Sold for:
$37,500
$37,500
Dankmar Adler and Louis Sullivan
elevator door medallion from the Schlesinger and Mayer Store, Chicago
Winslow Brothers USA, 1893 electro-plated copper finish over cast iron 22¾ w x 22 d x ½ h in (58 x 56 x 1 cm)
result: $37,500
This medallion, originally positioned on an elevator grille in the Schlesinger and Mayer store (later changed to Carson Pirie Scott & Company Department Store), is exemplary of Adler and Sullivan's organic motifs and metalwork.
provenance: Sotheby's, New York, American Renaissance , 9 December 2005, Lot 428 | Important private collection
Auctioneer:
Wright Auctions
Date:
2014-12-11
