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YEAR |
DESCRIPTION |
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| Frank Lloyd Wright (June 8, 1867 - April 9, 1959) |
| Olga (Olgivanna) Ivanovna
Milanoff: Aka, Olga Lazovich Milanov (December 27, 1898 -
March 1, 1985). Olga's first marriage was to a Russian
architect, Vladimar Hinzenberg, in 1917. They divorced in 1925.
Wright and Olga met at the Petrograd Ballet in Chicago in 1924
while she was separated from her husband. They were
married on August 25, 1928 at midnight in Rancho Santa Fe near
La Jolla. They honeymooned in Phoenix, Arizona at the Arizona
Biltmore. (Note: She was 31 years younger.) |
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1885
 |
Wright
at 18.
Frank Lloyd Wright Portrait (circa 1885). Photographer
E.R. Curtiss, Wisconsin Historical Society. High-res digital
4 x 5 image. |
0001.01.0706 |
1889 |
Wright at 22. Frank Lloyd
Wright Portrait (circa 1889). International Newsreel Photo - Received 9/20/29. Typed
caption on back: "Friends incorporate F.L. Wright, Architect. Chicago
Ill... Frank Lloyd Wright, internationally famous architect who is now an
institution under the charter of Frank Lloyd Wright, Inc., following the
establishment of the corporation by his friends. Wright may now give
his talent free play unhampered by domestic or financial matters. He
is said to have invented a method that will revolutionize skyscrapers."
Time line: Wright arrived in Chicago in 1887. Set up his own practice
in 1993. Original silver gelatin photo. 6 x 8. |
0009.01.0401 |
1993
 |
Wright at 28 (Circa 1895)
(Published by the
Frank Lloyd Wright
Home & Studio Foundation. #3268) “Frank Lloyd Wright:
Wright was about 28 at the time this picture was taken, circa 1895. Just
two years earlier he had left the employment of Louis Sullivan and begun
his independent practice of architecture. Photo a gift of David
and Gladys Wright.” 4.25 x 6 Postcard. |
1993.48.0706 |
1905
 |
Martha “Mamah”
Bouton Borthwick Cheney (June 19, 1869 - August 15, 1914). She was born in
Boone, Iowa. She received a BA at the University of Michigan, and
later worked as a librarian in Port Huron, Michigan. In 1899, she
married Edwin Cheney, an electrical engineer from Oak Park, Illinois, USA.
They had two children: John (1902) and Martha (1905). Edwin
commissioned Wright to design them a home in 1903. In 1909, Mamah and
Frank left their respective spouses and traveled to Europe, settling in
Italy for about a year. Upon their return, they settled at Taliesin in
Spring Green, Wisconsin. On August 15, 1914, one of Wright's recently
hired domestic workers murdered Mamah, both her children, three of Wright's
associates, and a son of one of the associates. He set fire to one
wing of Taliesin, and murdered the seven people with an ax as they tried to
escape the fire. At the time, Wright was overseeing work on Midway
Gardens in Chicago. Catherine Wright refused to give Wright a divorce until
November 13, 1922. Note on Verso, dated 11/15/22 (two days after
divorce was granted) “Old love of famous architect who is divorced.
Photo is of Mamah Borthwick Cheney who fled with
Frank Lloyd Wright
to a ‘Love Hegira’ in Japan, and who died in the flames of the 'Love
Bungalow' of herself and Wright, at Spring Green, Wis. Note: Chicago
Herald & Examiner of November 15th carried story of
Frank Lloyd Wright
divorce.” Very few images exist. Meryle Secrest notes in a
portrait caption “Frank
Lloyd Wright A
Biography” 1992, page 196, “The only known photograph of Mamah Borthwick
Cheney, published in the Chicago Tribune at the time of her murder, in
1914.” Original silver gelatin 8.5 x 6.5 photograph. |
0058.02.0307 |
1914
 |
The Detroit
Tribune - August 16, 1914 (Published daily) |
Anonymous |
1) Spring Green,
Wis., Aug. 15. - “Negro Fires ‘Love Bungalow.’ Slays Architect’s
Soul Mate and Cuts Down Eight Others. Puts Torch to Wisconsin
Cottage of Frank Lloyd Wright, of Chicago, and Kills Six and Injures
Three as They Crawl Out of Window.” Accounts in graphic detail the
death of Mrs. Mamah Bouton Borthwick, her two children Martha and John,
four others and two seriously injured. Includes one photograph.
2) Chicago, Aug. 15. - “Frank Lloyd
Wright was in his office when he received a long distance telephone
message informing him of the tragedy. He was prostrated and
declined to discuss it. Later he left for Spring green.” Brief
history of Wright and Cheney. Original cover price 5 cents. 17.5 x
23.25. |
1) Pp 1-2
2) Pg 2 |
0124.08.0607 |
1920s
 |
Mrs. John Lloyd Wright. Photograph of a
portrait by Chicago artist Frank A. Werner, Born April 15, 1877 Akron, OH,
Died July 6, 1953 Chicago, IL. This photograph of the portrait was
taken by Frederick O. Bemm, Art Institute Chicago Staff Photographer.
Verso: Mrs. John Lloyd Wright. Not dated. I have not been able
to verify if this truly is “Mrs. Wright” or which of his wives it was.
I would estimate it had to be Jeanette or Hazel. John Lloyd Wright:
Born 12/12/1892, Oak Park, Illinois, died 12/20/1972, Del Mar, San Diego,
California. On returning to Chicago in late 1913, John was placed in
charge of his father's office, now located in Orchestra Hall on Michigan
Avenue, where he handled business matters when Frank Lloyd Wright was at
Taliesin, the home he had built for himself and Mamah Cheney at Spring
Green, Wisconsin. In 1914 John Lloyd Wright married Jeanette
Winters, a young woman he had met in Los Angeles, they were divorced in
1920. The young couple moved into a tiny wooden building at 938
Lincoln Parkway. They dubbed their home "Bird Center," decorating it with
jig sawed and painted birds. In 1920, John moved back to Oak Park, to
the apartment which his father had outfitted over the old studio in order to
provide some income for John's mother, who still lived in the old family
home. He remained there after marrying again, this time to Hazel
Josephine Lundin (1896 - 1972) on 10/27/1921, and it was there that his
first child, Elizabeth Lloyd Wright Ingraham born on 7/26/1923. Late
in 1923, he and his family moved to Long Beach, a lakeside residential
enclave of Michigan City, Indiana. There he renewed his architectural
practice, starting with the construction of his own house and studio, Studio
Court, built in 1924. His second child was John Lloyd Wright
(2/23/1925 - 1/30/1974). In 1942 he married for the third time to
Frances Welch. Original 6.5 x 9.25 vintage silver gelatin photograph,
circa 1920s. Set includes six photographs of Werner’s work and two
brochures. |
0142.03.0307 |
1923
 |
Wright
at 56.
Frank Lloyd Wright Portrait. November 27, 1923.
Photgrapher Arnold Genthe, AMICO Public
Collection, Washington DC. High-res 3 x 4 digital image. |
0156.02.0706 |
1925
 |
Wright
at 58. Portrait of Wright holding his baby
daughter Iovanna at Taliesin. No other copy of this print is known to
exist. This photograph was loaned to Ken Burns for his 2004 Wright
documentary. Inscribed on verso: "Frank Lloyd Wright and baby daughter
Iovanna at Taliesin". Kelmscott Gallery, Chicago, acquired this
photograph from Wright's granddaughter Nora Natof in 1980. Original
vintage 2.5 x 4.25 silver gelatin photograph. |
0171.02.1206 |
1930
 |
Wright
at 63.
Frank Lloyd Wright Portrait.
1930 DeLonge Studio, Wisconsin Historical
Society. High-res 5 x 6 digital image. |
0249.09.0706 |
1934-35
 |
Wright
at 67. Frank Lloyd Wright
Portrait. Original 5 x 7 Sepia tone. Given to Lucian Schlingen
Sr. by Frank Lloyd Wright 1934-35. Purchased from Son. (Note on
back: Return to Taliesin, Spring Green, Wisconsin) |
0397.02.0606 |
1936
 |
Wright at 69. High res
digital 4x5 digital image, 1936. (241KB) 4 x 5. |
0404.10.0307 |
1942
 |
“Anne Baxter - 20th Century Fox Player”. February 1942.
Published by 20th Century Fox Film Corp. Anne Baxter was born in Michigan City, Indiana,
on May 7, 1923. She was the daughter of a salesman and his wife, Catherine,
who herself was the daughter of Frank Lloyd Wright. Anne was a young girl of
11 when her parents moved to New York City. Verso: “Play time... and it's
also time for exercise too for charming 17 year old Anne Baxter, who is
being groomed for stardom by 20th Century-Fox following her featured
performance in ‘Swamp Water’ for that studio.” Original 8 x 10 vintage
silver gelatin photograph. |
0593.04.0307 |
1944
 |
Anne Baxter. July 1944. Published by 20th Century Fox Film Corp. Anne
Baxter was born in Michigan City, Indiana, on May 7, 1923. She was the
daughter of a salesman and his wife, Catherine, who herself was the daughter
of Frank Lloyd Wright. Anne was a young girl of 11 when her parents moved to
New York City. Verso: “Playing Heroine Roles and getting top billing in her
movies is all well and good, but pretty Anne Baxter says that for just once
in her career she wants to play a siren or ‘other women’ type of part...” Original 7.5 x 9.5 vintage silver gelatin photograph. |
0603.03.0307 |
1949
 |
Frank Lloyd
Wright at 82.
Photographed in New York City, Nov. 2, 1949. Stamp on back also
indicated that this photo was published Jun 3, 1951 and Dec 6, 1953.
Original 5 x 7 silver gelatin photo. Published in "Frank
Lloyd Wright - A Visual Encyclopedia" 1999 Thomson, page 10 and 341. |
0760.01.0706 |
1949
 |
Mrs.
Frank Lloyd
Wright (at 51). Helen
Morrison Photographer. Hedrich-Blessing owned the rights to the negative, but were
not the photographers. Verso: “Reprinted by Hedrich-Blessing. (Not a Hedrich-Blessing Photograph). Negative Number 44206". Published in
“About Wright” Tafel 1993, page 297;
"An
Autobiography"
Wright 1977, page 320 (see page 619, Photographers' Credits). Original 8 x 10 silver
gelatin photo. |
0798.06.0906 |
1949
 |
Frank
Lloyd Wright in a White
Suit, photographed in the late 40s. Silver gelatin publicity
photograph made for an exhibition at the Kelmscott Gallery, Chicago, held in
early 1980s. This is from an original, silver gelatin photograph,
circa 1940s with Wright's signature on the image lower left hand corner of
the print. Photographer unknown. 8 x 10. |
0798.07.1206 |
1952
 |
“‘The Outcasts of Poker Flat’ starring Anne Baxter, Dale
Robertson” 1952. 52/141. Published by 20th Century Fox Film Corp. Anne Baxter was born in
Michigan City, Indiana, on May 7, 1923. She was the daughter of a salesman
and his wife, Catherine, who herself was the daughter of Frank Lloyd Wright. Anne was a young girl of 11 when her parents moved to New York City. Original 8 x 10 vintage silver gelatin photograph. |
0910.18.0307 |
1954 |
Frank Lloyd
Wright at 87.
11/11/54 Associated Press. Caption on back: "Feuding with Wisconsin.
Architect Frank Lloyd Wright, shown in a New York Hotel, Nov 11, said he is leaving his
native Wisconsin because state authorities place "Money before merit".
Wright cited a state supreme court ruling that his studio home architectural
school, Taliesin, is not an educational institution in the meaning of
Wisconsin state law and so is subject to taxation." Original 8 x 10
silver gelatin photo. |
1954.00.1202 |
1954
 |
Frank
Lloyd Wright at 87. 1954
Al Ravenna photographer. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of
Congress. High-res 4.5 x 6 digital image. |
0998.02.0706 |
1990
 |
Wright at 87 (1954)
(Published by Fotofolio, New York, F124) “Frank Lloyd Wright,
1954." Photograph by Yousuf Karsh. 6 x 4.25. |
1990.50.0806 |
1955
 |
Wright at 88. Wright
visits the Capital Building in 1955. Limited edition 8.5 x 11 print
from digital negatives on satin semi gloss Semisatinado paper. 4/100.
2007. 8.5 x 11. |
1092.13.0307 |
1956
 |
Wright at 89. Frank Lloyd
Wright Day. Proclaimed by Mayor Richard J. Daley. Sponsored by
The Day Committee, October 16, 17, 18, 1956. Hotel Sherman, Chicago.
Photographed on October 17, 1956. Limited edition 8.5 x 11 print from
digital negatives on satin semi gloss Semisatinado paper. 2/100.
2007. 8.5 x 11. |
1148.02.0307 |
1990
 |
Wright at 89 (1956)
(Published by Time Inc., Fotofolio, New York, P41) Time Inc. “Frank
Lloyd Wright, 1956." Life Photograph by Alfred Eisenstaedt. 4.25 x
6 Postcard. |
1990.49.0706 |
1956 |
Frank Lloyd
Wright and Wife at
Taliesin, 1956. From the Archives of the Los Angeles Examiner. In
pencil on back: "Frank Lloyd Wright
and wife Olga Lazovich Wright". Original 8 x 10 silver gelatin
photo. (Note: Many Masks, Brendan Gill, page 495).
Published in the "New World Odyssey"
1986 John Gurda, Pg 57. |
1950.00.1203 |
1957 |
Frank Lloyd
Wright at 90 (AP wirephoto) (June 8,
1957). Caption reads: "Spring Green, Wis., June 8 - Wright Celebrates 88th Birthday,
Frank Lloyd Wright, the world famous architect, posed with his wife, Olgivanna
(right), and his daughter Iovanna, at his 88th birthday celebration here
tonight. Over 125 guests toasted Wright as he spoke of his commission
from King Faisal of Iraq to design and plan a cultural center on a Tigris
River island in Bagdad. He called the commission a wonderful present." This photo is
also published in the Saturday Evening Post, 2/4/61, Pg 38. |
1957.00.0500 |
1957
 |
Frank
Lloyd Wright at 90.
Associated Press Caption: “Wright Dies. Architect Frank Lloyd Wright, 89,
Died April 9 in Phoenix, Ariz., following an operation for an intestinal
obstruction on April 4.” AP caption accompanying the photo.
Photograph shot in 1957 with Baghdad Opera House and Gardens Drawing as
backdrop. For Illustration note: “Truth
Against the World”, 1987, Meehan, page 419; “Arch
Forum”, May 1958, page 89-102; “Frank
Lloyd Wright Quarterly”
Winter 2004. Stamped on back “Filed Apr 16, 1959 Not Used” and
“Published May 17, 1970". Original 5 x 7 silver gelatin photo. |
1205.19.1006 |
1957
 |
Frank
Lloyd Wright at
90. Photographed in 1957 by Edgar L. Obma. Published on the
cover of “Frank
Lloyd Wright
Decorative Designs Collection” Frank
Lloyd Wright
Foundation 1988. Similar view in “The Master Architect, Conversations
with Frank
Lloyd Wright”
Meehan 1984, Pg 313. Original 8 x 10 B&W photograph. |
1205.26.0507 |
1958
 |
Frank
Lloyd Wright at
91. Fall 1958 Wright and female at Plaza Hotel, to discuss the
Radcliffe Scholarship Tour of the incomplete Guggenheim Museum. (This
photograph was pasted inside the first page of a book that was purchased.
Handwritten below the photograph: "At the Plaza Hotel fall 1958 to discuss
the Radcliffe Scholarship Tour of the incomplete Guggenheim Museum.")
5.3 x 3.2. Original silver gelatin B&W photograph. 5.3 x 3.2 |
1259.14.0507 |
Circa 1970
 |
Mrs.
Frank
Lloyd Wright at Taliesin
West. Circa 1970. Photograph by Joseph F. Rorke, Resident in
1954. Original 6 x 5.75 silver gelatin photo. |
1846.01.1006 |
1971
 |
Mrs.
Frank
Lloyd Wright.
Stamped on back “Published August 8, 1971". Original 8 x 10 silver
gelatin photo. |
1867.02.1006 |
2007
 |
Loving Frank
(Advanced Reader’s Edition) (Published by Ballantine Books, a
division of Random House, Inc., New York) |
Horan, Nancy |
Fictionalization
life of Mamah Borthwick Cheney. Frank and Mamah, both married and
with children, met when Mamah's husband, Edwin, commissioned Wright to
design a house. Their affair became the stuff of headlines when they
left their families to live and travel together, going first to Germany,
where Mamah found rewarding work doing scholarly translations of Swedish
feminist Ellen Key's books. Frank and Mamah eventually settled in
Wisconsin, where they were hounded by a scandal-hungry press, with
tragic repercussions. Mamah's life is cut short in the most unexpected
and violent of ways. To be released on August 7, 2007.
Original HC list price $23.95. 6 x 9.25. Two copies.
(First Edition) |
Pp 372 |
2007.07.0507 2007.08.0507 |
