1561: 1561: Frank Lloyd Wright Document Signed UACC PAD Start Price USD 2,700.00 Current Price USD 4,000.00 Time Left - Bid Count 7 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Wednesday, November 19, 2008 End Time Thursday, November 20, 2008 Location Encino, CA See more about '1561: 1561: Frank Lloyd Wright Document Signed UACC PAD' Description click for larger image1561: 1561: Frank Lloyd Wright Document Signed UACC PADFamous American Architect. One of the most innovative and influential figures in Modern Architecture. He championed the virtues of organic architecture, a building style based on natural forms. Document Signed, 1 page, 8.5 x 14", City of New York Department of Housing and Buildings letterhead, February 13, 1957. An amendment to the plans for what is possibly his most famous creation, the Guggenheim Museum. The document is dated just two years before his death. The amendment reads, in full, "In lieu of the original design bearing condition, which is 5 ton soil, approval is requested of a substitute bearing condition at Column L-5, which is a concrete foundation of a prior building on the site. The concrete foundation is 6' x 12' x 8' deep resting on rock. Column L-5 would be centered on the foundation as shown on the sketch." Under the typed amendment is a sketch of the proposed amendment to the column, done in another hand. Document is boldly signed near the top in black ink "Frank Lloyd Wright." Accompanied by a color 16.5 x 14" copy of Wright's drawing of the Guggenheim. Document has two punch holes to top corners, small areas of paper loss and chipping to three edges, several small edge tears, a few horizontal folds and creases and a couple official stamps and notations. In very good condition. The project evolved into a complex struggle pitting the architect against his clients, city officials, the art world, and public opinion. Both Guggenheim and Wright would die before the building's 1959 completion. The resultant achievement, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, testifies not only to Wright's architectural genius, but to the adventurous spirit that characterized its founders. Some people, especially artists, criticized Wright for creating a museum environment that might overpower the art inside. "On the contrary," he wrote, "it was to make the building and the painting an uninterrupted, beautiful symphony such as never existed in the World of Art before." Guaranteed Authentic Forever - Buy With Confidence.Offered by:Thispiece is offered by Max Rambod Inc, one of the nation's largest and most respected dealers of original historical autographsOver the past 2 decades, we have sold and authenticated thousands of autographs in all categories including US Presidents, Vintage Hollywood and famous people in all fields. We are one of the top autograph dealers in the world. 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