A Working Class Home

Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959)
Project for the Blumberg House
Colored pencil and
ink on paper, 1955
Prints and Photographs Division
Purchase (195.3)

This perspective study depicts one of Frank Lloyd Wright's famous "Usonian Houses" from the mid-1950s. Meant to bring new architectural forms and patterns of living to the working class American family, "Usonian" homes were Wright's affordable yet stylish alternative to his earlier more ornate Prairie Style homes. "Usonian" (an acronym for United States of North America) is something that is unique, made in the United States, and does not include any architectural elements from other countries.