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PROPERTY FROM THE STEELCASE CORPORATE ART COLLECTION
FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT (1867-1959)
Window from the Meyer May House, Grand Rapids, Michigan, designed circa 1908
Details
FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT (1867-1959)
Window from the Meyer May House, Grand Rapids, Michigan, designed circa 1908
clear and polychrome leaded glass, wood frame
45 1/4 in. x 27 1/4 in. (114.9 x 69.2 cm) (sight)
50 x 31 1/4 in. (127 x 79.4 cm) (frame)
Window from the Meyer May House, Grand Rapids, Michigan, designed circa 1908
clear and polychrome leaded glass, wood frame
45 1/4 in. x 27 1/4 in. (114.9 x 69.2 cm) (sight)
50 x 31 1/4 in. (127 x 79.4 cm) (frame)
Provenance
Meyer S. May, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1908/1922
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Helmer, 1942
Cyrus and Louise Newcomb, 1945
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1986
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Helmer, 1942
Cyrus and Louise Newcomb, 1945
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1986
Literature
B. B. Pfeiffer, Y. Futagawa, Frank Lloyd Wright Monograph: 1907-1913, Tokyo, 1987, pp. 72-75 (for the windows and a discussion of the commission)
B. B. Pfeiffer, Y. Futagawa, Frank Lloyd Wright: Selected Houses 1, Tokyo, 1991, pp. 182-197
C. Lind, The Wright Style, New York, 1992, pp. 24-25, 42-43, 80-83 (for a discussion of the commission)
T. Heinz, Frank Lloyd Wright: Interiors and Furniture, London, 1994, pg. 128 (for related windows in the Meyer May House)
D. Maddex, 50 Favorite Furnishings by Frank Lloyd Wright, New York, 1999, pp. 84-85
D. Maddex, 50 Favorite Rooms By Frank Lloyd Wright, New York, 2001, pp. 20-21, 88-89
J. Sloan, Light Screens: The Complete Leaded-Glass Windows of Frank Lloyd Wright, New York, 2001, pp. 268-271 (for a discussion of the commission)
J. Sloan, Light Screens: The Leaded Glass of Frank Lloyd Wright, New York, 2001, pp. 92-95 (for a discussion of the commission)
A. Weintraub, M. Stipe, Frank Lloyd Wright: The Rooms, Interiors and Decorative Arts, New York, 2014, pp. 84-87
B. B. Pfeiffer, Y. Futagawa, Frank Lloyd Wright: Selected Houses 1, Tokyo, 1991, pp. 182-197
C. Lind, The Wright Style, New York, 1992, pp. 24-25, 42-43, 80-83 (for a discussion of the commission)
T. Heinz, Frank Lloyd Wright: Interiors and Furniture, London, 1994, pg. 128 (for related windows in the Meyer May House)
D. Maddex, 50 Favorite Furnishings by Frank Lloyd Wright, New York, 1999, pp. 84-85
D. Maddex, 50 Favorite Rooms By Frank Lloyd Wright, New York, 2001, pp. 20-21, 88-89
J. Sloan, Light Screens: The Complete Leaded-Glass Windows of Frank Lloyd Wright, New York, 2001, pp. 268-271 (for a discussion of the commission)
J. Sloan, Light Screens: The Leaded Glass of Frank Lloyd Wright, New York, 2001, pp. 92-95 (for a discussion of the commission)
A. Weintraub, M. Stipe, Frank Lloyd Wright: The Rooms, Interiors and Decorative Arts, New York, 2014, pp. 84-87
Further details
These windows were designed circa 1908 for the Meyer S. May House in Grand Rapids, Michigan. In 1922, there was an expansion for this house for which these windows were likely produced.
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