Louis Comfort Tiffany
A Wooded Landscape in Three Panels

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Artist Louis Comfort Tiffany (American, 1848–1933)American, 1848–1933

MakerMade by Tiffany Studios (American, active 1902–1932)American, 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

Object number96.765.A-.C

Current Location

The Audrey Jones Beck Building

109 Long & Sarofim Gallery

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Department

Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design

Object Type

GLASS

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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