Frank Lloyd Wright’s original working construction plans for the house of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Sussman in Pound Ridge, New York, 36 x 29, signed on a red Taliesin square in the lower right in graphite, “FLLW., Apr. 10/56.” Executed in graphite, red pencil, and black ink, the plan depicts elevations for the northeast, northwest, southeast, and southwest sides of the house, with each side marked with design structures such as “Carport,” “Balcony,” “Bedrooms,” and “Living Room.” The plan is labeled along the bottom: “House for Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Sussman, Poundridge, Westchester County, New York, Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect.” In very good to fine condition, with light overall wrinkling, minor loss to the lower left corner tip, and two pieces of clear tape to the upper right corner.In 1936, Wright developed a series of homes he called Usonian, cost-effective houses with no attics, no basements, and scarce ornamentation. In the early 1950s he first used the term Usonian Automatic to describe a Usonian-style house made of inexpensive concrete blocks, modular in design, and capable of being assembled in a variety of ways. Wright’s aim was for home buyers to save money by building their own Usonian Automatic houses, but the assembly proved too complicated, and most buyers ultimately hired contractors. One such unrealized Usonian project was the Sussman house in Pound Ridge, Westchester County, New York. This house eventually served as the basis for a full-scale model house built for the traveling exhibition Frank Lloyd Wright: In The Realm of Ideas, which toured from 1988-1991, and visited eight cities across the States including Dallas, Washington D.C., and Chicago.Format: Building Plan