Bird's-eye perspective sketch for Fallingwater, Bear Run, Pennsylvania, showing an oblique view of the south elevation over the waterfall

People:

Frank Lloyd Wright (architect)
Unknown (draughtsman)
Taliesin Fellowship (draughtsman)
Taliesin Fellowship (architect)
Edgar J. Kaufmann (client)

Title:

Bird's-eye perspective sketch for Fallingwater, Bear Run, Pennsylvania, showing an oblique view of the south elevation over the waterfall

Date:

between December 1935 and January 1936

Description:

- Drawn from a higher vantage point than DR1985:0288, this drawing depicts the widely photographed south facade of Fallingwater, with its cantilevered stepped terraces, supported in part by parapets which act as upturned carrying beams, and dominant central chimney into which main beams are anchored. The lesser beam rests on an existing boulder (Zevi & Kaufmann, Jr., 1962, 22-23; Hoffman, 1978, 13, 40).

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 drawing(s)

Stage and Purpose:

design development drawing
presentation drawing (proposal)

Technique and media:

Graphite and coloured pencil

Dimensions:

sheet: 47.0 x 81.5 cm

Reference number:

DR1985:0289

Drawing Type:

rendering

Method of Projection:

perspective drawing

Point of View:

general view
bird's-eye view
exterior view

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Sheet has small tears and losses which are repaired.

Inscription:

numbered - by a member of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, in graphite, l.l.: "3602.01" numbered - by an unknown hand (at MOMA ?), in graphite, verso, l.r.: "(3) 61.1760"

Subject:

architecture

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

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