LOUIS COMFORT TIFFANY. The Palmer House

This elegant figure, designed by Louis Comfort Tiffany, stands in the second floor Lobby of the Palmer House near the entrance to the Empire Room.

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Completed in 1927 by Architects Holabird and Roche, the Palmer House is home to an ensemble of Architecture, Sculpture, and Art that exemplifies the Beaux Arts Tradition in Chicago.

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THE MARQUETTE BUILDING. Hermon Atkins MacNeil

This is the fourth and final restored panel to reappear on the Marquette's East Facade. I hate to say that there are NO MORE. (This series of Marquette posts has been great pleasure.) Spectacular work, by Hermon Atkins MacNeil and the John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation. Thank you.

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Passing Two Leagues Up the River, We Resolved to Winter There +++ Being Detained by My Illness

THE MARQUETTE BUILDING. Amy Aldis Bradley. "The Vision."

So, Amy said, "Hermon, this is what Father Marquette looked like." And Hermon said, "Amy, you've got to be kidding........." Discussions like this, that most certainly took place, are gone forever. We are, however, left, with Amy's "Vision." And a sense of "entre nous" humor that we will never never quite "get. " (And if you think this needs explanation -- take a look at the white guy with a mustache dressed up like an Indian in the Tiffany mosaics.)

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FATHER JACQUES MARQUETTE. by Amy Aldis Bradley

If anyone knows more of the real story, or even knows of speculation, PLEASE COMMENT.

THE MARQUETTE BUILDING. Hermon Atkins MacNeil. Post 1

Rarely have I been so impressed with a Restoration. Today I noticed that the first two panels memorializing Father Marquette by sculptor Hermon Atkins MacNeil have been quietly reinstalled on the East Facade of Holabird and Roche's Marquette Building. Longterm credits are due the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation for their care and preservation of the Marquette. Today, more "thank-you's" are due. This careful, thoughtful work is spectacular. Kudos are also due the preservation artist -- I hope to have credit s here shortly.

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Below are vignettes from "The De Profundis was Intoned +++ The Body was then Carried to the Church."

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Hermon Atkins Macneil was born in 1866 and died in 1947. He was a contributor to the Columbian Exposition of 1893. Another work, "The Sun Vow" is displayed in Hammond Beeby Babka's elegant Sculpture Court in the Daniel F and Ada L Rice Wing at the Art Institute of Chicago. More to follow.