"The project is led by MOWA's curator of architecture and design Thomas Szolwinski in collaboration with Eric Vogel of the Taliesin Institute, with reconstructions realized by expert makers including S. Lloyd Natof, Wright's great-grandson, and Stafford Norris III. What makes this exhibition remarkable is the completeness of Wright's documentation. Working with the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation to access and interpret archival drawings, the team discovered detailed architectural sketches, specifications, and material notes. Wright had essentially created complete furniture blueprints that his contemporaries never executed."
"Frank Lloyd Wright: Modern Chair Design runs at the Museum of Wisconsin Art in West Bend from October 4, 2025 to January 25, 2026, bringing together more than forty works and newly fabricated chairs based on Wright's archival drawings. This isn't another retrospective celebrating Wright's famous pieces like the Robie House dining chairs or Imperial Hotel seating. These are the designs that never made it past the drawing board. Conceptual furniture that Wright envisioned but never had the chance to realize during his 70-year career."
More than forty original works plus newly fabricated chairs based on archival drawings will appear at the Museum of Wisconsin Art in West Bend from October 4, 2025 to January 25, 2026. The reconstructions reproduce Frank Lloyd Wright's unbuilt chair concepts that had existed only as sketches and architectural fragments for seven decades. The project was led by MOWA curator Thomas Szolwinski with Eric Vogel of the Taliesin Institute and executed by makers including S. Lloyd Natof and Stafford Norris III. The archival material contained detailed sketches, specifications, and material notes, enabling faithful fabrications spanning five periods from 1911 to 1959.
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