Louis H. Sullivan / Lunette and decorative panels / 1884

Louis H. Sullivan
Lunette and decorative panels
1884 - 1885
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Creator Name: Sullivan, Louis H.
Creator Nationality: North American; American
Creator Role: Designer
Creator Dates/Places: 1856 - 1924
Gender: M
Creator Name-CRT: Louis H. Sullivan
Creator Name: Northwestern Terra Cotta Works (Norweta), Chicago
Creator Role: Manufacturer
Creator Name-CRT: Northwestern Terra Cotta Works (Norweta), Chicago
Title: Lunette and decorative panels
View: front
Creation Start Date: 1884
Creation End Date: 1885
Creation Date: 1884 - 1885
Object Type: Architecture
Classification Term: Terra Cotta
Materials and Techniques: Painted terra-cotta
Dimensions: Lunette sections (each): H 20 1/2 in., W 26 1/2 in., D 6 in.; decorative panels (each): H 29 in., W 17 1/2 in., D 9 1/2 in.
AMICA Contributor: The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Owner Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
ID Number: 77.23.1-12
Credit Line: Gift of the Department of Environmental Affairs
Rights: http://www.artsmia.org/restrictions.html
Context:

Louis Sullivan designed these terra-cotta panels for the exterior of the Scoville Building in Chicago, one of the Adler and Sullivan firm's earliest commissions. It required them to remodel an existing Adler structure to accord with a new, much larger addition. The terra-cotta pieces shown here formed part of the organic decoration of stylized plants with which Sullivan tied the two buildings together. This lunette ornamented the arch above the windows of the top (fifth) story. It has an undulating design of ferns unfurling and would have complemented other organically-inspired terra-cotta pieces throughout the exterior.

AMICA ID: MIA_.77.23.1-12
Measurement Unit: in
AMICA Library Year: 2002
Media Metadata Rights: ? The Minneapolis Institute of Arts

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