Frank Lloyd Wright collection of Louis Henry Sullivan drawings, circa 1873-1910, (bulk circa 1883-1895).

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Frank Lloyd Wright collection of Louis Henry Sullivan drawings, circa 1873-1910, (bulk circa 1883-1895).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122632888

The bulk of the architectural drawings date from the period, circa 1883-1910, when Sullivan was a partner with Dankmar Adler in the architectural firm Adler and Sullivan. Projects represented include remodeling of McVickar's Theater, Chicago, 1883-1884 and 1890-1891; Auditorium Building, Chicago, 1888-1890; Transportation Building, Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1891-1892; Chicago Stock Exchange building, 1894; St. Nicholas Hotel, St. Louis, 1894; Guaranty Building, Buffalo, 1895; remodeling of the Taylor Building, Chicago, 1894; National Farmers Bank, Owatonna, Minn., 1907; miscellaneous buildings; fresco designs; ornamental studies and designs; cover designs for magazines; miscellaneous designs; and figure studies. Drawings, 1873-1876, done by Sullivan while at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris; manuscripts of Sullivan's KINDERGARTEN CHATS, and DEMOCRACY: A MAN-SEARCH; drawings attributed to other architects, including Sullivan's assistant, George G. Elmslie; and miscellaneous drawings, are also included. Some drawings are annotated by Wright.

approx. 125 drawings.

Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 6797324

Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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