Important and rare 'Sumac' window
Designer
Frank Lloyd Wright
Year
circa 1902-1904
Design Museum Section
Designed by Architects
American Design Icons
Categories
Windows, Window fragments
Architectural fragments
Designheroes ID
63929
Auction House
Sotheby's
Headquarter
New York, United States
Availability
sold
Condition
pre-owned/vintage
Sale name
Important Design
Sale Location
New York, United States
Important and rare 'Sumac' window
Designed for the Susan Lawrence Dana House, Springfield, Illinois
Iridized glass, opalescent glass and clear glass in brass-plated “colonial” zinc cames
circa 1902-1904
61 5/8 x 20 3/8 in. (156.5 x 51.8 cm)
en suite with the previous lot
Exhibited
Chicago Architectural Club 20th Annual, including Exhibition of Frank Lloyd Wright, Art Institute of Chicago, March 29-April 26, 1907
Literature
Frank Lloyd Wright, "In the Cause of Architecture," Architectural Record, March 1908, p. 165 (for a period photograph of the present lot exhibited in the Chicago Architectural Club 20th Annual, including Exhibition of Frank Lloyd Wright at the Art Institute of Chicago, 1907)
Grant Carpenter Manson, Frank Lloyd Wright to 1910: The First Golden Age, New York, 1958, p. 9 (for the design)
David A. Hanks, The Decorative Designs of Frank Lloyd Wright, New York, 1979, pl. 6 (for the Dana House windows)
Kelmscott Gallery, Frank Lloyd Wright, Chicago, 1981, n.p. (for the Dana House windows illustrated in a period advertisement by Linden Glass Company in Architectural Record)
Thomas A. Heinz, Frank Lloyd Wright, New York, 1982, pp. 32-33 (for the windows in situ at the Dana House)
The Early Work of Frank Lloyd Wright: The "Ausgeführte Bauten" of 1911, New York, 1982, pp. 37 (for the design in situ) and 101-103 (for the present lot exhibited in the Art Institute of Chicago exhibition, 1907)
Edgar Kaufmann, Jr., Frank Lloyd Wright at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1982, p. 4 (for the present lot exhibited in the Art Institute of Chicago exhibition, 1907)
Tod M. Volpe and Beth Cathers, Treasures of the American Arts and Crafts Movement 1890-1920, New York, 1988, p. 155 (for the Dana House windows)
William Allin Storrer, The Frank Lloyd Wright Companion, Chicago, 1993, p. 68 (for the windows in situ at the Dana House)
Thomas A. Heinz, Frank Lloyd Wright Glass Art, London, 1994, pp. 46-48 and 214 (for the windows in situ at the Dana House)
Donald Hoffmann, Frank Lloyd Wright's Dana House, Mineola, 1996, pp. 82 (for the windows in situ at the Dana House), 84 (for a design drawing and an illustration of the windows in situ at the Dana House) and 105 (for the present lot exhibited in the Art Institute of Chicago exhibition, 1907)
Maria Constantino, The Life and Works of Frank Lloyd Wright, Philadelphia, 1998, p. 56 (for the windows in situ at the Dana House)
Julie L. Sloan, Light Screens: The Complete Leaded-Glass Windows of Frank Lloyd Wright, New York, 2001, pp. 228-231 (for a discussion of the Dana House, the windows in situ and for the above design drawing)
Kathryn Smith, Wright on Exhibit: Frank Lloyd Wright’s Architectural Exhibitions, Princeton, 2017, pp. 19 and 26 (for the present lot exhibited in the Art Institute of Chicago exhibition, 1907)
Grant Carpenter Manson, Frank Lloyd Wright to 1910: The First Golden Age, New York, 1958, p. 9 (for the design)
David A. Hanks, The Decorative Designs of Frank Lloyd Wright, New York, 1979, pl. 6 (for the Dana House windows)
Kelmscott Gallery, Frank Lloyd Wright, Chicago, 1981, n.p. (for the Dana House windows illustrated in a period advertisement by Linden Glass Company in Architectural Record)
Thomas A. Heinz, Frank Lloyd Wright, New York, 1982, pp. 32-33 (for the windows in situ at the Dana House)
The Early Work of Frank Lloyd Wright: The "Ausgeführte Bauten" of 1911, New York, 1982, pp. 37 (for the design in situ) and 101-103 (for the present lot exhibited in the Art Institute of Chicago exhibition, 1907)
Edgar Kaufmann, Jr., Frank Lloyd Wright at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1982, p. 4 (for the present lot exhibited in the Art Institute of Chicago exhibition, 1907)
Tod M. Volpe and Beth Cathers, Treasures of the American Arts and Crafts Movement 1890-1920, New York, 1988, p. 155 (for the Dana House windows)
William Allin Storrer, The Frank Lloyd Wright Companion, Chicago, 1993, p. 68 (for the windows in situ at the Dana House)
Thomas A. Heinz, Frank Lloyd Wright Glass Art, London, 1994, pp. 46-48 and 214 (for the windows in situ at the Dana House)
Donald Hoffmann, Frank Lloyd Wright's Dana House, Mineola, 1996, pp. 82 (for the windows in situ at the Dana House), 84 (for a design drawing and an illustration of the windows in situ at the Dana House) and 105 (for the present lot exhibited in the Art Institute of Chicago exhibition, 1907)
Maria Constantino, The Life and Works of Frank Lloyd Wright, Philadelphia, 1998, p. 56 (for the windows in situ at the Dana House)
Julie L. Sloan, Light Screens: The Complete Leaded-Glass Windows of Frank Lloyd Wright, New York, 2001, pp. 228-231 (for a discussion of the Dana House, the windows in situ and for the above design drawing)
Kathryn Smith, Wright on Exhibit: Frank Lloyd Wright’s Architectural Exhibitions, Princeton, 2017, pp. 19 and 26 (for the present lot exhibited in the Art Institute of Chicago exhibition, 1907)
Provenance
Nels E. Johnson, Vice President of Linden Glass Company, Chicago, by 1942
Marguerite Phillips, Chicago, circa mid 1940s
Thence by descent
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Marguerite Phillips, Chicago, circa mid 1940s
Thence by descent
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Object
Important and rare 'Sumac' window
Designer
Frank Lloyd Wright
Year
circa 1902-1904
Design Museum Section
Designed by Architects
American Design Icons
Categories
Windows, Window fragments
Architectural fragments
Designheroes ID
63929
Auction House
Sotheby's
Headquarter
New York, United States
Availability
sold
Condition
pre-owned/vintage
Sale name
Important Design
Sale Location
New York, United States
