Lot 8 : FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT

Frank Lloyd Wright - 1869-1959

Auction Location: United States of America - 2004
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Title:

WINDOW FROM THE DARWIN D. MARTIN HOUSE, BUFFALO, NEW YORK

Description:

ca. 1903-1905

iridescent, opalescent, gilded and clear glass in "colonial" brass cames
with the original oak frame and hardware

executed by Linden Glass Company, Chicago

Dimensions:

24 1/2 x 14 x 1 1/8 in. (62.2 x 35.6 x 2.9 cm) framed

Provenance:

PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE LATE WALTER S. SACHS, JR.

Mr. John Crosby Freeman, Watkins Glen, NY
The Artsman Gallery, Bryn Mawr, PA, ca. 1976

Exhibited:

Light Screens: The Leaded Glass of Frank Lloyd Wright, American Craft Museum, New York, May 10-September 2, 2001
Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, MI, October 12, 2001-January 6, 2002
Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA, February 21-April 28, 2002
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA, June 8-September, 1, 2002
Orange County Art Museum, Newport Beach, CA, October 5, 2002-January 5, 2003
Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., March 14-July 20, 2003

Published:

David A. Hanks, The Decorative Designs of Frank Lloyd Wright, New York, 1979, pp. 26, 92
Frank Lloyd Wright, The Early Work of Frank Lloyd Wright, New York, 1982, pp. 47, 50, 53
Coy L. Ludwig, The Arts & Crafts Movement in New York State, 1890s-1920s, Hamilton, NY, 1983, p. 105
David A. Hanks, Frank Lloyd Wright: Preserving an Architectural Heritage: Decorative Designs from The Domino's Pizza Collection, New York, 1989, p. 58
Thomas A. Heinz, Frank Lloyd Wright: Glass Art, New York, 1994, p. 104
Jack Quinan, ed., Frank Lloyd Wright: Windows of the Darwin D. Martin House, Buffalo, 1999, pp. 4, 14, 23
Julie L. Sloan, Light Screens: The Complete Leaded-Glass Windows of Frank Lloyd Wright, New York, 2001, pp. 14, 260-261
Julie L. Sloan, Light Screens: The Leaded Glass of Frank Lloyd Wright, New York, 2001, pp. 78-79

Notes:

The Darwin D. Martin House windows have long been celebrated for their beauty as well as for their important place among window designs executed by Frank Lloyd Wright himself. This extraordinary casement window features a vertical pendant chevron motif placed to the left which is masterfully articulated in iridized glass. The chevron?a recurring device in Wright's window commissions?is similarly employed in the Martin House "Tree of Life" series and various windows designed for the Susan Lawrence Dana House. Wright utilized these casements windows in pairs throughout the first-floor interior of the Martin House, where they were installed within large freestanding heating piers that served as room dividers. All of these interior casement windows, including the example offered here, were removed from the Martin House in the late 1950s and presently reside in private and museum collections including the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Rhode Island School of Design Museum and the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University. Those originally installed in the exterior walls of the house still remain intact.

Sotheby's would like to thank Julie L. Sloan for her assistance in cataloguing this lot.