Dankmar Adler and Louis Sullivan

Lunn Ltd., New York, 1988
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Robert Judson Clark, ed., The Arts and Crafts Movement in America 1876-1916, Princeton, NJ, 1972, p. 60
John Vinci, The Art Institute of Chicago:  The Stock Exchange Trading Room, Chicago, 1977, pp. 38, 47, 54 and 57
Wim de Wit, ed., Louis Sullivan:  The Function of Ornament, Chicago, 1986, p. 64
Sarah C. Mollman, ed., Louis Sullivan in the Art Institute of Chicago:  The Illustrated Catalogue of Collections, New York, 1989, p. 161 (for the trading room reconstructed at the Art Institute) and p. 163
John Vinci, The Trading Room: Louis Sullivan and the Chicago Stock Exchange, Chicago, 1989, p. 46
Hans Frei, Louis Henry Sullivan, Zurich, 1992, p. 111
Mario Manieri Elia, Louis Henry Sullivan, 1856-1924, New York, 1996, pp. 102-103 (for the original trading room)
Judith A. Barter, Apostles of Beauty: Arts and Crafts from Britian to Chicago, Chicago, 2009, p. 169

Overall in good condition. The panel with scattered losses and abrasions to paint. The center of the canvas with concentrated areas of surface soiling. The canvas with MDF backing and a slight space in between the backing and canvas. The canvas with slight movement and rippling throughout. With a few shallow surface scratches, the longest being near the center of the canvas extending approximately 9 inches across. With scattered discolorations visible to the naked eye, likely from in-painting and/or previous restoration. If desired, this lot could benefit from a sensitive surface cleaning to restore surfaces to original vibrant color and tone. The horizontal panel presents with a rhythmic geometric pattern executed in a complementary range of pale green, blue, deep reds, oranges and brown. An historically important example of an architectural element from the Chicago Stock Exchange showing impactful composition and strength of line and pattern.
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