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DR. H. & DOROTHY H. TURKEL RESIDENCE (1955 - S.388) Date: 1955/2024
Title: Dr. H. and Dorothy H. Turkel Residence, Detroit, Michigan, Chair Circa 1955/2024 (1955 - S.388).
Description: Four photographs of the Dorthy Turkel chair. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1955.
Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer wrote, “The Turkel house is a rare example of a two-story Usonian Automatic. Mrs. Turkel was a musician, and the large two-story music room was designed to accommodate her needs. The rest of the plan continues along an "L" shape, the entrance near the music room on the south, the study, workspace and dining in the main wing, 3 sons' bedrooms and maid's room in the other wing. Upstairs are bedrooms for the daughter and Dr. and Mrs. Turkel. Mrs. Turkel's study turns into a balcony over the music room below. The columns between the glass doors employ the mitered blocks with their glass inserts on the upper third of the column, above a base of 4' solid blocks.” Frank Lloyd Wright Monograph 1951-1959, 1988.
The design is very similar to the chairs in the Stuart Richardson (1940 - S.282) and Robert Winn Houses (1950 - S.301). This chair was auctioned at Toomey & Co. on March 26, 2024. Realized price $40,000. Constructed of mahogany, mahogany plywood, Cherokee red vinyl. Courtesy of Toomey & Co. See Additional Wright Chairs...
Size: 29" High x 26" Wide x 25" Deep.
S#: 1092.297.0226 (1-4)Date: 1980 Title: Dr. H. and Dorothy H. Turkel Residence (1955 - S.388), Detroit, Michigan.
Description: Caption pasted on verso: "At left, the corridor leading to the music room is punctuated with built-in mahogany cabinets and furnished with built in banquette. The exterior design of the house in Palmer Woods relies on concrete block for decoration. Wright designed the prototype of this house to be a do-it-yourself home. Free Press Photo by Mary Schroeder." Stamped on verso: "May 15 1980". Acquired from the achieves of the Detroit Free Press. (See Usonian Automatic Study that includes the Turkel Residence.)
Size: Original 8 x 10 B&W photograph
S#: 1980.24.0211
Date: 1980 Title: Dr. H. and Dorothy H. Turkel Residence (1955 - S.388), Detroit, Michigan.
Description: Caption pasted on verso: "From the balcony over the music room, a visitor can see the built-in comforts designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. He didn’t stop with architecture." Free Press Photo by Mary Schroeder." Stamped on verso: "Detroit Free Press Photo, May 15 1980", "Photo by Mary Schroeder". Acquired from the achieves of the Detroit Free Press. (See Usonian Automatic Study that includes the Turkel Residence.)
Size: Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph
S#: 1980.25.0211
Date: 1981 Title: Dr. H. and Dorothy H. Turkel Residence, Detroit, Michigan (1955 - S.388)
Description: Exterior of the home viewed from Southeast. Photographed by Detroit News Photographer Robinson. 1981. This photograph used and published in the Detroit News on September 25, 1981, 1A. (See Usonian Automatic Study that includes the Turkel Residence.)
Size: Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph
S#: 1981.19.1109
Date: 1981 Title: Dr. H. and Dorothy H. Turkel Residence, Detroit, Michigan (1955 - S.388)
Description: Interior of the home viewed from Northwest. Photographed by Detroit News Photographer Robinson. 1981. This photograph used and published in the Detroit News on September 25, 1981, 5B. (See Usonian Automatic Study that includes the Turkel Residence.)
Size: Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph
S#: 1981.20.1109Date: 1990 Title: Dr. H. and Dorothy H. Turkel Residence, Detroit, Michigan (1955 - S.388)
Description: Interior of the home viewed from North. Caption on back: "The 177 windows in the living room walls provide a unique view for Robert Blaszkowki, who house-sits the Monaghan property." Photographed by Detroit News Photographer Steve Haines. 1990. This photograph used and published in the Detroit News on April 10, 1990, 1E. (See Usonian Automatic Study that includes the Turkel Residence.)
Size: Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph
S#: 1990.75.1109
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