Detail View: The AMICA Library: Window
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AMICA ID:
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MIA_.98.256.3
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AMICA Library Year:
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2002
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Object Type:
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Architecture
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Creator Name:
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Elmslie, George Grant
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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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Born in Scotland;
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Gender:
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M
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Creator Birth Place:
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Scotland
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Creator Name-CRT:
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George Grant Elmslie
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Title:
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Window
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View:
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Front
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Creation Date:
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1922
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Creation Start Date:
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1922
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Creation End Date:
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1922
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Materials and Techniques:
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Stained and clear glass, lead caming
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Dimensions:
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H 15 in., W 11 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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98.256.3
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Credit Line:
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Gift of Roger G. Kennedy
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Rights:
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Context:
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Elmslie began drawing up plans for the Capitol Building and Loan in 1918, but construction did begin until 1922, after the firm of Purcell and Elmslie had been dissolved. By this time the Prairie School was fast losing ground to modernism, but in the widows for the Capitol Building and Loan, Elmslie still used repeated geometric forms and colors to unify the interior and exterior. This window features a circle motif, reminiscent of the windows in Frank Lloyd Wright's Avery Coonley playhouse (1912). |
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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MIA_.24831c.tif
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