Ground plan for Taliesin III, Spring Green, Wisconsin

People:

Frank Lloyd Wright (draughtsman)
Frank Lloyd Wright (architect)

Title:

Ground plan for Taliesin III, Spring Green, Wisconsin

Date:

1925

Description:

- Rendered carefully in some areas, and sketched in others, with parts repositioned, this drawing for Taliesin III seems to belong to an early stage in the design process of Wright's studio and house.

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 drawing(s)

Stage and Purpose:

design development drawing

Technique and media:

Graphite, pen and ink and coloured pencil

Dimensions:

sheet (irreg.): 81.2 x 156.8 cm (31 15/16 x 61 3/4 in.) secondary support: 84.7 x 162 cm (33 3/8 x 63 3/4 in.) frame: 178,44 × 99,7 × 4,45 cm

Reference number:

DR1983:1089

Drawing Type:

line drawing
mechanical drawing (tool-aided drawing)
freehand drawing
sketches

Method of Projection:

plan (drawing)

Point of View:

general view

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Framed drawing. - Sheet has several losses at the edges and a larger loss at the c. The u.r. corner was cut out, laid down on tracing paper, and repositioned. The l. side of the sheet was either cut and repositioned or was originally a separate sheet.

Inscription:

inscribed - by the draughtsman, in graphite, l.l. to l.r.: with title; in various locations: with some dimensions; and in black ink, throughout: rooms and features inscribed - by the architect, in graphite, throughout: with annotations and some dimensions

Subject:

architecture

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

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