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89046

A FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT (AMERICAN 1867-1959) LEADED GLASS WINDOW FROM THE DARWIN D. MARTIN HOUSE, BUFFALO, NEW YORK . Produced ...

2012 June 13 20th Century Design Signature Auction #5104

 
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Auction Ended On: Jun 13, 2012
Item Activity: 5 Internet/mail/phone bidders Number of Bidders
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Location: Heritage Auctions - Design District Annex
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A FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT (AMERICAN 1867-1959) LEADED GLASS WINDOW FROM THE DARWIN D. MARTIN HOUSE, BUFFALO, NEW YORK
Produced by Linden Glass Company, Chicago, Illinois, circa 1904
Unmarked
25-3/8 x 16-1/2 inches (64.5 x 41.9 cm)

The window with stylized geometric trees executed in colored glass in several shades of transparent green, amber and white, and opaque opalescent, gold and iridized gold glass, the glass pieces each set at slightly different angle, in brass canes.

This lot is the upper portion of a Tree of Life window from the Martin House (1904-1905), part of the Darwin D. Martin House Complex, and is one of more than sixty windows and doors in this pattern created for the house. The window, which originally extended to stylized trunk and roots, was removed from the home which was abandoned from 1938 to 1954 and remodeled in the 1960s. At the time of the remodeling many irreplaceable parts of the house were sold or scrapped. This window was salvaged from a Buffalo dump, with damage beyond repair to the bottom segment.

Other examples of this window are represented in the collections of the Corning Museum of Glass, the Art Institute of Chicago and the National Gallery of Australia..

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Darwin D. Martin House
Private New York Collection from the early 1960s Estimate: .

Wright, Frank Lloyd:Architect, draftsman, furniture and interior designer and author, Wright is internationally recognized as one of the most important figures in 20th century architecture. However, unlike other architects whose success and reputation are measured in part by the dispersal of their ideals into the everyday landscape, Wright remained an individualist who made only a slight impact on the evolution of 20th century architecture. Instead, his fame is derived from its intuitive ability to mold space within an environment and within space itself. He is best known for his "Prairie style" homes, efficient office buildings, and innovative furniture and chinaware designs.. American architect, 1867-1959

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top half of a larger window now in a frame and set between plexi-glass panes, there is some damage to glass visible in the high resolution image on-line at HA.com

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