Concrete Block from the Charles Ennis House
The Charles Ennis House, built in 1924, is perhaps the most famous of four houses that Wright designed in Los Angeles in the 1920s, a period during which he experimented with geometric patterning and new methods of concrete construction. Both innovations are demonstrated by this concrete block, which is decorated with incised patterns of overlapping squares. Wright used such blocks in the construction of all four Los Angeles houses.
Artwork Details
- Title: Concrete Block from the Charles Ennis House
- Maker: Frank Lloyd Wright (American, Richland Center, Wisconsin 1867–1959 Phoenix, Arizona)
- Date: ca. 1924
- Geography: Made in Los Angeles, California, United States
- Culture: American
- Medium: Concrete and reinforced steel
- Dimensions: 16 3/4 x 16 x 9 1/4 in. (42.5 x 40.6 x 23.5 cm)
- Credit Line: Anonymous Gift, in honor of Antonio David Blanco, 1984
- Object Number: 1984.447
- Rights and Reproduction: © 2025 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
- Curatorial Department: The American Wing
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