Detail View: The AMICA Library: Stained Glass Panel with Biplane motif from a Set of Six for a Bay Window
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AMICA ID:
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MIA_.94.28.1
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AMICA Library Year:
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2002
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Object Type:
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Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
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Creator Name:
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Purcell, William Gray
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Creator Nationality:
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North American; American
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Creator Role:
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designer
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Creator Dates/Places:
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1880 - 1965
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Gender:
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M
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Creator Name-CRT:
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William Gray Purcell
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Creator Name:
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Mosaic Arts Shops
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Mosaic Arts Shops
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Title:
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Stained Glass Panel with Biplane motif from a Set of Six for a Bay Window
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View:
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Front
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Creation Date:
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1909
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Creation Start Date:
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1909
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Creation End Date:
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1909
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Materials and Techniques:
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Glass, zinc caming
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Classification Term:
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Stained Glass
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Dimensions:
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H.60 x W.24 in.
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Component Measured:
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overall
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Measurement Unit:
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in
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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Owner Location:
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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ID Number:
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94.28.1
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Credit Line:
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The Ethel Morrison Van Derlip Fund
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Rights:
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Context:
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This design reflects Purcell's fascination with modern technology. In 1939 Purcell wrote about his inspiration for these windows. In 1909 at the Orpheum vaudeville show Purcell saw a "moving picture" called The June Bug featuring the aviator Glenn Curtiss flying his biplane. "To partners who were endeavoring in their work to relate Architecture and the Machine, such a sight gave serious pause. I made a record of my feelings by putting a 'June Bug' biplane against some big piled-up clouds in the leaded glass transoms of the new Stricker dining room bay window." |
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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MIA_.16935c.tif
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