Seen by very few people for over a century, the monumental window will now be a permanent centerpiece welcoming thousands of visitors near the Michigan Avenue entrance of The Art Insitute of Chicago. The Art Institute of Chicago revealed in its galleries last week an extraordinary memorial window, attributed to Agnes F. Northrop and made by Tiffany Studios in 1917, that was acquired in 2018 and newly-restored. Originally commissioned for Rhode Island's Central Baptist Church (now known as .
Jonathan Mathias
The Art Institute of Chicago already owned some major creations by the Tiffany Studios, but its holdings took a giant leap forward in 2018, when it acquired a dazzling 26-by-18-foot church window depicting Mount Chocorua in the White Mountains of New Hampshire.
The 1917 window will go on view May 27 in the Henry Crown Gallery at the top of the grand staircase in the museum’s Michigan Avenue building, an expansive second-floor space that houses an array of architectural fragments.
Tiffany Studios ‘Hartwell Memorial Window’ (1917)
When: On permanent view starting May 27
Where: Art Institute of Chicago, 111 S. Michigan Ave.