The Boulder - Oak Park, IL - Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures on Waymarking.com

Architect Frank Lloyd Wright moved here when he was first married. He designed the Robie House here. The sculptures are outside and accessible. There are actually two, one on either side of the entrance.

The unusual house/studio is open for tours.

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"The Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio (1889/1898) served as Wright's private residence and workplace from 1889 to 1909 - the first 20 years of his career. Wright used his home as an architectural laboratory, experimenting with design concepts that contain the seeds of his architectural philosophy. Here he raised six children with his first wife, Catherine Tobin. In 1898, Wright added a studio, described by a fellow-architect as a workplace with "inspiration everywhere." In the Studio, Wright and his associates developed a new American architecture: the Prairie style, and designed 125 structures, including such famous buildings as the Robie House, the Larkin Building and Unity Temple. "

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TITLE: The Boulder ARTIST(S): Bock, Richard W., 1865-1949, sculptor. Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959, architect. DATE: 1898. MEDIUM: stone (although none given in database) CONTROL NUMBER: IAS 88730011 Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link] PHYSICAL LOCATION: On the front of Frank Lloyd Wright Home & Studio 951 Chicago Ave. Oak Park, IL 60302 708.848.1976 DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH: The db doesn't specifically state that there are two sculptures, which look the same but are on different piers and at 90deg to each other.

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