Louis H. Sullivan (American, 1856-1924)
Electrolier Chandelier from the Chicago Auditorium Building, 1886
Bronze with brown patina, electrical fixture
32-1/2 inches high x 30 inches diameter (82.6 x 76.2 cm)

PROVENANCE:
Crombie Taylor, 1957-1961;
Private Collection, Texas, acquired from above, 1967.

The first floor chandelier was removed from the Auditorium Building, on 430 S. Michigan Avenue, in 1957 by Crombie Taylor.

LITERATURE:
Plank, Jeffrey. Crombie Taylor: Modern Architecture, Building Restoration, and the Rediscovery of Louis Sullivan. Richmond, California, William Stout Publishers, 2009.
Saliga, Pauline. Fragments of Chicago's Past: The Collection of Architectural Fragments at the Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago, Illinois, The Art Institute of Chicago, 1990.
Siry, Joseph. The Chicago Auditorium Building: Adler and Sullivan's Architecture and the City. Chicago, Illinois, University of Chicago Press, 2002.
Vinci-Kenny. Adler & Sullivan's Auditorium Building: Architectural Guidelines for Its Preservation and Restoration for Roosevelt University. Chicago, Illinois, 1977.

Note: The Auditorium Building was constructed between 1886-1889, with the addition of a seventh floor Ballroom and Banquet Hall in 1891. The building was excavated with Congress Street sidewalk renovation between 1955-1956, and now is the Rudolf Ganz Memorial Hall.


Alternate Artist Spellings: "Louis H. Sullivan", "Sullivan, Louis H.", "Sullivan, Louis Henri"

The sixteen light chandelier retains it's original sockets and socket wiring, updated wiring through the standard and finished with a new plug. Warping throughout the frame. Comes with reproduction Edison bulbs. Heritage does not guarantee the working order of electrified lighting.