Artist:
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Frank Lloyd Wright David Swanson, Construct Studios
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Title:
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Model of the Francis W. Little house (1912-1914)
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Date:
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1998-1999
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Medium:
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Maple, maple veneer, plexiglas, nylon screen
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Dimensions:
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8 1/2 x 72 11/16 x 41 13/16 in. (21.59 x 184.63 x 106.2 cm)
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Credit Line:
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Gift of Kenneth and Judy Dayton
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Location:
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Gallery 300
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This model illustrates in three dimensions both the complexity of Wright's design and its complete engagement with the site. (Wright always favored a building into a hill rather than on top of it.) The main approach to the Francis W. Little house was on the inland side. The hallway on view in this gallery was situated on the Lake Minnetonka side. An adjoining hallway with small square windows connected it to the master bedroom on the far right end of the house. At the opposite end was the large living and music room pavilion (now at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York).
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Artist/Creator(s)
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Name:
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Wright, Frank Lloyd
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Role:
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Architect
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Nationality:
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American
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Life Dates:
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American, 1867-1959
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Name:
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David Swanson, Construct Studios
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Role:
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Maker
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Life Dates:
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St. Paul, Minnesota
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Object Description
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Inscriptions:
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Label Con·Struct Studios label, on side at one corner
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Classification:
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Architecture
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Physical Description:
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model of Frank Lloyd Wright designed house; 3 short flights up a small hill on one long side; semicircular porch on same side; large, sprawling floor plan
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Creation Place:
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North America, United States, , Minnesota, St. Paul
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Accession #:
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2000.22
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Owner:
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The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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