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Artist:
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George Grant Elmslie
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Title:
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Screen fragment
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Date:
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1928
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Medium:
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Plywood, oak veneer
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Dimensions:
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64 1/4 x 13 3/4 x 1/2 in. (163.2 x 34.93 x 1.27 cm)
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Credit Line:
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Gift of David and Patricia Gebhard
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Location:
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Gallery 300
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This is a section of an organ screen panel from the Western Springs Congregational Church in Western Springs, Illinois. While the church is a fairly traditional ecclesiastical design, the musical notes of this sawed wood screen fragment have the playful spirit of Elmslie's Prairie School designs. It was probably removed during remodeling in the 1950s.
[Insert photo of church interior here - NWAA photo]
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Artist/Creator(s)
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Name:
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Elmslie, George Grant
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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 (born Scotland), 1869-1952
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Object Description
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Classification:
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Architecture
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Physical Description:
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veneer wood panel with cut-out design, including three quarter notes; painted yellow; two brass hooks at one end; two loose chains; each 7 in. long
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Creation Place:
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North America, United States, Minnesota
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Accession #:
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98.235.1
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Owner:
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The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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