Design
Design
Property from a Private Chicago Collection
FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT | WINDOW FROM THE WILLIAM E. MARTIN HOUSE, OAK PARK, ILLINOIS
Lot Closed
March 31, 05:25 PM GMT
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Private Chicago Collection
FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT
WINDOW FROM THE WILLIAM E. MARTIN HOUSE, OAK PARK, ILLINOIS
circa 1902-1903
likely produced by Giannini & Hilgart, Chicago
colored cathedral and clear glass, copper-plated zinc came, original painted wood frame
29¾ x 69 x 1½ in. (75.5 x 175.2 x 3.8 cm) including frame
William E. Martin House, Oak Park, Illinois
Michael FitzSimmons Decorative Arts, Chicago
Bldg. 51, Chicago, 2011
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Thomas A. Heinz, Frank Lloyd Wright Glass Art, London, 1994, p. 61 (for the window design at the Susan Lawrence Dana House, Springfield, Illinois)
Julie L. Sloan, Light Screens: The Complete Leaded-Glass Windows of Frank Lloyd Wright, New York, 2001, pp. 157 (for a drawing of the window design) and 240-241 (for the window design at the Susan Lawrence Dana House, Springfield, Illinois)
Sotheby’s would like to thank Julie S. Sloan for her assistance with the cataloguing of this lot.