Louis Comfort Tiffany
A Wooded Landscape in Three Panels

A Wooded Landscape in Three Panels

Public Domain

A Wooded Landscape in Three Panels
ArtistAmerican, 1848–1933
MakerAmerican, active 1902–1932
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • A Wooded Landscape in Three Panels
Datec. 1905
PlaceNew York, United States
MediumGlass, copper-foil, and lead
DimensionsOverall: 86 1/2 × 131 9/16 × 1 3/4 in. (219.7 × 334.2 × 4.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Brown Foundation Accessions Endowment Fund
Object number96.765.A-.C
Current Location
The Audrey Jones Beck Building
109 Long & Sarofim Gallery
On view

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Department
Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design
Object Type
DescriptionThis spectacular window is a unified forest scene spanning three panels. Like a living landscape, during the course of a day the scene changes in appearance, responding to the light surrounding it. A Wooded Landscape is far more complex than most stained-glass windows, which are pieced together in a process similar to solving a jigsaw puzzle. Instead, by layering different textures, thicknesses, and colors of glass on top of each other within the window—just as an artist might layer paint on a canvas—Louis Comfort Tiffany created subtle color combinations that change with variations in light. During his lifetime, it was said that Tiffany “painted” with glass.
Provenance[Unidentified dealer, possibly named Mr. Kasler, who acquired window from a residence north of Minneapolis–Saint Paul]; Private collection, New York, 1968; [J. Alastair Duncan, Ltd., New York]; purchased by MFAH, 1996.
Exhibition History"Masterworks of Louis Comfort Tiffany," Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, and The Metropolitan Museum of Art ; 1989-1990.

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Vase
Louis Comfort Tiffany
Vase
1902–1918
Glass and gilt bronze
78.226
Vase
Louis Comfort Tiffany
Vase
c. 1892–1893
Glass
90.378
Flower Form Vase
Louis Comfort Tiffany
Flower Form Vase
c. 1902–1910
Glass
73.161
Vase
Louis Comfort Tiffany
Vase
1902–1915
Glass
73.156
Desk Set
Louis Comfort Tiffany
Desk Set
c. 1910–1929
Brass and mother-of-pearl
91.1928.A-.E
Vase
Louis Comfort Tiffany
Vase
1905–1920
Earthenware
97.555
Recto detail
Unknown Italian
Panels (furnishing fabric)
1600–1650
Silk satin damask
2022.121
Pair of Panels carved with representations of cherubs, birds and floral design
Unknown Egyptian
Pair of Panels carved with representations of cherubs, birds and floral design
501–600 AD
Wood
76.335.1,.2
Image Not Available for Untitled (row of white rectangular panels)
Grey Crawford
Untitled (row of white rectangular panels)
1979
Gelatin silver print
91.1595.4
Celery Vase
Bakewell, Page & Bakewell
Celery Vase
c. 1812–1827
Lead glass
B.2006.7
Still
Robert Longo
Still
1984
Mixed media: acrylic and silkscreen on wood; charcoal and graphite on dyed paper; oil and copper leaf on carved oak; granite and metal; oil on hammered lead
2007.612.A-.E
Finger Bowl
Bakewell, Page & Bakewell
Finger Bowl
c. 1812–1827
Lead glass
B.2005.19