About the Artwork
Abou Ben Adhem Window Panel
1890
John La Farge
1835-1910
American
Unknown
Stained glass
Overall: 161 5/16 × 61 inches (4 m 9.7 cm × 154.9 cm)
Stained Glass
American Art before 1950
Gift of the Unitarian Church Trust
59.170
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Markings
Inscribed, bottom quarter of lancet window: "WRITE ME | AS | ONE THAT LOVES | HIS | FELLOWMEN" [below that] JOHN JUDSON BAGLEY
Provenance
Formerly installed in the Unitarian Church, Woodward Avenue at Edmund Place, Detroit, Michigan DIA in 1959
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Detroit Sunday News. Nov. 30, 1890 (ill.).
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John La Farge, Abou Ben Adhem Window Panel, 1890, stained glass. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of the Unitarian Church Trust, 59.170.
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