Perspective for the proposed National Life Insurance Company Office Building, Chicago, Illinois

People:

Frank Lloyd Wright (architect)
Unknown (draughtsman)
Albert M. Johnson (client)

Title:

Perspective for the proposed National Life Insurance Company Office Building, Chicago, Illinois

Date:

1924

Description:

- This drawing, one of a number of street-level perspectives which exist for the proposed National Life Insurance Company Building, is executed primarily in graphite. There is, however, one figure at bottom right whose coat and hat are drawn in orange coloured pencil. As this figure is cut off, and there is no title at the bottom of this drawing, and all the corners have been cut on a curve, it seems possible that this drawing was cropped, perhaps when it was re-mounted. Wright's decorative sense is displayed clearly by the variation of detailed geometric patterns used in the different parts of this building.

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 drawing(s)

Stage and Purpose:

presentation drawing (proposal)

Technique and media:

Pen and black ink with grey wash and coloured pencil over graphite

Dimensions:

sheet (irr.): 99 x 89 cm

Reference number:

DR1985:0290

Drawing Type:

rendering

Method of Projection:

perspective drawing

Point of View:

general view
exterior view

Inscription:

numbered - by a member of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, in black ink, l.l.: "2404.08"

Subject:

architecture

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

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