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Property from a Private American Collection

Frank Lloyd Wright

Window from the Darwin D. Martin House, Buffalo, New York

Auction Closed

December 8, 07:38 PM GMT

Estimate

15,000 - 20,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Private American Collection

Frank Lloyd Wright

Window from the Darwin D. Martin House, Buffalo, New York


circa 1903-1905

executed by the Linden Glass Company, Chicago, Illinois

opalescent, iridized and clear glass, brass-plated "colonial" zinc cames, wood frame (not illustrated)

45½ x 10¼ in. (115.6 x 26 cm) excluding frame

47¼ x 11⅞ in. (120 x 30.2 cm) including frame

Mr. and Mrs. Darwin D. Martin, Buffalo, New York
Mr. and Mrs. Darwin R. Martin, Jr., Buffalo, New York
J. Freeman, Northern New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1976
Edgar Kaufmann, Frank Lloyd Wright at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1982, p. 22 (for a period photograph of a related door in situ)
David A. Hanks, Frank Lloyd Wright, Preserving an Architectural Heritage, Decorative Designs from The Domino's Pizza Collection, exh. cat., New York, 1989, pp. 56 (for a related window) and 57 (for a period photograph of a related window in situ)
Thomas A. Heinz, Frank Lloyd Wright: Glass Art, London, 1994, p. 103 (for a related window)
Jack Quinan, ed., Frank Lloyd Wright: Windows of the Darwin D. Martin House, exh. cat., Burchfield-Penney Art Center, Buffalo State College, Buffalo, July 31-November 28, 1999, p. 17 (for a related window)
Julie L. Sloan, Light Screens: The Leaded Glass of Frank Lloyd Wright, exh. cat., New York, 2001, pp. 84 (for a drawing of the window) and 85 (for a related pair of doors)
Julie L. Sloan, Light Screens: The Complete Leaded-Glass Windows of Frank Lloyd Wright, New York, 2001, pp. 262 (for a related window in situ) and 263 (for a drawing of a related window)
Eric Jackson-Forsberg, ed., Frank Lloyd Wright: Art Glass of the Martin House Complex, San Francisco, 2009, pp. 6 (for related doors in situ) and 67 (for a related door panel)