Drawing, Concept Drawing for Blair House, Residence of William McCormick Blair, Lake Forest, Illinois

This is a Drawing. It is dated ca. 1917 and we acquired it in 1937. Its medium is graphite, pastel on tracing paper mounted on white wove paper (letterhead). It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Henry O. Milliken. It is credited Gift of Henry O. Milliken.

Its dimensions are

(irregular): 6.3 x 17.9 cm (2 1/2 x 7 1/16 in.) Mount: 7.8 x 18.2 cm (3 1/16 x 7 3/16 in.)

It has the following markings

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It is inscribed

Verso in graphite, notes from the donor Henry Miliken: This is a rough 1st sketch by David Adler / of Chicago who used to be my partner. It is / an early idea for a house he later built / for one of the Blairs Wm. [?] near Lake / Forest, Ill. / I personally think Adler the best residential / architect in the middle west and one of the best / in the whole country. He has done some of the largest / residences in the country. Aside from Chicago such / things as the R.T.Crane house, Ipswich, Mass. Newhall / Field's residence on 70th St. and lately Wm [?] E.M. Fields / house on Long Island. / Sketches of his are rare. If you wrangle out of him / the rendering he did for the N.Y. house of the Fields you / would be lucky but do not mention this sketch as he / no longer speaks to me and might resent it.

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