Design for summer residence of Harold McCormick at Lake Forest, Illinois. Perspective, 1907. Pl. LVIII.
Berlin: Ernst Wasmuth, 1910. Original lithograph on 4-ply, wove, tan paper. 15.94 x 25.25" (40.5 x 64 cm). Artist's embossed stamp lower left. Archival mat and backing.
Provenance: The Prairie Avenue Bookshop, Chicago. The Bookshop recently closed and Wittenborn Art Books has taken over the distribution of the Wasmuth plates. Many of these were acquired from Wright’s apprentices and bear the marginal water stains from the famous fire of 1914, which destroyed the architect’s home and studio and most of the edition.
Text and title in German/Deutsch. Finely toned, minor edge wear; else NF. Lake Forest, IL.
Dover (LVIIIa); Storrer (1993) 169 ref.; Hitchcock (1942) pl. 141; Brooks (1966) Fig. 18; Florence Sketchbook, 1910 XXIII. Item #65-1901
Price: $1,750.00