Main entry:

Cleary, Richard Louis.

Title & Author:

Merchant prince and master builder : Edgar J. Kaufmann and Frank Lloyd Wright / Richard L. Cleary ; introduction by Dennis McFadden.

Publication:

Pittsburgh, Pa. : Heinz Architectural Center, Carnegie Museum of Art ; Seattle : in association with University of Washington Press, ©1999.

Description:

199 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm

Notes:
Published in connection with the exhibition of the same name held at the Heinz Architectural Center, Carnegie Museum of Art, Apr. 10-Oct. 3, 1999.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 194-195) and index.
[I] Merchant prince and master builder : [The Kaufmanns, Wright, and good design -- The Kaufmanns' country houses at Bear Run and Palm Springs -- Kaufmann, Wright, and Pittsburgh] -- [II] Catalogue -- [III] Drawings for projects commissioned by the Kaufmann Family from Frank Lloyd Wright, 1935-57.

Summary:

"Merchant Prince and Master Builder: Edgar J. Kaufmann and Frank Lloyd Wright examines the extraordinary relationship between one of the nation's leading retailers in the mid-twentieth century and its best-known architect. Over a span of twenty-five years, from 1934 to 1959, Kaufmann, his wife, Liliane, and their son, Edgar Kaufmann II commissioned a dozen projects from Wright, including the famous country house, Fallingwater, and unrealized schemes for a civic center in Pittsburgh."--Jacket
"The Kaufmanns shared Wright's belief in the power of good design to enrich the quality of modern life. Through Kaufmann's department store in Pittsburgh and it's association with the Museum of Modern Art in New York, they promoted the work of Wright and other progressive designers from the United States, Scandinavia, Central Europe and Latin America. Their story broadens the context for understanding Wright's career during the final decades of his life."--Jacket

ISBN:

0880390360 (alk. paper)
9780880390361 (alk. paper)

Subject:

Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959 Exhibitions.
Kaufmann, Edgar J., 1885-1955 Art patronage Exhibitions.
Kaufmann, Edgar J., 1885-1955
Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959
Architecture United States History 20th century Exhibitions.
Architecture États-Unis Histoire 20e siècle Expositions.
Architecture
Art patronage
United States

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogues.
Exhibition catalogs.
Quotations (texts)
exhibition catalogs.
History
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959, author
McFadden, Dennis, writer of introduction.
Heinz Architectural Center.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 201529
Call No.: NA44.W949.3 C5 1999
Status: Available