Minneapolis Institute of Art

Art-glass panel for a bay window

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

Date

1909

Medium

Glass, zinc caming

Department

Arts of the Americas

Institution

Minneapolis Institute of Art

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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