Clerestory Window, from the Madison State Bank, Madison, Minnesota
- Designer
- George Grant Elmslie, American (born Scotland), 1869–1952,
William Gray Purcell, American, 1880–1965 - Maker
- Mosaic Art Shops (E.L. Sharretts), Minneapolis, Minnesota, active 1912–1930
- Date
- 1913
- Material
- Glass and lead
- Classification
- Architectural elements, glassware
- Current Location
- On View, Concourse
- Dimensions
- 73 x 22 3/4 x 5/8 in. (185.4 x 57.8 x 1.6 cm)
including hangers: 75 x 22 3/4 x 5/8 in. (190.5 x 57.8 x 1.6 cm) - Credit Line
- Funds given by Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Lorenz in memory of Ann Lorenz Van Zanten
- Rights
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- Object Number
- 23:2009
NOTES
This window’s elongated rectangles in shades of white, blue, red, green, and yellow illustrate George Grant Elmslie’s transition in mid-career from the organic, curvilinear ornament he produced during his tenure with Louis Sullivan to a more rectilinear geometry. This is one of nine clerestory windows that ornamented and illuminated the Madison State Bank in Madison, Minnesota, built in 1913.
Provenance
1913 - 1968
Madison State Bank, Madison, MN, commissioned from the artists
1968 -
Bertram and Margaret Goderstad, Hastings, MN, acquired from Madison State Bank [1]
- 2009
Mr. and Mrs. Leo Schumacher, Hastings, MN, purchased from Bertram and Margaret Goderstad [2]
2009
American Decorative Arts 1900 Foundation (Bruce Barnes), New York, NY, purchased from Mr. and Mrs. Leo Schumacher [3]
2009 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from American Decorative Arts 1900 Foundation (Bruce Barnes) [4]
Notes:
[1] Previous ownership provided in email correspondence dated August 28, 2009 from the seller, Bruce Barnes, to SLAM staff David Conradsen [SLAM document files].
[2] See note [1].
[3] See note [1].
[4] Invoice from the seller, Bruce Barnes, dated September 8, 2009 [SLAM document files]; Minutes of the Collections Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, September 21, 2009.
Madison State Bank, Madison, MN, commissioned from the artists
1968 -
Bertram and Margaret Goderstad, Hastings, MN, acquired from Madison State Bank [1]
- 2009
Mr. and Mrs. Leo Schumacher, Hastings, MN, purchased from Bertram and Margaret Goderstad [2]
2009
American Decorative Arts 1900 Foundation (Bruce Barnes), New York, NY, purchased from Mr. and Mrs. Leo Schumacher [3]
2009 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from American Decorative Arts 1900 Foundation (Bruce Barnes) [4]
Notes:
[1] Previous ownership provided in email correspondence dated August 28, 2009 from the seller, Bruce Barnes, to SLAM staff David Conradsen [SLAM document files].
[2] See note [1].
[3] See note [1].
[4] Invoice from the seller, Bruce Barnes, dated September 8, 2009 [SLAM document files]; Minutes of the Collections Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, September 21, 2009.