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511: Ornament and Abstraction
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Installation view of the gallery "Ornament and Abstraction" in the exhibition "Collection 1880s–1940s"
November 14, 2020–June 11, 2023. Photographed in November 2020. IN2450.511.7. Photograph by Robert Gerhardt.
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R. Buckminster Fuller
Dymaxion House project (Plan)
c. 1927
Frank Lloyd Wright
Architectural block from the Imperial Hotel, Tokyo
1913–1923
Frank Lloyd Wright
Clerestory windows from the Avery Coonley Playhouse, Riverside, IL
1912
Anni Albers
Wall Hanging (Woven in 1964 under Albers' supervision from the original design)
1927
Anni Albers
Design for Tablecloth
1930
Frank Lloyd Wright
Darwin D. Martin House, Buffalo, NY, Window, 1904
1903–1906
Anni Albers
Rug Design for Child's Room
1928
Antoni Gaudí
Grille from the Casa Milá (La Pedrera), Barcelona, Spain
1906–1912
Louis Sullivan
Elevator Grille from the Chicago Stock Exchange, Chicago, IL
1893
Frank Lloyd Wright
Exterior frieze from the Dana House, Springfield, IL
1902–1904
Frank Lloyd Wright
Cast of a frieze from the Susan Lawrence Dana House, Springfield, IL
1902–1904
Frank Lloyd Wright
Dentil frieze from the Bogk House, Milwaukee, WI
1916–1917
Frank Lloyd Wright
Architectural block from the Imperial Hotel, Tokyo
1913–1923
Frank Lloyd Wright
Sculpted block from Midway Gardens, Chicago, IL
1913–1914
Frank Lloyd Wright
Architectural block from the Imperial Hotel, Tokyo
1913–1923
Frank Lloyd Wright
Tiles for the American Luxfer Prism Company
1895