Details
A CONCRETE "SPRITE" HEAD
DESIGNED BY FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT IN COLLABORATION
WITH ALFONSO IANNELLI FOR MIDWAY GARDENS, CHICAGO,
CIRCA 1914
Depicting a slightly bowed female head with stylized hair and facial features--15in. (38.1cm.) high, 10½in. (26.7cm.) wide, 9in. (22.9cm.) deep
DESIGNED BY FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT IN COLLABORATION
WITH ALFONSO IANNELLI FOR MIDWAY GARDENS, CHICAGO,
CIRCA 1914
Depicting a slightly bowed female head with stylized hair and facial features--15in. (38.1cm.) high, 10½in. (26.7cm.) wide, 9in. (22.9cm.) deep
Provenance
Alfonso Iannelli Estate
Literature
Anthony Alofsin, Frank Lloyd Wright, Lessons of Europe 1910-1922, UMI, 1989 where a full question of authorship of the sprite designs is reviewed in detail noting the sketches by Wright and the influence of Mezner of these works; and David Hanks, Frank Lloyd Wright, E.P. Dutton, N.Y., 1989. pp. 88-89
Apparently, the present example was one of the maquettes for the sprite sculptures which were used in Midway Gardens
Exhibited
Seattle, Seattle Art Museum, Frank Lloyd Wright:
Preserving an Architectural Heritage, Decorative
Designs from The Domino's Pizza Collection,
December 1989-February 1990
This exhibition travelled to: Chicago, The Chicago Historical Society, March-June 1990
Buffalo, The Albright-Knox Art Gallery, July-September 1990
Denver, Denver Art Museum, October 1990-January 1991
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts,
February-April 1991
Dallas, Dallas Museum of Art, May-July 1991
New York, American Craft Museum, August 1991-January 1992