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Lot 414
Sale 945 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
Lots 1-307
Nov 9, 2021
4:00AM CT
Lots 308-687
Nov 10, 2021
4:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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Lot Description
[FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT]. An archive of correspondence between the Bairds and Cary Caraway, primarily relating to the construction of the Theodore Baird Residence, comprising:
66 black and white thumbnail photographs mounted on 4 sheets showing the construction of the Baird Residence. -- 15 color photographs of the Baird residence, ca 1996, in a Christmas card from Bertie and Theo Baird. -- 5 ALSs from the Bairds to Cary Caraway; 1 ALS from the Bairds to the Fritzes. -- 6 carbon copy typescripts from Carey Caraway to the Bairds. 2 additional carbon copy typescripts from Carey Caraway to Edgar Tafel and Betty Goodwin. -- Photocopy of Theodore Baird's account of the planning and building of the Theodore Baird Residence: "I want to make a record of our experience in finding an architect and in building the house he designed, not because as clients of FLLW we were or should be the center of interest but because the whole experience as I recall it is rich in human responses to what was for that time and in that place an unusual event...". With a 2pp. photocopied letter from Theodore Baird to Carey Caraway, 22 November 1989.
The Theodore Baird Residence, a Usonian planned by Wright, was built in Amherst, MA by Wright protégé William Wesley Peters. Wright's design included an in-law apartment and a dedicated space for the Baird's dog, including a dog house.
Property of the Caraway Family




