{"id":141779,"date":"2025-08-13T07:12:17","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T07:12:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/141779\/"},"modified":"2025-08-13T07:12:17","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T07:12:17","slug":"frank-lloyd-wright-building-conservancy-acquires-11-price-tower-pieces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/141779\/","title":{"rendered":"Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy Acquires 11 Price Tower Pieces"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tThe Frank Lloyd Wright<\/a> Building Conservancy, which aims to preserve existing buildings by the famed American architect, recently announced it had acquired 11 original pieces by Wright that had been designed for the Price Tower<\/a> in Bartlesville, Oklahoma<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWhile the Conservancy does not typically purchase architectural artifacts, this rare acquisition was made to prevent the further sale and dispersal of these items, and to ensure their eventual return to Price Tower,\u201d the conservancy said in a statement posted online on August 7<\/a>, noting the acquisition was funded by donors.<\/p>\n

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\n\tThe Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy called the acquisition an \u201cextraordinary step\u201d after \u201cpersistent advocacy and lengthy negotiations,\u201d noting the artifacts from the 19-story structure were protected under its preservation easement \u201cbut were sold without our permission in spring 2024.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe 11 items include the skyscraper\u2019s original lobby direction board, an armchair, three copper tables, two stools, and four unique embossed copper panels. They are currently being stored in the Dallas area.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tCopper panels from Price Tower, unpatinated, left, and patinated, right, were included in a traveling exhibition at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C., in 2006. Photo by Nikki Kahn\/The Washington Post via Getty Images<\/p>\n

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\n\t\u201cEach of these items are integral to Wright\u2019s architectural vision for Price Tower, itself significant for its extraordinary design, the only skyscraper built by one of America\u2019s greatest architects,\u201d the conservancy wrote. \u201cWe intend for the items to once again become part of the Price Tower experience for visitors.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tBarbara Gordon, the conservancy\u2019s executive director, said that the organization\u2019s priority was keeping the artifacts together and off the private market, with a goal of returning them to the building.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe purchase allowed us to secure our easement-protected items without the uncertainty and high cost of pursuing further legal action,\u201d Gordon said in a statement. \u201cWe\u2019re deeply grateful to the generous donors who made it possible for us to save these unique Wright-designed items.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tEarlier this year, Price Tower finally changed hands for $1.4 million<\/a> after a ruling from Washington County Judge Russell Vaclaw on January 21.<\/p>\n

\n\tAs ARTnews previously reported<\/a>, \u201cthe resolution compels the enforcement of a May 2023 contract between the current owners, Copper Tree and Green Copper Holdings, together known as Copper Entities, and Tulsa-based McFarlin Building Company.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe January sale concluded a six-month-long dispute, which was complicated by the sale of the building\u2019s fixtures by Copper Entities\u2014some sold off in breach of preservation agreements. Copper Entities began auctioning the items last summer, citing financial pressures due to debts estimated at $2 million. However, a clause in McFarlin\u2019s contract required the sale of Price Tower to include all its fixtures, including the items custom-designed by Wright.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy, which aims to preserve existing buildings by the famed American architect, recently…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":141780,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[2513,648,1032,1033,171,29449,5847,84417,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-141779","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-architecture","9":"tag-arts","10":"tag-arts-and-design","11":"tag-design","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-frank-lloyd-wright","14":"tag-oklahoma","15":"tag-price-tower","16":"tag-united-states","17":"tag-unitedstates","18":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115020218032889029","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141779","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=141779"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141779\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/141780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=141779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=141779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=141779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}