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    The Car Is Architecture: A Visual History of Frank Lloyd Wright’s 85 Cars and One Motorcycle
    The Car Is Architecture: A Visual History of Frank Lloyd Wright’s 85 Cars and One Motorcycle
    The Car Is Architecture: A Visual History of Frank Lloyd Wright’s 85 Cars and One Motorcycle
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    The Car Is Architecture: A Visual History of Frank Lloyd Wright’s 85 Cars and One Motorcycle

    By Richie Herink

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    Cars were one of Frank Lloyd Wright’s great obsessions, along with Architecture and Japanese Prints. The last two have been well documented, but the Cars have not been covered at all ... until this book.

    This unique visual history of Wright’s 85 cars and one motorcycle uses original magazine ads to describe the make and model of each vehicle. The vehicles are presented in the order in which they were purchased and used.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherFideli Publishing, Inc.
    Release dateMar 25, 2015
    ISBN9781604148596
    The Car Is Architecture: A Visual History of Frank Lloyd Wright’s 85 Cars and One Motorcycle
    Author

    Richie Herink

    Richie Herink, Ed.D., Ph.D.Ridgewood, New Jersey

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      The Car Is Architecture - Richie Herink

      This historic publication brings to light the little known fact that the automobile was one of Frank Lloyd Wright’s passions and that buying cars was one of his obsessions.

      Wright, through his Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, owned more cars and more different makes and models of cars than any other architect that ever lived.

      Wright purchased cars even when he was financially strapped and he often bought several cars at once. Nearly all of his cars were painted Cherokee red, regardless of their original factory color. The first Cherokee red was a dark maroon color used by the 1935 Oldsmobile. The second version was a shade of Wisconsin barn red that was used by the 1950 Nash Rambler. Incidentally, this car was also manufactured in Wisconsin.

      Wright, thereby, turned his cars into Frank Lloyd Wright cars, irrespective of their make and model. It was part of the way he established Frank Lloyd Wright as a brand name and he used his automobiles to draw attention to himself and to provide him with the outward appearance of

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