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Louis Sullivan
Louis Sullivan, detail of an oil painting by Frank A. Werner, 1919; in the collection of the Chicago Historical Society.
Shortly before his death in 1924, Louis Sullivan completed and published two significant works: his Autobiography of an Idea (1924) and A System of Architectural Ornament According with a Philosophy of Manâs Powers (1924). He passed away just one week after receiving the published copies of these books.12