$23,750
Frank Lloyd Wright
pair of lounge chairs from the Clarence Sondern House, Kansas City
USA, c.
1939 cypress plywood, upholstery 21½ w x 22 d x 27¾ h in (55 x 56 x 70 cm)
result: $23,750
provenance: Clarence Sondern House, Kansas City, MO | Thomas S. Monaghan The Domino's Pizza Collection | Christie's, New York, 12 June 1993, Lot 123 | Important private collection
exhibited: Frank Lloyd Wright: Preserving an Architectural Heritage, Decorative Designs from the Domino's Pizza Collection, December 1989 - February 1990, Seattle Art Museum | March - June 1990, The Chicago Historical Society | July - September 1990, The Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo NY | October 1990 - January 1998, The Denver Art Museum | February - April 1991, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia | May - June 1991, Dallas Museum of Art
literature: Frank Lloyd Wright Monograph 1937-1941 , Pfeiffer and Futugawa, ppg. 180-183 Frank Lloyd Wright: Preserving an Architectural Heritage, Decorative Designs from the Domino's Pizza Collection , Hanks, ppg. 106-107, 143 illustrate both examples with one depicted in a period photo
Auctioneer:
Wright Auctions
Date:
2014-12-11
