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Stenciled wall panel from the Chicago Stock Exchange Trading Room
Architect: Adler and Sullivan (American, active 1883–1896)
Designed by: Louis H. Sullivan (American, 1852–1924)
Executed by: Healy and Millet
Designed by: Louis H. Sullivan (American, 1852–1924)
Executed by: Healy and Millet
1893–1894
Object Place: Chicago, Illinois
Medium/Technique
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
Height x length: 144.8 × 167.6 cm (57 × 66 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Robert W. Ames
Accession Number2019.2202
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsArchitectural elements
Provenance1893-94, installed in the Trading Room of the Chicago Stock Exchange; about 1972, upon demolition of the Chicago Stock Exchange building, section of frieze panel salvaged and kept by Robert Webb Ames (b. 1925 – d. 2016), Chicago [see note 1]; 2019, bequest of Robert W. Ames to the MFA [see note 2]. (Accession Date: December 11, 2019)
NOTES:
(1) At the time, Mr. Ames was studying architecture with Mies Van der Rohe at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago; he later returned to the Boston area where he lived for the rest of his life.
(2) Mr. Ames died May 17, 2016.
NOTES:
(1) At the time, Mr. Ames was studying architecture with Mies Van der Rohe at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago; he later returned to the Boston area where he lived for the rest of his life.
(2) Mr. Ames died May 17, 2016.