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ID: 700009024
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700009024
Record Type: Movable Work
Frank Lloyd Wright architectural drawings and papers (architectural drawings (visual works); Frank Lloyd Wright (American architect, 1867-1959) ; circa 1880-1959; Columbia University, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Libra...; Call Number: D&A Wright)
Note: Summary:Approximately 1,000 architectural drawings, circa 1880-1959, with related correspondence, clippings, announcements, specifications, legal documents, and photographs. Major projects represented include Auldbrass Plantation, Yemasee, S.C; the Guggenheim Museum, New York City; Fallingwater (the Edgar J. Kaufmann residence), Bear Run, Pa.; and Wright's own home and studio in Oak Park, Ill. Also, Wright's correspondence relating to exhibits and publication of his work; other professional matters; and correspondence with his son, John Lloyd Wright, 1920s-1950s; manuscript, typescript, and printed versions of articles and addresses by Wright; photographs, programs, invitations, issues of SQUARE-PAPERS, and other materials, circa 1920s-1940s, relating to Taliesin; and miscellaneous invitations, programs, announcements, honors, appreciations, memorials, clippings, and other documents relating to various aspects of Wright's career.
Titles:
Frank Lloyd Wright architectural drawings and papers (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)
Catalog Level: group
Work Types:
architectural drawings (visual works) [300034787] (preferred)
..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, drawings (visual works), <drawings by subject type>)
drawings (visual works) [300033973]
..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)
photoprints [300127104]
..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, photographs, <photographs by form>, positives (photographs))
correspondence [300026877]
..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Information Forms (hierarchy name), information forms (objects), document genres, <documents by function>)
clippings (information artifacts) [300026867]
..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Information Forms (hierarchy name), information forms (objects), information artifacts, <information artifacts by physical form>)
announcements [300026707]
..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Information Forms (hierarchy name), information forms (objects), document genres, <documents by function>, declaratory documents)
specifications [300027723]
..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Information Forms (hierarchy name), information forms (objects), document genres, <documents by function>, records (documents), <records by form or function>, architectural records, contract documents)
legal documents [300027590]
..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Information Forms (hierarchy name), information forms (objects), document genres, <documents by function>, records (documents), <records by form or function>)

Classifications:
architecture (preferred)

Creation Date: circa 1880-1959

Creator Display:
Frank Lloyd Wright (American architect, 1867-1959) [preferred]
originator (administrative) Wright, Frank Lloyd (American architect, 1867-1959) [500020307]
Locations:
Current: Columbia University, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library (New York City, New York state, United States) [500303895] Columbia University, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)
Repository Numbers: Call Number: D&A Wright
Address Note: Paper inventories available in the Dept. of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Display Materials: various materials, drawings and photoprints
drawing (image-making) [300054196]
.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <image-making processes and techniques>, <drawing and drawing techniques>)
photography (process) [300054225]
.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <image-making processes and techniques>, <photography and photographic processes and techniques>)
paper (fiber product) [300014109]
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>)
multiple materials (materials for groups) [300404821]
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by property>)

Dimensions: approx. 2 cubic ft. of papers; approx. 1,000 drawings; various dimensions
General Subject:
architecture (preferred)

List/Hierarchical Position:
..... Movable Works
.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media
Sources and Contributors:
Frank Lloyd Wright architectural drawings and papers........ [VP]
........ Avery Drawings & Archives, Columbia University [online] 2000-.
Subject: ....... [VP]
Note:
English ..... [VP]
..... Avery Drawings & Archives, Columbia University [online] 2000-.
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