YEAR TITLE AUTHOR DESCRIPTION PAGES ST# 1949 The New Theatre - Special Exhibition, January 26 - February 27, 1949. The Architectural Model, Plan, Renderings of: (Project for Hartford Conn.). Hartford Conn. Wadsworth Atheneum, Frank Lloyd Wright Exhibit brochure for show at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum. The Architectural Model, Plan, Renderings of The New Theatre. These designs were revived in 1949 for a group in Hartford Conn. Adequate funds were not raised, and it remained a project. This exhibit was for showing the Architectural Model, Plans and Renderings. First public exhibition. (See "Taliesin Drawings" 0864.00.0600 Pp 52 - 55. This design looks similar to the New Theatre for Woodstock, New York (1931 Project) Florida Southern College Pfeiffer Chapel (1938), and the Dallas Theatre Center, Dallas, Tx (1955). (Sweeney 749) Pp 4 0749.00.1101 1949 Theatre Arts - July 1949 (Published monthly by John D. McCarthur, Chicago) Lewis, Lloyd “The New Theatre ...Frank Lloyd Wright, the world’s foremost architect, sees his long-planned theatre nearing construction.” New theater project for Hartford Connecticut. Never built, but design used for the Kalita Humphreys Theater in Dallas Texas. Includes three photographs of the model. Original cover price 50 cents. 8.5 x 11.25. (Sweeney 777) Pp 33-34 0777.00.0807 1949 Theatre Arts - July 1949 (Published monthly by John D. McCarthur, Chicago) Wright, Frank Lloyd A tribute to Lloyd Lewis: “Proofs of the Lloyd Lewis article on The New Theatre reached me as word come from his wife Kathryn telling me I should not see Lloyd again.” Wright designed the Lloyd Lewis Residence and Farm Unit in 1939 (S265-266). Includes one illustration of Wright by Richard Lindner. Original cover price 50 cents. 8.5 x 11.25. (Sweeney 796) Pp 32 0796.00.0807
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