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Art with a Mission: Objects of the Arts and Crafts Movement

Art with a Mission: Objects of the Arts and Crafts Movement

Pat Fidler, curator

March 31, 1991–May 26, 1991

Kress Gallery and South Balcony, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas

More than one hundred English and American objects from the late nineteenth century document development of the Arts and Crafts movement. Furniture by Gustav Stickley; stained glass from the studio of Louis Comfort Tiffany; prints, wallpaper, and book illustrations by William Morris; and ceramics, silver, metalwork, and jewelry are on display.

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Works of art

Sussex chair, William Morris (1834–1896); Morris, Marshal, Faulkner & Co. — William Morris (1834–1896); Morris, Marshal, Faulkner & Co.

Sussex chair, circa 1870

baluster from the Carson, Pirie, Scott building, Chicago, George Grant Elmslie (1869–1952); Louis Henry Sullivan (1856–1924) — George Grant Elmslie (1869–1952); Louis Henry Sullivan (1856–1924)

baluster from the Carson, Pirie, Scott building, Chicago, 1899–1904

vase, Sarah Agnes Estelle Irvine (1887–1970); Joseph Fortune Meyer (1848–1931); Newcomb Pottery (active 1895–1940) — Sarah Agnes Estelle Irvine (1887–1970); Joseph Fortune Meyer (1848–1931); Newcomb Pottery (active 1895–1940)

vase, 1918

vase, Anna Frances Simpson (1880–1930); Joseph Fortune Meyer (1848–1931); Newcomb Pottery (active 1895–1940) — Anna Frances Simpson (1880–1930); Joseph Fortune Meyer (1848–1931); Newcomb Pottery (active 1895–1940)

vase, 1918

Salamander vase, Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848–1933) — Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848–1933)

Salamander vase, 1905–1910

Frontispiece for "The Chap-Book", William Henry Bradley (1868–1962) — William Henry Bradley (1868–1962)

Frontispiece for "The Chap-Book", 1895

frontispiece for "When Hearts are Trumps", William Henry Bradley (1868–1962) — William Henry Bradley (1868–1962)

frontispiece for "When Hearts are Trumps", 1894

Christmas cover for "The Inland Printer", William Henry Bradley (1868–1962) — William Henry Bradley (1868–1962)

Christmas cover for "The Inland Printer", 1895

Modern Art, Arthur Wesley Dow (1857–1922) — Arthur Wesley Dow (1857–1922)

Modern Art, late 1800s–early 1900s

Lucretia, William Morris (1834–1896); Edward Burne-Jones (1833–1898) — William Morris (1834–1896); Edward Burne-Jones (1833–1898)

Lucretia, before 1896

Double Bough, William Morris (1834–1896) — William Morris (1834–1896)

Double Bough, 1890

Hope, John La Farge (1835–1910) — John La Farge (1835–1910)

Hope, circa 1908

Armorial Composition, John La Farge (1835–1910) — John La Farge (1835–1910)

Armorial Composition, circa 1897

Virgil, John La Farge (1835–1910) — John La Farge (1835–1910)

Virgil, circa 1893

Bert's Iris, William Seltzer Rice (1873–1963) — William Seltzer Rice (1873–1963)

Bert's Iris, 1920

Qa'hila - Koprino, Edward Sheriff Curtis (1868–1952) — Edward Sheriff Curtis (1868–1952)

Qa'hila - Koprino, 1914

Still life (Waterlilies), Adolf de Meyer (1868–1949) — Adolf de Meyer (1868–1949)

Still life (Waterlilies), 1908

The Cloud, Bavaria, Plate #1, Alvin Langdon Coburn (1882–1966) — Alvin Langdon Coburn (1882–1966)

The Cloud, Bavaria, Plate #1, 1908

The Ferry, New York, Alvin Langdon Coburn (1882–1966) — Alvin Langdon Coburn (1882–1966)

The Ferry, New York, 1910

untitled (bust of a female figure), Gertrude Stanton Käsebier (1852–1934) — Gertrude Stanton Käsebier (1852–1934)

untitled (bust of a female figure), circa 1900

untitled (portrait of Mrs. Vitale), Gertrude Stanton Käsebier (1852–1934) — Gertrude Stanton Käsebier (1852–1934)

untitled (portrait of Mrs. Vitale), late 1800s–early 1900s

The Resurrection, Heaton, Butler & Bayne, New York & London (active late 1800s) — Heaton, Butler & Bayne, New York & London (active late 1800s)

The Resurrection, late 1800s

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