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Frank Lloyd Wright designed this pavilion as a living room and small concert space

"This was my first step into modernism, which after this I began to appreciate more and more."

"This was my first step into modernism, which after this I began to appreciate more and more."

Curator Amelia Peck on Frank Lloyd Wright's modern living room at The Met.

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Throughout 2013, The Met invited curators from across the Museum to each talk about one artwork that changed the way they see the world.

Photography by Peter Zeray

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Edward MacDowell: Four Little Poems, Op. 32 performed by Phillip Sear
Archival photographs © Stereo-Travel Company
Architectural drawings © 2013 Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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Amelia Peck
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