Original drawing by Frank Lloyd Wright for the design of the Rayward House, TIRRANNA New Canaan, Connecticut (1955) signed and dated by Frank Lloyd Wright. This is an original drawing not a Blueprint. Page N5 titled sections. Original drawing by the famous architect Frank Lloyd Wright, including handwritten notes on constructive details. Made in pencil, colored pencils and ink. Frank Lloyd Wrigh (1867 – 1959) was an American architect, one of the leading masters of twentieth-century architecture. Precursor of organic architecture, initiator of the Prairie School movement, developing the Usonian concept of housing. Considered one of the most important architects in history, with an extensive list of works that he created mainly in the first half of the twentieth century, being the author of buildings as the well-known Guggenheim Museum in New York, the Waterfall House (Fallingwater) or the Tokyo Imperial Hotel. In 2017, the MOMA in New York held the exhibition Frank Lloyd Wright, Unpacking the Archive, on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of his birth, where numerous drawings similar to this one were shown. This drawing corresponds to the design of the Rayward house, also known as Tirranna, built in New Canaan, Connecticut in 1955 for Joyce and John Rayward. In this house you can appreciate the essence of the concept of Wright’s organic architecture in which all the technical detail of the architectural and engineering work merges with the art of creating new forms that integrate with the surrounding nature. This drawing is titled “Sections”. It is signed and dated. Provenance: Heritage Auctions (October 2018, lot #79103). The item “FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT SIGNED & DATED 1955 ORIGINAL DRAWING OF TIRRANNA CONN PAGE 5″ is in sale since Tuesday, December 11, 2018. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Autographs\Other Collectible Autographs”. The seller is “rachelemandelgallery” and is located in Chicago Heights, Illinois. This item can be shipped worldwide.
- Original/Reproduction: Original
- Signed by: Frank Lloyd Wright
- Signed: Yes