The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Guggenheim Museum Publications; Distributed in the U.S. and Canada by Abrams; Guggenheim Museum Pubns
Published: 1995
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 89
Subjects: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum; Art, Modern -- 20th century; Art -- New York (State) -- New York
Description: This book celebrates the Guggenheim from its inception to the present. In a highly informative essay, Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer, Vice President and Director of the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives, traces an odyssey that began in 1943 with a letter imploring Wright to build a "temple of spirit" for a small museum of non-objective paintings. The project endured delays and upsets for sixteen years before construction was completed in 1959, only months after Wright's death.

After a major restoration and expansion project, completed in 1992, the architect's original vision has now truly been fulfilled. This beautiful volume also includes fascinating photographs taken during the museum's construction, a portfolio of photographs interpreting Wright's structure as a work of art, and images of exhibition installations within the newly restored building.
Table of contents: title: Preface / Thomas Krens -- A; title: temple of spirit -- Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer -- The; title: construction -- photographs by William H. Short -- The; title: restoration and expansion -- photographs by Lee B. Ewing and David Heald -- The; title: Museum as a work of art -- photographs by David Heald -- The; title: Museum as a place for art-- photographs by Lee B. Ewing and David Heald.