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Grace Spaulding John

The Chapel Door

1923

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  • Artist Grace Spaulding John (American, 1890–1972)
  • Title The Chapel Door
  • Date 1923
  • Medium Oil on board
  • Dimensions framed | 30 x 25 7/8 x 2 1/8 in.
    unframed | 23 5/8 x 19 5/8 in.
  • Credit line Gift of Patricia John Keightley, 1984
  • Object number WU 1984.2

Members of the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Art Center
Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Art Center (Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island, New York), 11/23/1923 - 12/15/1923

1984
Patricia John Keightley

Inscription [LL corner of panel, written in brown paint:] The CHaPel / Door / Tiffany's / Garden / Grace / Spaulding / 1923

Inscription [Washington University info on back of board]

Inscription [on verso at UL corner of frame, written in black marker:] WU 1984.2

Inscription [on verso at UL corner of frame, stamped in black:] No 610

Inscription [on verso at CL of frame, stamped in black:] 20 X 24 [LL of frame, stamped in black with a black border:] CONTINENTAL FRAME CO.

Inscription [on verso at UR corner of panel, white rectangular label over another white rectangular label] [typewritten in black:] # 14 THE CHAPEL DOOR / TIFFANY'S GARDEN / 1923 [written in black pen:] 20"x24"

Inscription [on verso at UR corner of panel, written in black ballpoint pen:] (21) TIFFANY / #14 "The Chapel Door," 1923 / Tiffay's garden / 24" x 20", oil on board / by Grace Spaulding / Exhibited November 23 - December 15, 1923 / Paintings and Sculptures by the members / of the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation / Art Center, 65 East 56th Street, New York City / [blank line] / The word on door "Knock" aludes / to the biblical quotation:

Inscription [on verso at CL of panel, written in red chalk:] 264

Inscription [on verso at LC of panel, stamped in red:] [half of the stamp is cut off, the available section reads:] e the / CK / panel / U.S.A / ed and Sized / TITE" process / d 1916 / BOARD / AND CEILINGS / [indecipherable emblem]

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November 23, 1923–December 15, 1923

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