This wonderful exhibition is centered on two sets of exquisite memorial windows created by Louis C. Tiffany and John La Farge. And, they have not been on view for more than 40 years, which makes this exhibition that run thru next year even more special!
Originally commissioned for Boston's Mount Vernon Congregational Church in the late 1890's, the large stained-glass works were donated to WAM in 1975 when the church vacated its building. The year-long exhibition opens today, June 30 with the windows by Tiffany installed in the Contemporary Gallery. The panels by La Farge, which require additional restoration, will join the Tiffany windows in late September 2018. This exhibition is the first of three pre-contemporary American art projects supported by major funding from the Henry Luce Foundation.
The Tiffany windows, titled Angel of Resurrection, show an angelic figure among a field of lilies. The La Farge panels, titled The Pool at Bethesda, depict a scene from the New Testament, in which an angel of God stirs the healing waters of the pool at Bethesda.
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