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The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

Lee B. Ewing
4.5/5 ( ratings)
This book celebrates the Guggenheim from its inception to the present. In a highly informative essay, Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer, Vice President and Director of the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives, traces an odyssey that began in 1943 with a letter imploring Wright to build a "temple of spirit" for a small museum of non-objective paintings. The project endured delays and upsets for sixteen years before construction was completed in 1959, only months after Wright's death. After a major restoration and expansion project, completed in 1992, the architect's original vision has now truly been fulfilled. This beautiful volume also includes fascinating photographs taken during the museum's construction, a portfolio of photographs interpreting Wright's structure as a work of art, and images of exhibition installations within the newly restored building.
Language
English
Pages
89
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
ABRAMS
Release
September 01, 1996
ISBN
0810968894
ISBN 13
9780810968899

The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

Lee B. Ewing
4.5/5 ( ratings)
This book celebrates the Guggenheim from its inception to the present. In a highly informative essay, Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer, Vice President and Director of the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives, traces an odyssey that began in 1943 with a letter imploring Wright to build a "temple of spirit" for a small museum of non-objective paintings. The project endured delays and upsets for sixteen years before construction was completed in 1959, only months after Wright's death. After a major restoration and expansion project, completed in 1992, the architect's original vision has now truly been fulfilled. This beautiful volume also includes fascinating photographs taken during the museum's construction, a portfolio of photographs interpreting Wright's structure as a work of art, and images of exhibition installations within the newly restored building.
Language
English
Pages
89
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
ABRAMS
Release
September 01, 1996
ISBN
0810968894
ISBN 13
9780810968899

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