Wright, Frank Lloyd
(b. 1867
d. 1959)
Frank Lloyd Wright to Aline B. (Aline Bernstein) Saarinen., May 24, 1958
Letter from Frank Lloyd Wright to Aline B. Saarinen, 24 May 1958. 2 pp. Aline and Eero Saarinen papers, 1857–1972.
In this letter to the associate art critic for The New York Times, architect Frank Lloyd Wright (1869–1959) sends an “S.O.S.” to save his most recent creation—the Guggenheim Museum building. Wright complains that James Johnson Sweeney, the museum’s director, whom he calls a “picture hanger,” plans to paint the interior “dead-white,” which would destroy the “organic” whole of the building.
Frank Lloyd Wright to Aline B. (Aline Bernstein) Saarinen., May 24, 1958. Letter : 2 p. : typescript ; 23 x 29 cm. Aline and Eero Saarinen papers. Archives of American Art.
Frank Lloyd Wright to Aline B. (Aline Bernstein) Saarinen., May 24, 1958. Letter : 2 p. : typescript ; 23 x 29 cm. Aline and Eero Saarinen papers. Archives of American Art.
Forms Part of: Aline and Eero Saarinen papers