Teller's wicket, National Farmers’ Bank, Owatonna, Minnesota, 1908 (recast from original 1967)
Louis Henri Sullivan; Designer: George Grant Elmslie; Caster: Gerald Bonnetteexpand_more
Bronzeexpand_more
Gift of Roger G. Kennedyexpand_more 98.256.17
On View in Gallery 300expand_more
The original seven teller wickets in the National Farmers’ Bank banking room were removed during renovations in 1929 and 1940. So far as is known, none survive. This cast is one of three made by Gerald Bonnette in 1967 from an eighth wicket, given by the manufacturer to the Art Institute of Chicago in 1908. Though once removed from the original, it clearly shows the skill Elmslie contributed to the bank’s elaborate decorative scheme. The wicket’s geometric, rectilinear framework is overlaid with scrolling curves and organic designs of pods, leaves, and berries. The abstracted, highly detailed natural forms are meant to be seen and appreciated at close range. In contrast, a cast iron panel for the Woodbury County Courthouse (also in this gallery), with simpler, bolder abstraction, was meant to be viewed from a distance.
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- Title
- Teller's wicket, National Farmers’ Bank, Owatonna, Minnesota
- Artist Life
- 1856-1924
- Role
- Designer
- Accession Number
- 98.256.17
- Curator Approved
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