In his autobiography, Frank Lloyd Wright wrote of being “a good pencil in the Master’s hand.” The hand in question was that of the great designer of Chicago’s early skyscrapers, Louis Sullivan, but one can hear Wright’s minister father and grandfather in the phrase. A fine presentation drawing, as Wright had learned while working for his first employer, Joseph Silsbee, sold the ideas of the architect to the client more effectively than any silver-tongued speech ever could. When Wright (American, 1867–1959) set up his own practice, he soon attracted a host of talented young architects who worked as his draftsmen. The best of these soon absorbed Wright’s precise, hard, dramatic style. As with Rubens, so with Wright: in many instances it can be difficult to distinguish the hand of the master. For the firm’s presentation drawings the division of labor rarely wavered: Wright’s draftsmen and apprentices worked from his conceptual sketches to produce preliminary studies, which formed the skeleton for the highly finished and colorful presentation drawings made to his specifications. Wright himself added tints, his distinctive silhouettes of trees, humans, boats, cars, even the occasional yo-yo. Thirty color reproductions bound in a handy postcard collection. Oversized postcards measure 6 1/2 x 4 3/4 in. ISBN 978-0-7649-5041-4. |
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