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The bootleg homes of Frank Lloyd Wright : his clandestine work revealed
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Uncover the secret Chicago laboratory of Frank Lloyd Wright's Prairie Style. Before Frank Lloyd Wright officially launched America's most famous architectural career, he was designing the building ...
Uncover the secret Chicago laboratory of Frank Lloyd Wright's Prairie Style. Before Frank Lloyd Wright officially launched America's most famous architectural career, he was designing the building blocks of his legendary prairie style on the side. In violation of his contract with his employers, Adler and Sullivan, Wright moonlighted as an independent architect from his Oak Park studio. From 1892 through the spring of 1893, he experimented with the elements that would become his signature in houses in Chicago, La Grange and Oak Park. The full roster of these "bootleg homes" has remained a matter of mystery and debate. Robert Hartnett seeks to provide the first definitive account of the hidden artifacts of Wright's storied legacy. --
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- Robert J. Hartnett
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- English
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- Charleston, SC : The History Press, 2023
- ©2023
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- 124 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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- 9781467154062, 1467154067
- OCLC
- on1371749317
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Introducton -- Prelude -- 1825-1866: William C. Wright and his nomadic life -- 1863-1888: Frank Lloyd Wright's formative years -- 1886-1887: Apprenticeship with Joseph Lyman Silsbee -- Unity Chapel, Spring Green, Wisconsin -- J.L. Cochrane Edgewater Subdivision, Lakeview, Illinois -- Unitarian Chapel, Sioux City, Iowa -- Hillside Home School, Spring Green, Wisconsin -- Helena Valley Residence, No.1, Spring Green, Wisconsin -- Helena Valley Residence, No. 2, Spring green, Wisconsin -- 1. 1888: Frank Lloyd Wright joins the firm of his mentor -- 2. 1891-1893: Frank Lloyd Wright's Bootleg Phase -- The Chicago homes -- Berry/MacHarg House -- George Blossom Home -- Warren McArthur Home -- Dr. Allison W. Harlan Home -- The La Grange Homes -- Henry Cooper Project -- Robert G. Emmond Home -- W. Irving Clark House -- Peter Goan House -- The Oak Park Homes -- Thomas H. Gale and Robert P. Parker Homes -- charles E. Roberts Project -- Walter H. Gale House -- Francis J. Woolley House -- 3. 1893: The year of the transformation -- Epilogue