Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation Archives : exhibition files, 1902-1965

Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation Archives : exhibition files, 1902-1965

Summary Information

Abstract

Wright's work and ideas were exhibited throughout the United States and Europe on numerous occasions during his lifetime. This collection represents over 40 of those different exhibitions and includes shows mounted by Wright as well as those mounted by some of the most established curators and institutions of the time. Highlights in the collection include papers on Wright's first traveling show in 1930, a scrapbook compiled by H.T. Wijdeveld celebrating the exhibition he organized for Wright that toured Germany and Netherlands in 1931, and correspondence and other papers related to the many Sixty Years of Living Architecture shows throughout the United States and the world.

At a Glance

Bib ID:
12471339 View CLIO record
Creator(s):
Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959; Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959; Wijdeveld, H. Th., 1885-1987; Taliesin Fellowship
Repository:
Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Physical Description:
2 linear feet
Language(s):
English .
Access:

This collection is available for use by appointment in the Department of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University. For further information and to make an appointment, please email avery-drawings@library.columbia.edu.

Description

Scope and Content

The files are arranged chronologically by exhibition title and location. The exhibitions are documented through announcements, catalogs, checklists, correspondence, publicity material, and miscellaneous notes.

Publication Date

1902-1965

Part of The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation Archives (The Museum of Modern Art | Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library, Columbia University, New York

Arrangement

The collection is made up of one series: Series I: Exhibition Files

Using the Collection

Restrictions on Access

This collection is available for use by appointment in the Department of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University. For further information and to make an appointment, please email avery-drawings@library.columbia.edu.

Restrictions on Use

Columbia University is providing access to the materials in the Library's collections solely for noncommercial educational and research purposes. The unauthorized use, including, but not limited to, publication of the materials without the prior written permission of Columbia University is strictly prohibited. All inquiries regarding permission to publish should be submitted in writing to the Director, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University. For additional guidance, see Columbia University Libraries' publication policy.

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Preferred Citation

Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation Archives : exhibition files, ca. 1902-1965. The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation Archives (The Museum of Modern Art | Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library, Columbia University, New York).

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Accession number--2013.006.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library

Processing Information

Arranged and described by Shelley Hayreh (Avery Archivist).

Revision Description

2017-11-23 File created.

2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.

Biographical sketch

Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959) was an American Architect internationally recognized for his innovative building design, Taliesin school and fellowship, and philosophy of "organic architecture.".

Subject Headings

The subject headings listed below are found in this collection. Links below allow searches for other collections at Columbia University, through CLIO, the catalog for Columbia University Libraries, and through ArchiveGRID, a catalog that allows users to search the holdings of multiple research libraries and archives.

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Name
Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959
Subject
Architects -- United States
Architectural drawing -- Exhibitions
Architectural models -- Exhibitions
Architecture -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Exhibitions
Architecture, American -- Exhibitions

Series I: Exhibition Files

Box A15 Folder 2

The Chicago Architectural Annual, Chicago Architectural Club (Chicago, Illinois), 1902

Catalog [photocopy only]

Box A04 Folder 27

The Seventh American Photographic Salon, Toledo Museum of Art (Toledo, Ohio), 1911

Catalog fragment [photocopy only]

Box A01 Folder 10

The Work of Frank Lloyd Wright, Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois), ca. 1914

Exhibition brochure ("Work done since the spring of 1911")

Box A01 Folder 1

[1930-1931 American and European Exhibition Tour], ca. 1930

FLLW notes, label copy drafts, list of exhibited works, and installation sketches

Box A01 Folder 14

[1930-1931 American and European Exhibition Tour], The Architectural League of New York (New York, New York), 1930

Exhibition announcement

Box A01 Folder 6

[1930-1931 American and European Exhibition Tour], Stedelijk Museum (Amsterdam, Holland), 1931

Exhibition announcement designed by H. TH. Wijdeveld

Box A01 Folder 11

[1930-1931 American and European Exhibition Tour], Stedelijk Museum (Amsterdam, Holland), 1931

Reprint of W. Jos. De. Gruyter, "Frank Lloyd Wright in het Stedelijk Museum te Amsterdam"

Box A01 Folder 16

[1930-1931 American and European Exhibition Tour], Stedelijk Museum (Amsterdam, Holland), 1931

Wijdeveld, H. TH. "Architect Frank Lloyd Wright in Europe in May an Exhibition of His Work in Amsterdam," English translation typescript

Box A01 Folder 7

[1930-1931 American and European Exhibition Tour], Royal Society of Architects of Antwerp (Antwerp, Belgium), 1931

Exhibition announcement

Box A01 Folder 8

[1930-1931 American and European Exhibition Tour], Prussian Academy of Arts (Berlin, Germany), 1931

Exhibition announcement

Box A01 Folder 19

[Prussian Academy of Arts (Berlin, Germany)?], 1931

Newspaper Article

Box A04 Folder 26

[Prussian Academy of Arts (Berlin, Germany)?], 1931

Behrendt, Walter Curt, "Frank Lloyd Wright: Zur Ausstellung in der Akademie der Künste in Berlin," Frankfurter Zeitung und Handelsblatt (June 1931)

Box A01 Folder 13

[1930-1931 American and European Exhibition Tour], 1932

Lists and notes (by FLLW)

Box A01 Folder 12

Modern Architecture: International Exhibition, The Museum of Modern Art (New York, New York), 1932

Catalog

Box A01 Folder 12

Modern Architecture: International Exhibition, The Museum of Modern Art (New York, New York), 1932

Correspondence [photocopy only]

Box A01 Folder 3

[On the Road], Taliesin Fellowship (U.S.A. Tour), ca. 1933

Itinerary and descriptive overview (with FLLW edits)

Box A04 Folder 6

Prussian Academy of Arts (Berlin, Germany), 1933, 1934

Directory and address

Box A04 Folder 14

Institute of Modern Art (Boston, Massachusetts), 1939

Exhibition correspondence [photocopy only]

Box A01 Folder 5

Frank Lloyd Wright: American Architect, The Museum of Modern Art (New York, New York), 1940

Checklists and notes

Box A04 Folder 15

Frank Lloyd Wright in Los Angeles 1919-1926: An Architecture for the Southwest, The National Center for the Study of Frank Lloyd Wright, Domino's Farms (Ann Arbor, Michigan), 1940

Catalog ; [originally organized for The Municipal Art Gallery of the City of Los Angeles Barnsdall Art Park]

Box A02 Folder 21

Sixty Years of Living Architecture, Gimbel's Department Store (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), 1949

Press releases and letter

Box A02 Folder 12

Sixty Years of Living Architecture, Gimbel's Department Store (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), 1951

Oscar Stonorov Floor Plan

Box A02 Folder 22

Sixty Years of Living Architecture, Gimbel's Department Store (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), 1951

Transcripts "Remarks by Arthur C. Kaufmann," "Introduction for Honorable Curtis Bok," "Introduction on Mr. George Howe"

Box A02 Folder 19

Sixty Years of Living Architecture, Palazzo Strozzi (Florence, Italy), 1951

Press release, inventory list

Box A02 Folder 20

Sixty Years of Living Architecture, Palazzo Strozzi (Florence, Italy), 1951

Reprint "The Sovereignty of the Individual" and "Catalogo Itinerario"

Box A05 Folder 15

Sixty Years of Living Architecture, Palazzo Strozzi (Florence, Italy), 1951

Reprint "The Sovereignty of the Individual"

Box A05 Folder 14

[Palazzo Strozzi (Florence, Italy)?], 1952

FLLW Notes re: concerning the Italian Show [photocopy only]

Box A03 Folder 3

Sixty Years of Living Architecture, Kunsthaus Zürich (Zürich, Germany), 1952

Telegram, News Paper clipping, [photocopy only] text

Box A02 Folder 18

Sixty Years of Living Architecture, École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts (Paris, France), 1952

Brochures, newspaper clippings, correspondence, notes (FLLW) and photo

Box A03 Folder 4

Sixty Years of Living Architecture, Haus Der Kunst (Munich, Germany), 1952

Correspondence, Oskar Stonorov "Notes on the Frank Lloyd Wright Exhibitions", FLLW notes [photocopy only]

Box A02 Folder 17

Sixty Years of Living Architecture (Rotterdam, Holland), 1952

Exhibition Photo Album (unbound) and brochures

Box A03 Folder 2

Sixty Years of Living Architecture, Pan-American Congress of Architects (Mexico City, Mexico), 1952

Letters, telegrams, lists

Box A02 Folder 14

Sixty Years of Living Architecture, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (New York, New York), 1953

Exhibition Catalog and The Usonian House Catalog

Box A02 Folder 15

Sixty Years of Living Architecture, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (New York, New York), 1953

Letter from Arthur C. Holden to James Jonson Sweeney, re: permit to build house

Box A03 Folder 5

Sixty Years of Living Architecture, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (New York, New York), 1953

Catalog, correspondence, trade catalogs, and order receipts

Box A03 Folder 6

Sixty Years of Living Architecture, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (New York, New York), 1953

Correspondence, lists, notes (FLLW)

Box A03 Folder 7

Sixty Years of Living Architecture, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (New York, New York), 1953

Correspondence, cost lists

Box A05 Folder 15

Sixty Years of Living Architecture, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (New York, New York), 1953

The Usonian House Catalog [3 items]

Box A01 Folder 4

American Academy of Arts and Letters (New York, New York), 1953

Correspondence and booklet

Box A03 Folder 12

Sixty Years of Living Architecture, Philippine Institute of Architects (Manila, Philippines), 1953

Correspondence, Annual Convention brochure and ephemera

Box A03 Folder 13

Sixty Years of Living Architecture (New Delhi, India), 1953

Correspondence and Booklet "International Exhibition on Low-Cost Housing"

Box A02 Folder 11

Sixty Years of Living Architecture, Art Commission of Los Angeles (Los Angeles, California), 1954

Brochures

Box A03 Folder 8

Sixty Years of Living Architecture, Art Commission of Los Angeles (Los Angeles, California), 1954

Catalogs, correspondence, and list

Box A05 Folder 15

Sixty Years of Living Architecture, Art Commission of Los Angeles (Los Angeles, California), 1954

Catalog

Box A03 Folder 1

Sixty Years of Living Architecture (U.S.A. Tour), 1951

Shipping List, Packing report, press releases

Box A02 Folder 13

Sixty Years of Living Architecture (Los Angeles, California to Wisconsin), 1954

Shipping inventory and lists [photocopy only]

Box A05 Folder 1

Sixty Years of Living Architecture (Los Angeles, California to Wisconsin), 1954

Shipping List, original folder {with FLLW edits?) [photocopy only]

Box A02 Folder 10

Stella Elkins Tyler School of Fine Arts, Temple University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), 1954

correspondence

Box A02 Folder 9

Wisconsin Union Gallery, University of Wisconsin (Madison, Wisconsin), 1955

Art Exhibit Proposal and Memorandum of Terms Form

Box A05 Folder 2

[Unidentified Exhibition], 1955

Exhibition Caption Text (FLLW edits)

Box A01 Folder 20

Sixth Australian Architectural Convention (Adelaide, Australia), 1956

Letter from John N. Morphett to FLLW

Box A02 Folder 16

Sixty Years of Living Architecture (Chicago, Illinois), 1956

Brochures "Early Chicago Buildings - Later Cantilever Structures Including Mile-High Illinois"

Box A02 Folder 7

Institute of Contemporary Arts (Washington, D.C.), 1957

Correspondence with Robert Richman

Box A01 Folder 18

University of Arkansas (Fayetteville, Arkansas), 1958

Correspondence

Box A02 Folder 3

International Festival of Art, United Nations (New York, New York), 1958

Catalog

Box A02 Folder 4

International Festival of Art, United Nations (New York, New York), 1958

Correspondence

Box A02 Folder 6

Form Givers at Mid-Century, The American Federation of Arts (New York, New York), 1958

Letter

Box A01 Folder 17

Venice Biennale (Venice Italy), 1959

Notes and OLLW correspondence

Box A02 Folder 1

Midland Art Association (Midland, Michigan), 1959

Lists and brochure

Box A02 Folder 2

Midland Art Association (Midland, Michigan), 1959

Exhibition notice in Michigan Society of Architects Monthy Bulletin.

Box A01 Folder 23

Museu de Arte Moderna (Rio de Janiero, Brazil), 1960

Brochure

Box A01 Folder 24

Milan Triennale (Milan, Italy), 1960

Notes, correspondence and brochure

Box A05 Folder 5

Forms Givers at Mid-Century, American Federation of Arts, 1960

Correspondence

Box A01 Folder 22

Frank Lloyd Wright Drawings, Museum of Modern Art (New York, New York), 1962

Newspaper article

Box A05 Folder 6 to 13

Frank Lloyd Wright Drawings, Museum of Modern Art (New York, New York), 1962

Correspondence, notes, receipts, lists, and permissions

Box A01 Folder 21

Committee of Architectural Heritage, 1965

Correspondence