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Wis. group acquires 25 rare Wright house photo proofs

Posted March 16, 2011 11:00 pm

Associated Press

MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin Historical Society has purchased 25 rare photographic proofs of Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin home near Spring Green.

Some photos show Taliesin just after it was built in 1912. Others show the estate after a fire destroyed most of the living quarters two years later. A number of photographs have never been published and were unknown to experts in the field.

The proofs will be held in the Society's archives, where they'll join thousands of Wright-related photographs, drawings and documents.

The historical society said Wednesday it learned of the photos when an antiques dealer in Portage offered them for sale individually on eBay. It says 28 donors scrambled to raise money so the photos could be kept together in a set.

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