About the Artwork
Teller's Cage
1928
Wirt Rowland (Designer) American, 1878 - 1946 Gorham Manufacturing Co. (Manufacturer) American, established 1831
Monel metal
Overall: 96 × 48 inches (243.8 × 121.9 cm)
Architecture
American Art before 1950
Gift of Michigan Consolidated Gas Company
2000.141
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Provenance
2000-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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"American Decorative Arts Acquisitions, 1985-2005." Bulletin of the DIA 81, 1-2 (2007): p. 76.
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Wirt Rowland; Gorham Manufacturing Co., Teller's Cage, 1928, Monel Metal. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Michigan Consolidated Gas Company, 2000.141.
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