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Merchant Prince and Master Builder: Edgar Kaufmann and Frank Lloyd Wright

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I'll Lock Up
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Dear Mr. Kaufmann:
I don’t know what kind of architect you are familiar with but it apparently isn’t the kind I think I am. You seem not to know how to treat a decent one. I have put so much more into this house than you or any other client has a right to expect that if I haven’t your confidence—to hell with the whole thing.
—Frank Lloyd Wright


Dear Mr. Wright:
I don’t know what kind of clients you are familiar with but apparently they are not the kind I think I am. You seem not to know how to treat a decent man. I have put so much confidence and enthusiasm behind this whole project in my limited way, to help the fulfillment of your effort that if I do not have your confidence in the matter—to hell with the whole thing.
—Edgar J. Kauffman
P.S. Now don’t you think we should stop writing letters and that you owe it to the situation to come to Pittsburgh and clear it up by getting the facts?…



http://www.carnegiemuseums.org/cmag/bk_issue/1999/marapr/feat1.htm

Fascinating article.
 

TM

A-List Customer
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California Central Coast
This is a really good book about FLW and Kaufmann:

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Available at Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/Fallingwater-Rising-Kaufmann-Americas-Extraordinary/dp/0375710159/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1243306002&sr=8-1

Tony
 

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