Lot 36
After Frank Lloyd Wright(1869-1859)Nakoma and Nakomis (Two Works) the first 17 1/4in high; the second 12in high
4 August 2021, 10:00 PDT
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After Frank Lloyd Wright (1869-1859)
Nakoma and Nakomis (Two Works)
each inscribed 'FLW' (on the base), the first inscribed 'Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation © 1974 218/500A' (on the underside), the second inscribed 'Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation © 1974 218/500B' and stamped with the Shidoni Foundry mark 'SF USA' (on the underside)
each bronze with brown patina
the first 17 1/4in high; the second 12in high
Conceived in 1929-30 in terra-cotta. Cast in 1974.
each inscribed 'FLW' (on the base), the first inscribed 'Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation © 1974 218/500A' (on the underside), the second inscribed 'Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation © 1974 218/500B' and stamped with the Shidoni Foundry mark 'SF USA' (on the underside)
each bronze with brown patina
the first 17 1/4in high; the second 12in high
Conceived in 1929-30 in terra-cotta. Cast in 1974.
Footnotes
Nakoma is a Chippewa word meaning 'I do as I promise'. A version of the name, Nokomis, appears in Longfellow's 1856 poem Song of Hiawatha. Originally conceived by the architect Frank Lloyd Wright in the terra-cotta medium in 1929-1930, the present works were cast in 1974 from molds created from original terra-cotta sculptures. In December 1973, The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation granted Thomas Nelson Hubbard a license to produce editions of 500 in bronze to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the original designs. Shidoni Foundry in Tesuque, New Mexico cast the bronzes.
