TWO LEADED GLASS CASEMENT WINDOWS INSPIRED BY FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT.circa 1903. Leaded stained glass in 1 1/2 in. oak frames. In style of windows created for J.J. Walser, Jr. House, Chicago, IL. - One, app. 42 1/2 in. x 13 7/8 in., second, app. 44 1/8 in. x 14 1/4 in., including frame. Estimate $300-500
PROVENANCE: J.J. Walser, Jr. House, Chicago, IL. Harvey H. Lunn, Jr., Lunn Gallery, Washington, DC, circa 1982
Accompanied by documentation from the Lunn Gallery.
NOTE: Two similar windows with the same provenance sold at Christie's in 2003 (December 9, 2003, lot 66) and were later resold at Rago Arts and Auctions, (February 27, 2016, lot 401).
NOTE: The J.J. Walser, Jr. House was built by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1903 and is an example of Wright's Prairie School architecture. According to the Frank Lloyd Wright Trust, "No other architect or designer of the modern era transformed the use of leaded glass in architecture as Frank Lloyd Wright. Creating ribbons of uninterrupted glass casement windows and doors in his Prairie style buildings, Wright conceived his windows as an integral part of his organic design. Known for their extensive use of clear glass with touches of color, the glass designs are all geometric abstractions unique to each building for which they were created. Wright called them "light screens."
All the first and second floor windows (as well as light fixtures) were removed sometime before the 1960s by a previous owner.
LITERATURE: Light Screens: The Complete Leaded-Glass Windows of Frank Lloyd Wright, Sloan, ppg. 252-253 discuss Walser commission, pl. 311 illustrates variation Frank Lloyd Wright Monograph 1902-1906, Pfeiffer, ppg. 70-71
Please see photos for three very minor flaws to glass. Otherwise in very good to excellent condition.
