Design for landscape window with fruit tree and lillies
For this window, Northrop envisioned an asymmetrical design of a flowering fruit tree whose branches hang over an orange sky; purple mountains; and a stand of lilies, one of her signature floral motifs. The composition is crowned with the phrase “For they shall see God,” suggesting that it may have been a memorial window for a church or mausoleum, though no details of the commission are known. An alteration to the drawing hints at how such designs were employed in the process of making stained-glass windows. A rectangular section of paper has been inserted below the rounded arch at the top of the composition, lengthening the window and increasing the number of leaves on the tree. This insertion suggests that Northrop may have altered the drawing’s size to scale up to the height specifications of the client, as adding a panel would have been more expedient than creating a new watercolor design.
Artwork Details
- Title: Design for landscape window with fruit tree and lillies
- Artist: Louis C. Tiffany (American, New York 1848–1933 New York)
- Designer: Attributed to Agnes F. Northrop (American, Flushing, New York 1857–1953 New York, New York)
- Maker: Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company (American, 1892–1902)
- Maker: or Tiffany Studios (1902–32)
- Date: 1892-1932
- Geography: Made in New York, United States
- Culture: American
- Medium: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on paper mounted on board *(note collage)
- Dimensions: Original mat, now removed: 15 1/8 × 9 7/8 in. (38.4 × 25.1 cm)
Other (Design): 9 1/16 in. × 4 in. (23 × 10.2 cm)
Mat: 19 1/4 × 14 1/4 in. (48.9 × 36.2 cm) - Credit Line: Purchase, Walter Hoving and Julia T. Weld Gifts and Dodge Fund, 1967
- Object Number: 67.654.237
- Curatorial Department: The American Wing
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