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

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.

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

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

Using the Collection

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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.

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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).

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

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Revision Description

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

Subject Headings

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

Subject

History / Biographical Note

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.".

Series I: Exhibition Files

Box A15: Folder 2	The Chicago Architectural Annual. Chicago Architectural Club.	1902
	Chicago, Illinois Catalog [photocopy only]
Box A04: Folder 27	The Seventh American Photographic Salon. Toledo Museum of Art.	1911
	Toledo, Ohio Catalog fragment [photocopy only]
Box A01: Folder 10	The Work of Frank Lloyd Wright. Art Institute of Chicago.	ca. 1914
	Chicago, Illinois 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.	1930
	New York, New York Exhibition announcement
Box A01: Folder 6	[1930-1931 American and European Exhibition Tour]. Stedelijk Museum.	1931
	Amsterdam, Holland Exhibition announcement designed by H. TH. Wijdeveld
Box A01: Folder 11	[1930-1931 American and European Exhibition Tour]. Stedelijk Museum.	1931
	Amsterdam, Holland 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.	1931
	Amsterdam, Holland 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.	1931
	Antwerp, Belgium Exhibition announcement
Box A01: Folder 8	[1930-1931 American and European Exhibition Tour]. Prussian Academy of Arts.	1931
	Berlin, Germany Exhibition announcement
Box A01: Folder 19	[Prussian Academy of Arts?].	1931
	Berlin, Germany (Berlin Exhibition) Newspaper Article
Box A04: Folder 26	[Prussian Academy of Arts?].	1931
	Berlin, Germany 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. Museum of Modern Art.	1932
	New York, New York Catalog
Box A01: Folder 12	Modern Architecture: International Exhibition. Museum of Modern Art.	1932
	New York, New York Correspondence [photocopy only]
Box A01: Folder 3	[On the Road]. Taliesin Fellowship.	ca. 1933
	U.S.A. tour Itinerary and descriptive overview (with FLLW edits)
Box A04: Folder 6	Prussian Academy of Arts.	1933, 1934
	Berlin, Germany Directory and address
Box A04: Folder 14	Institute of Modern Art.	1939
	Boston, Massachusetts Exhibition correspondence [photocopy only]
Box A01: Folder 5	Frank Lloyd Wright: American Architect. Museum of Modern Art.	1940
	New York, New York 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.	1940
	Ann Arbor, Michigan 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.	1949
	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Press releases and letter
Box A02: Folder 12	Sixty Years of Living Architecture. Gimbel's Department Store.	1951
	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Oscar Stonorov Floor Plan
Box A02: Folder 22	Sixty Years of Living Architecture. Gimbel's Department Store.	1951
	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 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.	1951
	Florence, Italy Press release, inventory list
Box A02: Folder 20	Sixty Years of Living Architecture. Palazzo Strozzi.	1951
	Florence, Italy Reprint "The Sovereignty of the Individual" and "Catalogo Itinerario"
Box A05: Folder 15	Sixty Years of Living Architecture. Palazzo Strozzi.	1951
	Florence, Italy Reprint "The Sovereignty of the Individual"
Box A05: Folder 14	[Palazzo Strozzi?].	1952
	FLLW Notes re: concerning the Italian Show [photocopy only]
Box A03: Folder 3	Sixty Years of Living Architecture. Kunsthaus Zürich.	1952
	Zürich, Germany Telegram, News Paper clipping, [photocopy only] text
Box A02: Folder 18	Sixty Years of Living Architecture. Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts.	1952
	Paris, France Brochures, newspaper clippings, correspondence, notes (FLLW) and photo
Box A03: Folder 4	Sixty Years of Living Architecture. Haus Der Kunst.	1952
	Munich, Germany Correspondence, Oskar Stonorov "Notes on the Frank Lloyd Wright Exhibitions", FLLW notes [photocopy only]
Box A02: Folder 17	Sixty Years of Living Architecture.	1952
	Rotterdam, Holland Exhibition Photo Album (unbound) and brochures
Box A03: Folder 2	Sixty Years of Living Architecture. Pan-American Congress of Architects.	1952
	Mexico City, Mexico Letters, telegrams, lists
Box A02: Folder 14	Sixty Years of Living Architecture. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.	1953
	New York, New York Exhibition Catalog and The Usonian House Catalog
Box A02: Folder 15	Sixty Years of Living Architecture. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.	1953
	New York, New York Letter from Arthur C. Holden to James Jonson Sweeney, re: permit to build house
Box A03: Folder 5	Sixty Years of Living Architecture. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.	1953
	New York, New York Catalog, correspondence, trade catalogs, and order receipts
Box A03: Folder 6	Sixty Years of Living Architecture. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.	1953
	New York, New York Correspondence, lists, notes (FLLW)
Box A03: Folder 7	Sixty Years of Living Architecture. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.	1953
	New York, New York Correspondence, cost lists
Box A05: Folder 15	Sixty Years of Living Architecture. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.	1953
	New York, New York The Usonian House Catalog [3 items]
Box A01: Folder 4	American Academy of Arts and Letters.	1953
	New York, New York Correspondence and booklet
Box A03: Folder 12	Sixty Years of Living Architecture. Philippine Institute of Architects.	1953
	Manila, Philippines Correspondence, Annual Convention brochure and ephemera
Box A03: Folder 13	Sixty Years of Living Architecture.	1953
	New Delhi, India Correspondence and Booklet "International Exhibition on Low-Cost Housing"
Box A02: Folder 11	Sixty Years of Living Architecture. Art Commission of Los Angeles.	1954
	Los Angeles, California Brochures
Box A03: Folder 8	Sixty Years of Living Architecture. Art Commission of Los Angeles.	1954
	Los Angeles, California Catalogs, correspondence, and list
Box A05: Folder 15	Sixty Years of Living Architecture. Art Commission of Los Angeles.	1954
	Los Angeles, California to Wisconsin Catalog
Box A03: Folder 1	Sixty Years of Living Architecture.	1951
	Los Angeles, California to Wisconsin Shipping List, Packing report, press releases
Box A02: Folder 13	Sixty Years of Living Architecture.	1954
	Los Angeles, California to Wisconsin Shipping inventory and lists [photocopy only]
Box A05: Folder 1	Sixty Years of Living Architecture.	1954
	Los Angeles, California to Wisconsin Shipping List, original folder {with FLLW edits?) [photocopy only]
Box A02: Folder 10	Stella Elkins Tyler School of Fine Arts. Temple University.	1954
	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania correspondence
Box A02: Folder 9	Wisconsin Union Gallery. University of Wisconsin.	1955
	Madison, Wisconsin 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.	1956
	Adelaide, Australia Letter from John N. Morphett to FLLW
Box A02: Folder 16	Sixty Years of Living Architecture.	1956
	Chicago, Illinois Brochures "Early Chicago Buildings - Later Cantilever Structures Including Mile-High Illinois"
Box A02: Folder 7	Institute of Contemporary Arts.	1957
	Washington, D.C. Correspondence with Robert Richman
Box A01: Folder 18	University of Arkansas.	1958
	Fayetteville, Arkansas Correspondence
Box A02: Folder 3	International Festival of Art. United Nations.	1958
	New York, New York Catalog
Box A02: Folder 4	International Festival of Art. United Nations.	1958
	New York, New York Correspondence
Box A02: Folder 6	Form Givers at Mid-Century. The American Federation of Arts.	1958
	New York, New York Letter
Box A01: Folder 17	Venice Biennale.	1959
	Venice, Italy Notes and OLLW correspondence
Box A02: Folder 1	Midland Art Association.	1959
	Midland, Michigan Lists and brochure
Box A02: Folder 2	Midland Art Association.	1959
	Midland, Michigan Exhibition notice in Michigan Society of Architects Monthy Bulletin.
Box A01: Folder 23	Museu de Arte Moderna	1960
	Rio de Janiero, Brazil Brochure
Box A01: Folder 24	Milan Triennale.	1960
	Milan, Italy Notes, correspondence and brochure
Box A05: Folder 5	Forms Givers at Mid-Century. American Federation of Arts.	1960
	Correspondence
Box A01: Folder 22	Museum of Modern Art.	1962
	New York, New York Newspaper article
Box A05: Folder 6 to 13	Frank Lloyd Wright Drawings. Museum of Modern Art.	1962
	New York, New York Correspondence, notes, receipts, lists, and permissions
Box A01: Folder 21	Committee of Architectural Heritage.	1965
	Correspondence

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Summary Information

Abstract

At a Glance

Arrangement

Arrangement

Description

Scope and Content

Publication Date

Using the Collection

Restrictions on Access

Restrictions on Use

Preferred Citation

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Processing Information

Revision Description

Subject Headings

Subject

History / Biographical Note

Biographical sketch

Series I: Exhibition Files