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Newel Post from the Chicago Stock Exchange
Newel Post from the Chicago Stock Exchange
Winslow Brothers
USA, 1893
electro-plated copper finish over cast iron 63¾ h × 7¼ w × 4¼ d in (162 × 18 × 11 cm)
USA, 1893
electro-plated copper finish over cast iron 63¾ h × 7¼ w × 4¼ d in (162 × 18 × 11 cm)
estimate: $5,000–7,000
result: $5,625
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This Newel Post is an unusually expressive example of Louis Sullivan’s ability to morph the modular geometry of architecture with a romantic blossoming reflective of the forces of nature. Here, a strongly geometric post becomes a bursting form of natural energy, widening at the top to accommodate two side-by-side handrails on the back.
provenance: Chicago Stock Exchange