House Study, Aerial Perspective

Architecture and Design

1919

Bruce Alonzo Goff
American, 1904–1982

By the time he was 12 years old, Bruce Goff was working as an apprentice at an architecture firm in Tulsa, Oklahoma, yet his most important influences were in Chicago. Goff’s correspondence with Frank Lloyd Wright fueled his independent drive, and projects from his teenage years show a remarkably sophisticated understanding of the Prairie School vocabulary of his mentor, as seen in this dramatic study for a small house.
Presented from an aerial perspective, Goff’s drawing highlights a choreographed procession from interior to exterior, as the stained-glass doors lead to a large, symmetrical porch with trailing flowerboxes and a reflecting pool.

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Architecture and Design

Artist: Bruce Goff (Architect)
Title: House Study, Aerial Perspective
Place: Tulsa (Object designed in:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1919–1920
Medium: Graphite and colored pencil on yellow tracing paper
Dimensions: 27.2 × 41.9 cm (10 3/4 × 16 1/2 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Shin'enKan, Inc.
Reference Number: 1990.900.2

The Art Institute of Chicago, “Past Forward: Architecture and Design Collection at the Art Institute,” September 12, 2017 – January 21, 2018.
Exhibited prior to receipt: “Bruce Goff”, cat. no. 1b.
The Art Institute of Chicago, “The Prairie School: Design Vision for the Midwest”, 1995, cat. no. 76a.

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