Pair of Gates to Seattle Art Museum Garden Court

Date1932-1933

Maker Samuel Yellin American, born Poland, 1885-1940

Object number2006.139.1

ProvenanceCommissioned by Mrs. John C. Atwood, Jr. (Eugenia Fuller), Philadelphia, for Seattle Art Museum, 1932 ("Seattle Art Museum; two pairs of wrought iron gates to garden court," job #3090, archive folder 049.45, 1932-33, Samuel Yellin Collection, Architectural Archives of the University of Pennsylvania)

Published References"Probably the greatest collection of Japanese paintigns and sculpture . . . " [advertisement for National Bank of Commerce], Walla Walla Union Bulletin, July 14, 1953: p. 2, reproduced. Andrews, Jack. Samuel Yellin, Metalworker. Originally published Philadelphia: The Yellin Foundation, n.d.; possibly reprint for Washington, D.C.: Washington National Cathedral, Department of Visitors Programs and Solunteer Services, n..d., pp. 11,17, reproduced fig. 6. Andrews, Jack. Samuel Yellin, Metalworker. Apple Valley, Minnesota, Skipjack Press, 1992, index, p. 10. "Selected Institutional Works," in "Samuel Yellin," http:www.wikipedia.org; "Seattle Art Museum; two pairs of wrought iron gates to garden court," Philadelphia Architects and Buildings, http//www.philadelphiabuildings.org.

Credit LineGift of Mrs. John C. Atwood, Jr.

Dimensions113 1/2 x 89 x 2 3/4 in. (288.3 x 226.1 x 7cm)

MediumWrought iron