Important Design: from Noguchi to Lalanne
Important Design: from Noguchi to Lalanne
Property from a Private American Collection
Frank Lloyd Wright
Tall-Back Spindle Chair from the Warren Hickox House, Kankakee, Illinois
Auction Closed
May 25, 06:32 PM GMT
Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Private American Collection
Frank Lloyd Wright
Tall-Back Spindle Chair from the Warren Hickox House, Kankakee, Illinois
circa 1900
executed by John W. Ayers & Co.
oak, velvet upholstery
51 x 18 3/4 x 19 1/2 in. (129.5 x 47.6 x 49.5 cm)
Warren Hickox House, Kankakee, Illinois
Michael Fitzsimmons, Chicago
Barbra Streisand, Los Angeles
Christie’s New York, The Barbra Streisand Collection, November 29, 1999, lot 498
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Michael Fitzsimmons, Chicago
Barbra Streisand, Los Angeles
Christie’s New York, The Barbra Streisand Collection, November 29, 1999, lot 498
Acquired from the above by the present owner
David A. Hanks, The Decorative Designs of Frank Lloyd Wright, New York, 1979, pp. 201-202 (for a reference to the execution of these chairs by cabinetmaker John W. Ayers & Co., and a reference to the exhibition of the Hickox tall-back spindle chair form in the 1902 annual exhibition of the Chicago Architectural Club at the Art Institute of Chicago)
David A. Hanks, Frank Lloyd Wright, Preserving an Architectural Heritage, Decorative Designs from The Domino's Pizza Collection, exh. cat., New York, 1989, pp. 14 and 37 (for related models from the Ward W. Willits House, Highland Park, Illinois)
Leslie Greene Bowman, American Arts and Crafts: Virtue in Design, Los Angeles, 1990, p. 94 (for a related model from the Ward W. Willits House, Highland Park, Illinois)
William Allin Storrer, The Frank Lloyd Wright Companion, Chicago, 1993, p. 53 (for a discussion of the Warren Hickox House)
Thomas Heinz, Frank Lloyd Wright: Interiors and Furniture, London, 1994, front cover and pp. 34-35, 40 (for related models from the Susan Lawrence Dana House, Springfield, Illinois), 70, 72-73 (for related models from the Ward W. Willits House, Highland Park, Illinois)
Gerald W.R. Ward, Nonie Gadsden, Kelly L’Ecuyer and Melinda Talbot Nasardinov, American Decorative Arts and Sculpture, Boston, 2006, p. 159, fig. 27 (for an example of the model in the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)
Kathryn Smith, Wright on Exhibit: Frank Lloyd Wright’s Architectural Exhibitions, Princeton, 2017, p. 10 (for a reference to the execution of these chairs by cabinetmaker John W. Ayers & Co., and a reference to the exhibition of the Hickox tall-back spindle chair form in the 1902 annual exhibition of the Chicago Architectural Club at the Art Institute of Chicago)
David A. Hanks, Frank Lloyd Wright, Preserving an Architectural Heritage, Decorative Designs from The Domino's Pizza Collection, exh. cat., New York, 1989, pp. 14 and 37 (for related models from the Ward W. Willits House, Highland Park, Illinois)
Leslie Greene Bowman, American Arts and Crafts: Virtue in Design, Los Angeles, 1990, p. 94 (for a related model from the Ward W. Willits House, Highland Park, Illinois)
William Allin Storrer, The Frank Lloyd Wright Companion, Chicago, 1993, p. 53 (for a discussion of the Warren Hickox House)
Thomas Heinz, Frank Lloyd Wright: Interiors and Furniture, London, 1994, front cover and pp. 34-35, 40 (for related models from the Susan Lawrence Dana House, Springfield, Illinois), 70, 72-73 (for related models from the Ward W. Willits House, Highland Park, Illinois)
Gerald W.R. Ward, Nonie Gadsden, Kelly L’Ecuyer and Melinda Talbot Nasardinov, American Decorative Arts and Sculpture, Boston, 2006, p. 159, fig. 27 (for an example of the model in the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)
Kathryn Smith, Wright on Exhibit: Frank Lloyd Wright’s Architectural Exhibitions, Princeton, 2017, p. 10 (for a reference to the execution of these chairs by cabinetmaker John W. Ayers & Co., and a reference to the exhibition of the Hickox tall-back spindle chair form in the 1902 annual exhibition of the Chicago Architectural Club at the Art Institute of Chicago)