A WROUGHT-IRON FRIEZE

ADLER & SULLIVAN FOR THE CHICAGO STOCK EXCHANGE BUILDING, CIRCA 1893

Details

A WROUGHT-IRON FRIEZE
Adler & Sullivan for the Chicago Stock Exchange Building, circa 1893
Featuring stylized botanical motifs within a classical foliate border
17¾ x 66¾ x 2in. (45 x 169.5 x 5.1cm.)

Provenance

Christie's New York, June 11, 1994, lot 207

Lot Essay

cf. Robert Twombley, Louis Sullivan: His Life and Work, 1989, p. 317; Chapman, Jackson and Huntley, Louis H. Sullivan Architectural Ornament Collection, Southern Illinois University of Edwardsville, 1981, fig. 34 for an illustration of the design of the frieze; and John Vinci, The Art Institute of Chicago: The Stock Exchange Trading Room, 1977, pp. 22-23 showing in situ photographs of the frieze and p. 20 for a discussion of its design.