William B. Greene House, Aurora, Illinois: Planting plan

People:

Jens Jensen (draughtsman)
Jens Jensen (landscape architect)
Harry Franklin Robinson (architect)
William Bertram Greene (client)
Frank Lloyd Wright (architect)

Title:

William B. Greene House, Aurora, Illinois: Planting plan

Date:

March 1926

Description:

- This rough plan of the house and grounds belonging to William B. Greene in Aurora, Illinois, indicates the locations and names of proposed plantings. The plan of the house and property was most probably traced from an architect's scale site plan.

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 drawing(s)

Stage and Purpose:

design drawing

Technique and media:

Graphite, laid down

Dimensions:

secondary support: 63.1 x 109.7 cm sheet: 61.9 x 108.7 cm

Reference number:

DR1987:0238

Drawing Type:

line drawing
freehand drawing

Method of Projection:

planting plan

Point of View:

general view

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Sheet is trimmed unevenly. The secondary support has been added by a modern conservator.

Inscription:

inscribed and signed - by the draughtsman, in graphite, l.r.: "March 1926 / Jens Jensen [signature]"; and throughout: with types of plants

Subject:

landscape architecture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

basement
joinery

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

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