Design for medallion window for the American College of Surgeons, Chicago, IL

Louis C. Tiffany|Tiffany Studios

1923–26 · Watercolor, gouachem pen and black and brown India inks, and graphite on off-white wove paper · The American Wing

This proposal for a medallion window for the John B. Murphy Memorial Auditorium of the American College of Surgeons in Chicago recalls similar compositions of interlocking circles in thirteenth-century Gothic windows. In the drawing's interpretation, the pictorial scenes that would have filled each of the medallions in an ecclesiastical setting are restricted to the central reserve, with the other medallions providing a show-case for Tiffany's jewel-like ornamental glass. Regrettably, Tiffany's design was not accepted, and the commission went to Willet Studio of Philadelphia, which adopted a more traditional Renaissance style.

Artist

Louis C. Tiffany|Tiffany Studios

Date

1923–26

Medium

Watercolor, gouachem pen and black and brown India inks, and graphite on off-white wove paper

Culture

American

Department

The American Wing

Credit line

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1953