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Frank Lloyd Wright Wasmuth print, Plate II

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Frank Lloyd Wright Wasmuth print, Plate II
Frank Lloyd Wright Wasmuth print, Plate II

Artist: Wright, Frank Lloyd (American, 1869 - 1959)

Title: Plate II from the Wasmuth Portfolio, Home of Frau Aline Devin

Date: 1910

Medium: lithograph

Dimensions: 21.25 x 13 inches

Edition Number: Wasmuth 1st edition

Description: Plate II from Frank Lloyd Wright, the Wasmuth-Portfolio, which Mies von der Rohe called “the most important book of the 20th century.” Only a thousand sets were made, and many were destroyed in the fire at Talesin. Wright supervised the destruction of the original plates while in Berlin.

Signature: F.L. Wright blindstamp, upper left

Condition: in good condition

Provenance: Fred Penny of West Newton, PA, who traveled with Wright in his youth and might have obtained his copy of the portfolio from Wright himself. It was purchased from a Western-Pennsylvania collector in Fayette County, near Fallingwater.

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