The Show to End All Shows: Frank Lloyd Wright and the Museum of Modern Art, 1940
- ISBN-10
- 0870700553
- ISBN-13
- 9780870700552
- Category
- Architecture
- Pages
- 240
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004
- Publisher
- The Museum of Modern Art
- Author
- Kathryn Smith
Description
"To accompany the exhibition, Frank Lloyd Wright: American Architect, the Museum planned a publication in the form of a Festshchrift, commissioning essays from the best-known architectural figures of the day...Wright, however, took issue with parts of the book"-- (p.11) and it was not published. This publication includes the Festscrift essays, the incendiary exchange of correspondence between Wright and the Museum about the book and an essay by Kathryn Smith.
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