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In his worship of architect Frank Lloyd Wright, Thomas S. Monaghan, CEO of Domino's Pizza, has selected an idol whose ego he can match almost point for point. In his enthusiasm for all things Wright, Monaghan has assembled a Wright museum at Domino's Farms, housed in a Wright-inspired building blown up to tremendous proportions. Now the Domino's collection is on a national tour, and viewers can see not only what Wright and Monaghan have wrought, but also can consider the various aesthetic and preservation issues involved as Monaghan has been criticized for raising auction prices to unconscionable heights and for removing Wright designs from their intended settings. In this handsomely illustrated catalog, curator Hanks addresses these problems in his notes, which justify the presence of each item in the collection both by provenance and as the only means of preservation. A useful item both as a further report on the burgeoning Wright phenomenon and as a supplement to Hanks' Decorative Designs of Frank Lloyd Wright [BKL My 1 79]. Checklist of museum holdings, bibliography; index. --John Brosnahan