http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/109130/pair-of-elevator-grilles-frieze-and-overgrille-gallery-label-current ArtsConnectEd.org Art Collector Set: Pair of elevator grilles, frieze, and overgrille: Gallery Label - Current http://www.artsconnected.org/images/favicon.png http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/109130/pair-of-elevator-grilles-frieze-and-overgrille-gallery-label-current 16 16 http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/109130/pair-of-elevator-grilles-frieze-and-overgrille-gallery-label-current Wed, 01 Jun 2005 00:00:00 -0400 <table cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td class="detail_label">Title</td> <td><h3>Pair of elevator grilles, frieze, and overgrille: Gallery Label - Current</h3></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="detail_label">Author</td> <td><h3>Minneapolis Institute of Arts</h3></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="detail_label">Date</td> <td><h3>2005-12-08</h3></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="detail_label" style="padding-right:7px;">Institution</td> <td>Minneapolis Institute of Arts</td> </tr> </table><br/>The Chicago Stock Exchange Building, for which these grilles were made, was one of Adler and Sullivan's last commissions before the firm dissolved in 1895. The repeating motif of spheres on the arms of an X within ovals inside a circle is echoed in the frieze above the grille and in the overgrille. Sullivan conceived this design as a series of "seed germs" bursting from their pods, an idea found in his prose poem "Inspiration" of 1886, in which he compared the metamorphosis of a seed into a plant to that of basic forms into a structure.[need 2 copies of this label] http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/109130/pair-of-elevator-grilles-frieze-and-overgrille-gallery-label-current The Chicago Stock Exchange Building, for which these grilles were made, was one of Adler and Sullivan's last commissions before the firm dissolved in 1895. The repeating motif of spheres on the arms of an X within ovals inside a circle is echoed in the frieze above the grille and in the overgrille. Sullivan conceived this design as a series of "seed germs" bursting from their pods, an idea found in his prose poem "Inspiration" of 1886, in which he compared the metamorphosis of a seed into a plant to that of basic forms into a structure.[need 2 copies of this label]" type="image/jpeg" />The Chicago Stock Exchange Building, for which these grilles were made, was one of Adler and Sullivan's last commissions before the firm dissolved in 1895. The repeating motif of spheres on the arms of an X within ovals inside a circle is echoed in the frieze above the grille and in the overgrille. Sullivan conceived this design as a series of "seed germs" bursting from their pods, an idea found in his prose poem "Inspiration" of 1886, in which he compared the metamorphosis of a seed into a plant to that of basic forms into a structure.[need 2 copies of this label]" type="image/jpeg" />Copyright Minneapolis Institute of ArtsMinneapolis Institute of Arts