867-1959)

Window from the Meyer May House, Grand Rapids, Michigan, designed circa 1908

clear and polychrome leaded glass, wood frame

44 9/16 x 24 5/8 in. (113.2 x 62.5 cm) (sight)

50 13/16 x 30 in. (129 x 76.2 cm) (frame)





Provenance

Meyer S. May, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1908/1922

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Helmer, 1942

Cyrus and Louise Newcomb, 1945

Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1986



Literature

B. B. Pfeiffer, Y. Futagawa, Frank Lloyd Wright Monograph: 1907-1913, Tokyo, 1987, pp. 72-75 (for a discussion of the windows and the commission)

Steelcase Inc., The Meyer May House Grand Rapids Michigan, Grand Rapids, 1987, pp. 12-15 (for an in situ photograph)

A. Bony, Les Annees 10, Paris, 1991, pp. 646-647

C. Lind, The Wright Style, New York, 1992, pp. 24-25, 42-43, 80-83 (for a discussion of the commission)

T. Heinz, Frank Lloyd Wright: Interiors and Furniture, London, 1994, p. 128

D. Maddex, 50 Favorite Furnishings by Frank Lloyd Wright, New York, 1999, pp. 84-85

D. Maddex, 50 Favorite Rooms By Frank Lloyd Wright, New York, 2001, pp. 20-21, 88-89

J. Sloan, Light Screens: The Complete Leaded-Glass Windows of Frank Lloyd Wright, New York, 2001, pp. 268-271 (for a discussion of the commission)

J. Sloan, Light Screens: The Leaded Glass of Frank Lloyd Wright, New York, 2001, pp. 92-95 (for a discussion of the commission)

A. Weintraub, M. Stipe, Frank Lloyd Wright: The Rooms, Interiors and Decorative Arts, New York, 2014, pp. 84-87



Post Lot Text

These windows were designed circa 1908 for the Meyer S. May House in Grand Rapids, Michigan. In 1922, there was an expansion for this house for which these windows were likely produced.
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