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office of Frank Lloyd Wright
cat house from the Gerald Tonkens house, Cincinnati, Ohio
cat house from the Gerald Tonkens house, Cincinnati, Ohio
USA, c. 1954
lacquered plywood 47¾ h × 47¾ w × 47¾ d in (121 × 121 × 121 cm)
lacquered plywood 47¾ h × 47¾ w × 47¾ d in (121 × 121 × 121 cm)
estimate: $6,000–8,000
Sold with original rendering by Thomas Olson, the site supervisor of the Tonkens project. Mr. Tonkens asked Wright to design a cat house for his daughter; Olson designed the house after Wright's specifications. Measures: 32 h x18 w inches.
provenance: Gerald Tonkens, Cincinnati, OH | Christie's, New York, December 12, 1987, lot 138 and 139 | Thomas Monahan | Private collection, Milwaukee, WI