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FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT (1867-1959)

Lot 344
09.12.2022 11:00UTC -05:00
Classic
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$ 151 200
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUSA, New York
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ID 880214
Lot 344 | FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT (1867-1959)
Estimate value
$ 70 000 – 100 000
FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT (1867-1959)

Important Executive Armchair Master for the S.C. Johnson & Son Administration Building, Racine, Wisconsin, circa 1937-1939

painted steel, brass, leather, vinyl, fabric upholstery, rubber, maple

35 1/4 x 24 1/4 x 17 1/4 in. (89.5 x 61.6 x 43.8 cm)

with metal plaque marked MASTERS SERIAL No. 0219





Literature

H-R. Hitchcok, In the Nature of Materials: The Buildings of Frank Lloyd Wright 1887-1941, New York, 1942, n.p., ref. 330 (for a period photograph)

F. L. Wright, Sixty Years of Living Architecture, New York, 1953, n.p.

Y. Futagawa, A. Isozaki, Global Architecture: Frank Lloyd Wright Johnson & Son, Administration Building and Research Tower, Racine, Wisconsin. 1936-9, Japan, 1970, pp. 20-21, 28, 30, 24-35 (for a discussion of the commission)

D. Hanks, The Decorative Designs of Frank Lloyd Wright, New York, 1979, p. 150

D. Hanks, Innovative Furniture in America from 1800 to the Present, New York, 1981, pp. 100-102

Frank Lloyd Wright/Steelcase, marketing pamphlet, Grand Rapids, 1981, n.p.

Frank Lloyd Wright, exh. cat., Kelmscott Gallery, Chicago, 1981, pp. 41, no. 29, 42 (for a discussion of the commission and a period photograph), 43, no. 30 (for a prototype of this chair)

Architectural Drawings and Decorative Art, exh. cat., Fischer Fine Art, London, 1985, pp. 92-93

B. B. Pfeiffer, Y. Futagawa, Frank Lloyd Wright Monograph: 1924-1936, Tokyo, 1985, pp. 254-255, 262-263, 245-264 (for a discussion of the commission)

E. Kaufman, Jr., Frank Lloyd Wright at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1985, pp. 40-43

J. Lipman, Frank Lloyd Wright and the Johnson Wax Buildings, New York, 1986, pp. 84-91, 99, 103-108, 111-116, 118-119

Steelcase Inc., Steelcase: The First 75 Years, Grand Rapids, 1987, pp. 18, 19 (for a period photograph)

B. Pfeiffer, Frank Lloyd Wright: In the Realm of Ideas, Scottsdale, 1988, p. 187

T. Heinz, Frank Lloyd Wright: Interiors and Furniture, London, 1994, pp. 184 (for a period photograph), 185, 187, 245-246, 253

T. Riley, P. Reed, Frank Lloyd Wright: Architect, New York, 1994, p. 247 (for a period photograph)

N. Levine, The Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright, Princeton, 1996, p. 304

R. McCarter, Frank Lloyd Wright, London, 1997, pp. 288-289

T. A. Eaton, et. al. Frank Lloyd Wright: The Seat of Genius Chairs: 1895-1955, West Palm Beach, 1997, pp. 15 (for a discussion of the commission), 52-55

M. Costantino, The Life and Works of Frank Lloyd Wright, Philadelphia, 1998, p. 127

D. Maddex, 50 Favorite Furnishings by Frank Lloyd Wright, New York, 1999, pp. 48-49

D. Maddex, 50 Favorite Rooms By Frank Lloyd Wright, New York, 2001, p. 109



Post Lot Text

The Steelcase master production armchair has remained in the possession of the Steelcase Corporate Archives since it was constructed circa 1937 and was never owned by the SC Johnson Company or its affiliates.
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