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Drawing, Ceiling Fixture, Entrance Hall, Henry J. Allen Residence, Wichita, Kansas

This is a Drawing. It was designed by George Mann Niedecken and architect: Frank Lloyd Wright and made for (as the client) Henry J. Allen and Elsie J. Nuzman (Mrs. Henry J.) Allen. It is dated 1917 and we acquired it in 1983. Its medium is graphite, yellow color pencil on beige tracing paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase from Smithsonian Regents Collections Acquisition and Friends of Drawings and Prints Funds.

Its dimensions are

34.4 x 33.8cm (13 9/16 x 13 5/16in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, center: CEILING FIXTURE DESIGNED/FOR ENTRANCE HALL/ FOR MR. HENRY J. ALLEN/WITCHITA KANSAS/NIEDECKEN WALBRIDGE CO/ INTERIOR ARCHITECTS/SCALE 1 1/2" = 1'0"; on design: Ceiling light; lower right: OK/GMN

Cite this object as

Drawing, Ceiling Fixture, Entrance Hall, Henry J. Allen Residence, Wichita, Kansas; Designed by George Mann Niedecken (1878–1945); Architect: Frank Lloyd Wright (American, 1867–1959); Client: Henry J. Allen, Elsie J. Nuzman (Mrs. Henry J.) Allen; USA; graphite, yellow color pencil on beige tracing paper; 34.4 x 33.8cm (13 9/16 x 13 5/16in.); Museum purchase from Smithsonian Regents Collections Acquisition and Friends of Drawings and Prints Funds; 1983-1-22

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