Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Wells House, project, Long Lake, Minnesota, Plan of upper level
Frank Lloyd Wright
American, 1867–1959
1946
A working drawing in ink and color crayon on tracing paper by Frank Lloyd Wright that lays out the upper level of the 1946 Wells house and shows his effort to nest a low, linear dwelling into its site.
The sheet feels airy and intimate—the translucent tracing paper, soft green and ochre crayon washes suggesting trees and lawn, and crisply inked rectilinear rooms and terraces combine to read as both precise plan and gentle landscape composition.
The drawing exemplifies Wright’s mid‑century approach of merging plan and landscape through hand-drawn representation, showing how architectural drawings could shape a modern, site-responsive domestic architecture.
Medium
Ink and color crayon on tracing paper
Dimensions
23 1/2 x 30" (59.7 x 76.2 cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
Gift of Edgar Kaufmann, Jr.
Accession
457.1972
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