Pair of Elevator Grilles

COLLECTION NAME:

The AMICA Library

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AMICO~1~1

The AMICA Library

Collection

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AMICA ID:

MIA_.92.2a-i

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MIA_.92.2a-i

AMICA ID

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AMICA Library Year:

1998

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1998

AMICA Library Year

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Object Type:

Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects

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Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects

Object Type

false

Creator Name:

Sullivan, Louis

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Sullivan, Louis

Creator Name

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Creator Nationality:

North American; American

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North American; American

Creator Nationality

false

Creator Role:

designer

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designer

Creator Role

false

Creator Dates/Places:

1856 - 1924

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1856 - 1924

Creator Dates/Places

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Gender:

M

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M

Gender

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Creator Name-CRT:

Louis Sullivan

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Louis Sullivan

Creator Name-CRT

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Title:

Pair of Elevator Grilles

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Pair of Elevator Grilles

Title

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View:

Front

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Front

View

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Creation Date:

1893 - 1894

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1893 - 1894

Creation Date

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Creation Start Date:

1893

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1893

Creation Start Date

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Creation End Date:

1894

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1894

Creation End Date

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Materials and Techniques:

cast and wrought iron, copper-plated wrought iron

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cast and wrought iron, copper-plated wrought iron

Materials and Techniques

false

Classification Term:

architectural

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architectural

Classification Term

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Dimensions:

H.118 x W.67 in., approximate, overall

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H.118 x W.67 in., approximate, overall

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Component Measured:

overall

mcm

overall

Component Measured

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Measurement Unit:

in

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in

Measurement Unit

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AMICA Contributor:

The Minneapolis Institute of Arts

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The Minneapolis Institute of Arts

AMICA Contributor

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Owner Location:

Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

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Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Owner Location

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ID Number:

92.2a-i

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92.2a-i

ID Number

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Credit Line:

The John R. Van Derlip Fund

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The John R. Van Derlip Fund

Credit Line

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Rights:

http://www.artsmia.org/restrictions.html

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<a href="http://www.artsmia.org/restrictions.html"target="_new">http://www.artsmia.org/restrictions.html</a>

Rights

false

Context:

The Chicago Stock Exchange Building, for which these grilles were made, was one of Adler and Sullivan's last commissions before the firm dissolved in 1895.

The repeating motif of spheres on the arms of an X within ovals inside a circle is echoed in the frieze above the grille and in the overgrille. Sullivan conceived this design as a series of "seed germs" bursting from their pods, an idea found in his prose poem "Inspiration," of 1886, in which he compared the metamorphosis of a seed into a plant to that of basic forms into a structure.

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<P>The Chicago Stock Exchange Building, for which these grilles were made, was one of Adler and Sullivan's last commissions before the firm dissolved in 1895. </P><P>The repeating motif of spheres on the arms of an X within ovals inside a circle is echoed in the frieze above the grille and in the overgrille. Sullivan conceived this design as a series of "seed germs" bursting from their pods, an idea found in his prose poem "Inspiration," of 1886, in which he compared the metamorphosis of a seed into a plant to that of basic forms into a structure. </P>

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Pair of Elevator Grilles