Loading images...
Taliesin Diary: A Year with Frank Lloyd Wright, by Priscilla J. Henken, Sarah Leavitt (Editor)
€10.00

Quay Books
The first publication of the diary of a Frank Lloyd Wright apprentice, 1942–43, with notes, contextual essays, and contemporaneous photographs.
Priscilla J. Henken lived at Taliesin with her husband David as part of The Fellowship, the group of acolytes who made Taliesin an architectural colony from the 1930s through the 1950s.
Her lively description of day-to-day life on a communal working farm in south-central Wisconsin provides unique insights into the world of Frank Lloyd Wright during the period and will fascinate Wright enthusiasts as well as those with a specialized interest in midcentury architecture; social and spiritual movements; and the clash of cultures represented by two socialist, Jewish New Yorkers and the Midwestern farm community at Taliesin.
Henken vividly describes the daily program, from cooking duties to editing the great architect’s autobiography and watching films. The internecine battles of the apprentices and the contentious relationship between Wright, the apprentices, and his third wife, Olgivanna Lazovich, enliven the account. Annotations supplement the diary, and accompanying essays by several scholars explore the cultural history of the period.
More from Quay Books Browse Quay Books All
In Morocco, by Edith Wharton
€5.00
€9.00
44% off
The Fairies Return: Or, New Tales for Old, Compiled by Peter Davies, Edited by Maria Tatar
€10.00
€25.00
60% off
Highfire, by Eoin Colfer
€4.00
€11.00
63% off
Mr Tripp Smells a Rat, by Sandy McKay
€3.00
€6.00
50% off
How the World Works: the Periodic Table, by Anne Rooney
€6.00
€12.00
50% off
The World Will Follow Joy: Turning Madness into Flowers (New Poems), by Alice Walker
€7.00
€20.00
65% off
Musk Mania: Elon Musk's five insane principles of success, by Hans Van Der Loo and Patrick Davidson
€4.00
€12.00
66% off
Beloved Psalms: Calendar 2021
€6.00
€12.99
53% off