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Chicago Stock Exchange Trading Room: Stencil

A stenciled wall covering made up of multicolored ornamentation. The pattern consists of intricate repeated organic shapes.
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  • A stenciled wall covering made up of multicolored ornamentation. The pattern consists of intricate repeated organic shapes.

Date:

1893/94

Artist:

Adler & Sullivan (American, 1883-1896)
Louis H. Sullivan (American, 1856-1924)

Executed by Healy and Millet

About this artwork

The Chicago Stock Exchange building was one of Dankmar Adler and Louis Sullivan’s most distinctive commercial projects. The centerpiece of this 13-story structure was the trading room—a dramatic, double-height space filled with Sullivan’s lush ornament and the multicolored, stenciled wall covering seen here. After an unsuccessful preservation battle in the late 1960s, the building was demolished, but the Art Institute was able to acquire the monumental entry arch, now located in a garden next to the Modern Wing.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Architecture and Design

Artist

Adler & Sullivan, Architects (Architect)

Title

Chicago Stock Exchange Trading Room: Stencil

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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Designed 1893–1894

Medium

Oil on canvas, mounted on panel

Dimensions

145.5 × 307.5 cm (57 1/4 × 121 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. & Mrs. Arthur D. Dubin

Reference Number

1971.747

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