Elevator Screen, Farwell Building, Detroit
Tiffany Studios provided this design for the gilt-bronze elevator screen, the focal point of the Farwell Building’s lobby. Early photographs of the building’s interior show that a less intricate design was ultimately selected.
In recent years, economic decline in Detroit has left the Farwell Building abandoned and its Tiffany Studios’ interior vandalized. The gilt-bronze elevator doors and much of the Tiffany glass elements are now, unfortunately, lost or severely damaged. However, a campaign to revitalize the city’s historic Capitol Park district includes plans to renovate and preserve the Farwell Building.
In recent years, economic decline in Detroit has left the Farwell Building abandoned and its Tiffany Studios’ interior vandalized. The gilt-bronze elevator doors and much of the Tiffany glass elements are now, unfortunately, lost or severely damaged. However, a campaign to revitalize the city’s historic Capitol Park district includes plans to renovate and preserve the Farwell Building.
Artwork Details
- Title: Elevator Screen, Farwell Building, Detroit
- Artist: Louis C. Tiffany (American, New York 1848–1933 New York)
- Maker: Tiffany Studios (1902–32)
- Date: ca. 1915
- Geography: Made in New York, United States
- Culture: American
- Medium: Black ink and graphite with watercolor and compass construction on wove paper, mounted on illustration board
- Dimensions: 25 1/2 in. × 38 in. (64.8 × 96.5 cm)
Mat: 30 × 40 in. (76.2 × 101.6 cm) - Credit Line: Purchase, Walter Hoving and Julia T. Weld Gifts and Dodge Fund, 1967
- Object Number: 67.654.311
- Curatorial Department: The American Wing
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