Grill from the Avery Coonley House, Riverside, Illinois
This panel, one of a series, originally ornamented the angled skylights situated above the principal staircases in the Avery Coonley House, one of Wright’s largest residential commissions. The staircases flanked the great living room—the center point of the house’s pinwheel-shaped floorplan. The living room served as the intersection between the family’s bedrooms and more utiliatrian spaces, such as the kitchen. Wright employed similar panels elsewhere in the house, and his use of transparent glass with geometric wooden grills not only allowed for natural light to illuminate the interior, but also created playful patterns of shadows that further accentuated his highly linear furniture and interior designs.
Artwork Details
- Title: Grill from the Avery Coonley House, Riverside, Illinois
- Maker: Frank Lloyd Wright (American, Richland Center, Wisconsin 1867–1959 Phoenix, Arizona)
- Date: ca. 1908
- Geography: Made in Riverside, Illinois, United States
- Culture: American
- Medium: Oak
- Dimensions: 37 x 19 1/4 x 2 in. (94 x 48.9 x 5.1 cm)
- Credit Line: Gift of Erving and Joyce Wolf, in memory of Diane R. Wolf, 1987
- Object Number: 1987.402.2
- Rights and Reproduction: © 2025 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
- Curatorial Department: The American Wing
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