2024-12-30T23:54:32-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150173387/lost-masterpieces-by-frank-lloyd-wright-are-up-for-auction Sean Joyner 2019-12-05T13:01:00-05:00 >2024-10-25T04:07:38-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/dc/dcae2d3dad5d6f47d0ca15b5a0b4fda1.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Two pairs of Frank Lloyd Wright-designed chairs will be up for auction on December 13th in New York via Christie's auction house. Each pair are estimated to sell between $200,000 to $300,000.&nbsp;</p><figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/90/90dc819907da967672ec5d8937b42839.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/90/90dc819907da967672ec5d8937b42839.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>The Ward W. Willits House in Highland Park (1901), by Frank Lloyd Wright</figcaption></figure><p>Designed as part of Wright's Ward W. Willits House in Highland Park, Illinois, the chairs were completed in 1902. Considered one of the first of the Prairie School houses, Wright emphasized the dwelling's horizontal lines with an expansive cruciform plan. The dining suite housed a table accompanied by six tall back chairs and five intermediate back chairs that could be situated flexibly throughout the space.</p> <p><a href="https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/Lot/frank-lloyd-wright-1867-1959-two-important-chairs-6250253-details.aspx" target="_blank">According to Christie's</a>, the four chairs for sale remained in the Willits house from 1902 until the passing of the Willitses in the early 1950s, when the house and its contents were sold to a new owner.</p>