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Impost Blocks from the Walker Warehouse, Chicago (2), (sculpture). Artist:  Sullivan, Louis Henry, 1856-1924, sculptor. Ryerson, Martin A., Jr., contractor. Adler and Sullivan, architectural firm. Title:  Impost Blocks from the Walker Warehouse, Chicago (2), (sculpture). Dates:  1888-1889. Medium:  Granite blocks on bed of gravel. Dimensions:  2 blocks. West block: approx. 24 x 165 x 49 in. Inscription:  unsigned Description:  The west block is oblong-shaped, with foliage carving on three sides. Carved scrolls appear on two upper corners. On the fourth side and the top the stone is "dressed," with depressions in the surface which are apparently for architectural purposes. The block rests on a bed of gravel. Subject:  Architecture -- Detail Object -- Foliage Object Type:  Architectural component Outdoor Sculpture -- Illinois -- Champaign Sculpture Owner:  Administered by University of lllinois, Board of Trustees, 506 South Wright Street, 354 Henry Administration Building, Urbana, Illinois 61801 Located University of Illinois, 608 East Lorado Taft Drive, North side of Architecture Building, Champaign, Illinois 61820 Provenance:  Formerly located Walker Warehouse, 200-214 South Market Street, Chicago, Illinois 1889-ca. 1953. Remarks:  Adler & Sullivan designed original building; Ryerson built the building. When the Walker Warehouse (originally named the Ryerson Building), was demolished around 1953, these granite support posts were removed and in 1954 were acquired by the University through a former architecture student. The east block has been removed from the campus and was not available for examination on the survey date of July 1992. The blocks are used as benches. IAS files contain related article in Champaign-Urbana News-Gazette, Nov. 2, 1979, as well as additional citations for related articles and books. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Illinois survey, 1992. Champaign-Urbana News-Gazette, Nov. 2, 1979, pg. T-10, T-11. Illustration:  Champaign-Urbana News-Gazette, Nov. 2, 1979, pg. T-10, T-11. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS IL000022   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture IL000022 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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