Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: The Museum Year 2009
The Year
Acquisitions
Art of the Americas: July 2008–June 2009
Radiator grille sample for the State Street Trust Company, Boston, Massachusetts
1925–26
Samuel Yellin
Overall: 40.6 x 31.8 x 2.5 cm (16 x 12 1/2 x 1 in.)
Wrought iron
Classification: Metalwork
Object Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Accession number: 2008.1597
Location: Link between: American Impressionism, and The Boston School
Description: Rectangular frame with a smaller rectangle inside surrounding a composition of intersecting lines. All verticals and horizontals have spirals of iron peeling off to create a curving contrast to the rectilinear composition.
Provenance/Ownership History: 1925-26, made and owned by Samuel Yellin Metalworkers Company, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania; 2007, purchased by Bruce Barnes of the American Decorative Art 1900 Foundation, New York, New York from Samuel Yellin Metalworkers Co.); 2008, given by Bruce Barnes to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 21, 2009)
Gift of American Decorative Art 1900 Foundation