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Pair of Gates to Seattle Art Museum Garden Court

Pair of Gates to Seattle Art Museum Garden Court

1932-1933

Samuel Yellin

American, born Poland, 1885-1940

Wrought iron
113 1/2 x 89 x 2 3/4 in. (288.3 x 226.1 x 7cm)
Gift of Mrs. John C. Atwood, Jr.
2006.139.1
Provenance: Commissioned 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)
location
Now on view at the Asian Art Museum

Media

For SAM's My Favorite Things series in 2016, artist Sam Vernon discusses Samuel Yellin's Pair of Gates to the Seattle Art Museum Garden Court.

Resources

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.

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