One of a Pair of Casement Windows from the Darwin Martin House, Buffalo, NY / Frank Lloyd Wright

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Accession Number
1968/2.52
Title
One of a Pair of Casement Windows from the Darwin Martin House, Buffalo, NY
Artist Nationality
American
Artist Life Dates
1867-1959
Medium and Support
glass, oak and lead
Object Creation Date
1904
Object Creation Place
North and Central America (continent)
United States (nation)
New York (state)
Erie (county)
Buffalo (inhabited place)
Creation Place 2
United States (nation)
Creation Place 3
New York (state)
Creation Place 4
Erie (county)
Creation Place 5
Buffalo (inhabited place)
Credit Line
Museum Purchase
Dimensions
62.6 cm x 35.3 cm x 3 cm (24 5/8 in. x 13 7/8 in. x 1 3/16 in.)
Century
20th century
Primary Object Classification
Decorative Arts
Primary Object Type
architectural element
Secondary Object Classification
Decorative Arts
Secondary Object Type
window
Physical Description
One of a pair of windows with a highly regular, rectilinear, although asymetric, design in both clear and colored glass. Window has an oak frame. Window design consists of vertical and horizontal bands of green and amber colorerd glass at top and bottom of window; along one side are colored squares of glass; along the other is a chevron-shaped column of glass. The overall effect is of colored pieces of glass suspended within a clear window subdivided by abstract bands and patterns of lead caming.
Subject Matter
The Darwin Martin house was considered by Wright to be one of the most important and satisfying houses he build in the early part of his career and stands as an outstanding example of Prairie School architecture. This pair of windows (1968/2.53-53) from the first floor of the Martin house contains an abstracted pattern based on wisteria, seen in the vertical row of chevron-patterned glass.
Primary Keywords
abstraction
windows
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Record
1968/2.52
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"One of a Pair of Casement Windows from the Darwin Martin House, Buffalo, NY; Frank Lloyd Wright." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1968-sl-2.52/1968_2_52-53.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 28, 2024.
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