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Lot 59
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Frank Lloyd Wright for Bauscher, Weiden 'Midway Gardens' plate 1914

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Description

  • 'Midway Gardens' plate
  • Iron-red printed mark `New York, Chicago, BAUSCHER, Weiden (Germany), 1914', impressed `19'
  • 19.5cm. diam.;
  • 7 ¾ in.
Glazed porcelain

Provenance

Historical Design, New York.

Literature

Similar pieces in:

Frank Lloyd Wright. Preserving an Architectural Heritage. Decorative Designs from the Domino's Pizza Collection, New York, 1989, pp. 86-87;

Carla Lind, Lost Wright. Frank Lloyd Wright's vanished masterpieces, New York, 1996, p. 122.

Catalogue Note

This porcelain service was originally designed for the amusement park Midway Gardens, near the University of Chicago. Only a few pieces have been preserved of which four were part of the former Domino's Pizza Collection. Two drawings of a tea cup and saucer are held at the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation.