Exterior perspective for the street facade for Emil Bach House, Chicago, Illinois

People:

Frank Lloyd Wright (draughtsman)
Frank Lloyd Wright (architect)
Emil Bach (client)

Title:

Exterior perspective for the street facade for Emil Bach House, Chicago, Illinois

Date:

1915

Description:

- This perspective drawing, with the plans for the first (DR1980:0060:002) and second (DR1980:0060:003) floors, form a set of early presentation drawings. According to David De Long, the scale is probably 1/4" = 1' (see object file). The house is presented as if seen from behind a window across the street. De Long also notes that this drawing does not show the low wall and the garden court indicated in the plans shown in Hitchcock; that the CCA drawing portrays a less cubic house than the photograph of the building in Hitchcock due to the former's higher point of view; and that the front windows in the drawing extend down to a sill slightly higher than that which supports the plants whereas they stop short of halfway down to the "plant" sill in the finished house.

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 drawing(s)

Stage and Purpose:

presentation drawing (proposal)

Technique and media:

Graphite and coloured pencil

Dimensions:

sheet: 66.3 x 54.0 cm

Reference number:

DR1980:0060:001

Drawing Type:

rendering

Method of Projection:

perspective drawing

Point of View:

general view
eye-level view

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Sheet is wrinkled at b. edge.

Inscription:

inscribed - by the draughtsman, in graphite, l.r.: "MR. EMIL BACH / STUDY FOR DWELLING / FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT / ARCHITECT"

Subject:

architecture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

façade

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

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