Stork Pilasters - Oak Park, IL
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N 41° 53.658 W 087° 47.976
16T E 433669 N 4638349
The pilasters at the entrance to Frank Lloyd Wright's Oak Park studio are adorned with reliefs depicting storks standing among foliage beside a scroll inscribed with an architectural plan.
Waymark Code: WM7N4J
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 11/11/2009
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member silverquill
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Architect Frank Lloyd Wright moved here when he was first married. He designed the Robie House here. The sculptures are outside and accessible. The sculptures are on 4 posts in front 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: Stork Pilasters

ARTIST(S): Bock, Richard W., 1865-1949, sculptor. Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959, architect.

DATE: 1898

MEDIUM: stone

CONTROL NUMBER: IAS 88730010

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


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