Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Wrightian Letterhead


The Southeastern Architectural Archive recently opened its new exhibition, Following Wright, which acknowledges Frank Lloyd Wright's influence in southeastern Louisiana.  While the exhibit highlights architectural drawings by Edward Sporl, Albert C. Ledner, Philip Roach, Jr., and Leonard Reese Spangenberg, we are posting some Wright-inspired letterhead designs by other local architects. Gordon Illes Kuhne († 1979) and A. George Ducorbier, Jr. both adopted Wright's saturated red as part of their graphic layouts in the 1960s.

Images above:  Correspondence Files, 1965-1966, Guy Seghers Office Records, Southeastern Architectural Archive, Special Collections Division, Tulane University Libraries.


4 comments:

Randi Kuhne said...

Small correction: Gordon Illes Kuhn († 1983). > Gordon Illes Kuhne († 19879).

Keli Rylance said...

Thank you for commenting! Should it be 87 or 89? It's a lovely design!

Randi Kuhne said...

Sorry. It should be Kuhne, 1979. And I think it’s a locely design, too!

Keli Rylance said...

Thank you, Randi!