Housing Wright - The Joint Acquisition of the Frank Lloyd Wright Archive
April 13, 2013 |
On the final evening of the SAH Conference, please join us at the Darwin Martin House for an event hosted by the Temple Hoyne Buell Center for the Study of American Architecture to mark the recent joint acquisition of the Frank Lloyd Wright Archive by Columbia University’s Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library and New York’s Museum of Modern Art. Carole Ann Fabian, Director of Avery Library, and Barry Bergdoll, the Philip Johnson Chief Curator of Architecture and Design at MoMA, will discuss the institutional opportunities provided by this unique acquisition. The archive includes over 23,000 architectural drawings, 44,000 historical photographs, large-scale presentation models, manuscripts, and extensive correspondence, among other documents.
The evening will also include a preview of research on Wright initiated by the Buell Center, using the Darwin Martin House as a case study. Wright’s place in the canon of American architecture has been secured through decades of critical examination and rigorous scholarship. Buell Center Director Reinhold Martin and Columbia PhD Candidate Leslie Klein will explain how the Buell project builds on this work in relationship to the archive.
A question and answer session will follow the presentations. Wine, beer, and light hors d’oeuvres will be served. More information about the acquisition can be found on the Columbia University Libraries website as well as in coverage by the New York Times.
$25, registration required
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| Location Information |
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Greatbatch Pavilion, Darwin Martin House Complex |
125 Jewett Parkway
Buffalo, NY |
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| Contact Information |
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Kara Elliott-Ortega |
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kelliott-ortega@sah.org |
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312-573-1365 |
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