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Artist:
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William Gray Purcell
E. L. Sharretts
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Title:
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Art-glass panel for a bay window, one of six
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Date:
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1909
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Medium:
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Glass, zinc caming
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Dimensions:
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60 x 24 in. (152.4 x 60.96 cm)
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Credit Line:
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The Ethel Morrison Van Derlip Fund
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Location:
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Gallery 300
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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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Artist/Creator(s)
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Name:
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Purcell, William Gray
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Role:
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Designer
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Nationality:
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American
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Life Dates:
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American, 1880-1965
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Name:
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Sharretts, E. L.
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Role:
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Maker
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Nationality:
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American
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Life Dates:
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American
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Object Description
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Inscriptions:
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Classification:
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Architecture
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Creation Place:
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North America, United States, , Minnesota, Minneapolis
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Accession #:
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94.28.1
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Owner:
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The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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