About This Artwork

George Grant Elmslie
American, born Scotland, 1871-1952

Andirons, 1912

Brass, bronze, and cast iron
26.5 x 20 x 72.4 cm each (10 7/16 x 7 7/8 x 28 1/2 in.)
Gift of Mrs. George A. Harvey, 1971.788a-b

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Exhibition History

Minneapolis Institute of Arts, "Minnesota 1900," June 18-Sept. 4, 1994.

Art Institute of Chicago, "Apostles of Beauty: Arts and Crafts from Britain to Chicago," November 7, 2009-January 31, 2010, cat. 46.

Publication History

Judith A. Barter et al., American Arts at The Art Institute of Chicago: From Colonial Times to World War I (Art Institute of Chicago, 1998), pp. 313-15, no. 165.

Ownership History

The Art Institute of Chicago, 1971.