Fireplace Block from the Henry B. Babson House, Riverside, Illinois

Provenance

Originally part of the Henry B. Babson House, Riverside, IL, 1908; (demolished 1960); recovered by Richard Nickel; by descent within the family; given to the Richard Nickel Committee, c. 1972; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2023.

Fireplace Block from the Henry B. Babson House, Riverside, Illinois

Louis H. Sullivan

1908

Accession Number

267536

Medium

Glazed terracotta

Dimensions

18.7 × 21.3 × 11.4 cm (7 3/8 × 8 7/16 × 4 1/2 in.)

Classification

architecture

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Gift of John Vinci