Walter Burley Griffin, architect; American, 1876–1937
Marion Mahony Griffin, delineator; American, 1871–1962

Rock Crest/Rock Glen: Perspective Rendering, c. 1912

Lithograph and gouache on green satin
59 x 201 cm
Gift of Marion Mahony Griffin through Eric Nicholls, 1988.182

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Exhibition History

Art Institute of Chicago, Walter Burley Griffin , Marion Mahony Griffin: Architectural Drawings in the Burnham Library of Architecture, Sept. 10, 1981-Jan. 31, 1982, cat. no 1.

Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Architecture and Design, 1872-1922: Birth of a Metropolis, cat. no. 186; plate 49; traveled to Paris, Musée d'Orsay, Oct. 2, 1987–Jan. 4, 1988; Frankfurt am Main, Deutsches Architekturmuseum, Feb. 5-Apr. 25, 1988; and Art Institute of Chicago, July 16–Sept. 5, 1988.

Art Institute of Chicago, The Prairie School: Design Vision for the Midwest, 1995, cat . no. 10.

Art Institute of Chicago, Masterpieces of Chicago Architecture, Apr. 2004–Sept. 2005, Gallery 24

Publication History

Van Zanten, David T., ed. 1970. Walter Burley Griffin: Selected Designs. Palos Park, IL: Prairie School Press.

Art Institute of Chicago; edited by John Zukowsky. 1981. Walter Burley Griffin, Marion Mahoney Griffin: Architectural Drawings in the Burnham Library of Architecture. Exh. cat. Art Institute of Chicago, cat. no. 1.

Zukowsky, John, ed. 1987. Chicago Architecture and Design, 1872-1922: Birth of a Metropolis. Exh. cat. Art Institute of Chicago/Prestel, no. 186; plate no. 49.

Wilson, Richard Guy. 1995. "Prairie School Works in the Department of Architecture at the Art Institute of Chicago." Museum Studies 21(2): 93-111. Cat. no. 10.

The Art Institute of Chicago. 2000. Treasures from the Art Institute of Chicago, selected by James N. Wood with commentaries by Debra N. Mancoff, 1st edition. Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago; New York: Distributed by Hudson Hills Press. Reproduced on p. 245.

Zukowsky, John, and Martha Thorne. 2004. Masterpieces of Chicago Architecture. Art Institute of Chicago/Rizzoli, pp. 56-57.

Wood, Debora, ed. 2005. Marion Mahony Griffin: Drawing the Form of Nature. Exh. cat. Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University Press, p. 12.