Sale 2608
New York
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14 December 2012
Price realised
USD 37,500
Estimate
LOUIS SULLIVAN (1856-1924) A SKYLIGHT FROM THE AUDITORIUM BUILDING, CIRCA 1890 Chicago, from the 10th floor dining room, comprising four panels, leaded glass, with later wood frame each panel 24½ in. (62 cm.) high, 22¾ in. (58 cm.) wide
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Literature
C. Taylor, J. Plank, The Early Louis Sullivan Building Photographs, San Francisco, 2001, pl. 23.
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