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"For nearly a century, a monumental Tiffany stained-glass window hung in
near-total obscurity at a Providence, Rhode Island, church. Now known as the
Hartwell Memorial Window, the shimmering landscape was installed in 1917 and
attracted just a handful of visitors each year, as Donita Naylor reported for
the
Providence Journal last February.
Starting this weekend, thousands of art lovers will have the chance to gaze
upon the monumental window at the Art Institute of Chicago (AIC). The museum
purchased the Tiffany window in 2018, painstakingly shipping the work across
the country. Since making the acquisition, the AIC has undertaken a years-long
restoration of the century-old glass to prepare it for public viewing, reports
Kyle MacMillan for the
Chicago Sun-Times.
The iridescent tableau depicts a peaceful New Hampshire landscape full of lush,
multi-colored trees. Dappled sunlight bounces off a flowing waterfall, while
the imposing Mount Chocorua looms in the background. Per Steve Johnson of the
Chicago Tribune, Tiffany artists soldered 48 layered-glass panels together to
produce the 23-foot-high by 16-foot-wide scene."
Via Muse, who wrote "Tiffany came up with some real corkers of stained-glass
windows. Beautiful!"
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