FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT – DOCUMENT TRIPLE SIGNED 11/14/1952. Exceedingly Rare document in which he agrees to be interviewed by NBC, signing 3 times! “Frank Lloyd Wright”, “The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation”. 3p (separate sheets), 8½x11. National Broadcasting Company, Inc. Merchandise Mart, Chicago, Illinois, 1952 November 14. In letter form to: Mr. Frank Lloyd Wright/Taliesin/Spring Green, Wisconsin. Eight paragraph contract between the National Broadcasting Company and Frank Lloyd Wright. Signed by an official of NBC and by Wright who has signed beneath. Also signed again, inexplicably, in the name of his foundation, beneath the NBC official’s signature. As an independent contractor. You shall furnish us your personal services and all script material for an interview of you wherein you shall discuss philosophically matters which you have learned in the course of your life and your views concerning them for recording by a sound-on-film motion picture. To be produced by and for us, with an exhibition running time of approximately 28-30 minutes. The filming shall be done at such times and places as are mutually agreeable3. Payable within ten (10) days after your services and materials have been so furnished and filmed6In the event of commercial exploitation of said film or of any residual or subsidiary rights therein, we shall pay you additional compensation equal to one-half (1/2) of the revenues derived by us from such exploitation. On Sunday afternoon, May 17, 1953, NBC televised. A Conversation with Frank Lloyd Wright. This interview became part of. A series of Sunday afternoon filmed interviews. As a rule, those who participated had to be at least 65 years old. Others interviewed included Pablo Casals, Herbert Hoover, Wanda Landowska, Jawaharlal Nehru, Sean O’Casey, Bertrand Russell, Carl Sandburg, Edward Steichen and Igor Stravinsky. The series, conceived by NBC President Sylvester “Pat” Weaver, was rerun in 1959. The style was typified by houses with low-pitched roofs and extended lines that blended into the landscape. It epitomized Wright’s idea of “organic architecture”, which proceeds, persists, creates, according to the nature of man and his circumstances as they both change. The creator of about 1,000 structures is also noted for his innovative designs for the Imperial Hotel (Tokyo) and the Guggenheim Museum (New York City). Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation. Was established by Wright in 1940 as the repository of his life work. The Foundation maintains its international headquarters at Taliesin West in Scottsdale, Arizona. Letters or documents signed by Frank Lloyd Wright rarely appear on the market. This is an exceptional document relating to early television history, signed. File hole, staple holes and fold at top left of each page. Please note that this is an original, authentically signed item. We do not sell copies or reprints. Image(s) shown may contain our company watermark. 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