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Art-glass panel for a bay window, one of six
William Gray Purcell
E. L. Sharretts
1909
60 x 24 in. (152.4 x 60.96 cm)
The Ethel Morrison Van Derlip Fund
Accession #: 94.28.1
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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." |
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