Frank Lloyd Wright - Wayzata Windows Sold

Interestingly enough, it seems as to where ever you go, the Wayzata mystique will follow. I found out (by accident) that Bernard Goldberg Fine Arts of New York City recently had a set of six windows that were originally designed and installed in the Francis W. Little House in Wayzata up for sale. These superb windows were designed by no other than the famous Frank Lloyd Wright between 1912 and 1914 and priced at $650,000. This was Wright’s second time working for the Littles, following his design of their previous residence in Peoria, Illinois in 1902. The second Little House was one of Wright's final residences designed in the Prairie School vein. With its emphasis on horizontally and spatial continuity, and its fusion of interior and exterior spaces, the house was a sublime refinement of the Prairie School style. Although the house was torn down in 1973, the living room and most of its furnishings survived intact, and have been installed in the American Wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art since 1982.

The windows were previously owned by American Epress and the wooden frames are replacements. Sadly, the originals were destroyed in a warehouse on 9/11.

(Photos courtesy of Bernard Goldberg Fine Arts)