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1917

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Drawing, Living Room and Bedroom Brackets, Hall Mirror, Henry J. Allen Residence, Wichita, Kansas

This is a drawing. It was architect: Frank Lloyd Wright and designed by George Mann Niedecken 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 on cream 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

20 x 25.3 cm (7 7/8 x 9 15/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, upper left corner: L. R. and Bed Rm/ bracket(s) (all underlined); upper right corner: note globes hand/ down (all underlined); center: 2 3/16" sq. (all underlined)/ metal inside; in graphite, verso, left: ceiling/ space for mirror/ plastic (?)/ floor (all underlined); right: H. J. Allen/ have mirror come up high in space (?)/ Hall (all underlined).

Cite this object as

Drawing, Living Room and Bedroom Brackets, Hall Mirror, 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 on cream paper; 20 x 25.3 cm (7 7/8 x 9 15/16 in.); Museum purchase from Smithsonian Regents Collections Acquisition and Friends of Drawings and Prints Funds; 1983-1-29

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