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About four miles from Spring Green, Wis., the hills splay into two soft ranges to let a fast stream flow toward the Wisconsin River. Facing southwest over this valley a big, long house folds around the summit of one hill, its roof lines parallel to the line of ridges, its masonry the same red-yellow sandstone ...
Frank Lloyd Wright and the Art of Japan: The Architects Other Passion
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From The New Yorker
Wood-block prints by artists like Hiroshige and Hokusai exerted a palpable influence on Frank Lloyd Wright's design aesthetic, but Wright was able to profit materially from them as well. During his early years as an architect, he supplemented his income by dealing in Japanese art, earning tens of thousands of dollars from sales, often at highly inflated prices, to private collectors, museums, and clients for whom he had built homes. In this meticulously researched, lavishly illustrated account, Wright's mercenary impulse is laid alongside his genuine passion for Japonisme, culminating in a 1919 episode in which, duped by a Tokyo dealer, he wound up selling forged and retouched prints to his best customers. His reputation forever damaged, he responded by ignoring his mounting debts and buying Japanese art only for himself.
Copyright © 2005 The New Yorker
Copyright © 2005 The New Yorker
About the Author
Julia Meech, a scholar and art historian, is a senior consultant in the Department of Japanese Art at Christie's in New York.
Product Details
- Hardcover: 304 pages
- Publisher: Harry N. Abrams; First Edition edition (March 1, 2001)
- Language: English
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