Art-glass panel for a bay window

Minneapolis Institute of Art

Art-glass panel for a bay window

Designer: William Gray Purcell; E. L. Sharretts (working for Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co.)LinkedCulture matchlcp-e14e8a8af35c

Date
1909
Medium
Glass, zinc caming
Department
Arts of the Americas
Institution
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Object ID
4688

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This design reflects Purcell's fascination with modern technology. In 1939 Purcell wrote about his inspiration for these windows. In 1909 at the Orpheum vaudeville show Purcell saw a moving picture called The June Bug featuring the aviator Glenn Curtiss flying his biplane. To partners who were endeavoring in their work to relate Architecture and the Machine, such a sight gave serious pause. I made a record of my feelings by putting a 'June Bug' biplane against some big piled-up clouds in the leaded glass transoms of the new Stricker dining room bay window. United States, Americas

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The Ethel Morrison Van Derlip Fund

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