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c. 1919
glazed terracotta 40¼ h × 20 w × 18 d in (102 × 51 × 46 cm)
glazed terracotta 40¼ h × 20 w × 18 d in (102 × 51 × 46 cm)
estimate: $10,000–15,000
This pair of lion acroteria are exact copies of the pair that sit atop the entryway of Louis Sullivan's Farmers and Merchants Union Bank in Columbus, Wisconsin. They were purchased from a woman in Joliet, Illinois who displayed them in her front yard.
literature: The Complete Architecture of Adler & Sullivan, Nickel and Siskind, pg. 296