George Grant Elmslie Paintings & Artwork for Sale | George Grant Elmslie Art Value Price Guide

Apr. 16, 2023
Robert Riddle Jarvie, AMPA Brass Stamp Box
Est: $250 - $500
Robert Riddle Jarvie (1865-1941), American Meat Packers Association brass stamp box, Chicago, 1912, design by George Grant Elmslie (1869-1952), the hinged lid incised 'AMPA 1912', stamped to the underside 'MADE BY / ROBERT JARVIE / UNION STOCKYARDS CHICAGO', together with an Art and Crafts pierced brass picture frame, early 20th century.
Locati LLC
Feb. 19, 2023
George G. Elmslie Terracotta Architectural Element
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
George Grant Elmslie (American, 1869-1952) cast and glazed pier capital architectural element from the Oliver Morten School in Hammond, Indiana, circa 1936, now mounted on a tiered veneered bronze-tone pedestal. 64.5" H x 24" W x 13" D (overall).
Auctions at Showplace
Oct. 25, 2022
PRAIRIE SCHOOL; ATTRIBUTED TO GEORGE GRANT ELMSLIE (1869-1952) Shadecirca 1909most probably from the Harold & Josephine Bradley House, Madison, Wisconsin, patinated copper, glassheight 7 1/4in (18.4cm); width 5 1/4in (13.3cm); depth 5 1/4in (13.3cm)
Est: $1,500 - $2,000
PRAIRIE SCHOOL; ATTRIBUTED TO GEORGE GRANT ELMSLIE (1869-1952) Shade circa 1909 most probably from the Harold & Josephine Bradley House, Madison, Wisconsin, patinated copper, glass height 7 1/4in (18.4cm); width 5 1/4in (13.3cm); depth 5 1/4in (13.3cm)
Bonhams
Jun. 09, 2021
William Gary Purcell (1880-1965) & George Grant Elmslie (1869-1952) for the Mrs. Richard Polson Residence in Spooner, Wisconsin hang...
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
William Gary Purcell (1880-1965) & George Grant Elmslie (1869-1952) for the Mrs. Richard Polson Residence in Spooner, Wisconsin hanging light fixture Spooner, Wisconsin, 1917 bronze, glass overall: 16"sq x 26"h Provenance: Christie's, New York, New York, 12 June 2008, Important 20th Century Decorative Art & Design, Lot 119 Acquired from the above by the present owner Literature: For Purcell & Elmslie's "Lighting Fixtures for Mrs. Richard Polson, Spooner, Wisconsin" and period photos of the residence, see: Mrs. Richard Polson, 1910-1919, University of Minnesota Libraries, Northwest Architectural Archives, umedia.lib.umn.edu/item/p16022coll109:664; accessed 18 May 2021
Toomey & Co. Auctioneers
Nov. 12, 2019
George Grant Elmslie (British/American, 1869-1952) Architectural Wall Relief Tile Exchange State Bank, Grand Meadow, Minnesota, 1910
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
George Grant Elmslie (British/American, 1869-1952) Architectural Wall Relief Tile Exchange State Bank, Grand Meadow, Minnesota, 1910 terra cotta H 20 x W 20 x D 2 3/4 inches
Hindman
Jan. 07, 2019
George Grant Elmslie (American) Architectural Element
Est: $800 - $1,200
A Pier Capital (architectural element), from the Oliver Morten School, Hammond, Indiana, 1936, by George Grant Elmslie (American, b. 1869, d. 1952) Dimensions: 19 1/2" X18 X 7 1/2" and 65" height overall with custom base. Provenance: Michael Fitzsimmons, Chicago, Illinois
Flannery's Estate Services
Dec. 14, 2017
George Grant Elmslie (1871-1952) Six Leaded Glass Windows for the Henry B.
Est: -
George Grant Elmslie (1871-1952) Six Leaded Glass Windows for the Henry B. Babson House, circa 1907 clear and polychrome glass, lead each window 48 1/4in x 20in (122cm x 50cm)
Bonhams
Dec. 14, 2017
George Grant Elmslie (1871-1952) Leaded Glass Window for the Henry B. Bab
Est: -
George Grant Elmslie (1871-1952) Leaded Glass Window for the Henry B. Babson House, circa 1907 clear and polychrome glass, lead 47 1/2in x 23 1/2in (121 x 60cm)
Bonhams
Sep. 10, 2016
Robert Riddle Jarvie (1865-1941) American Meat Packers Association stamp box 4.25"w x 2"d x 2"h
Est: $500 - $700
Robert Riddle Jarvie (1865-1941) American Meat Packers Association stamp box Chicago, IL, 1912 brass stamped signature design by George Grant Elmslie (1869-1952) 4.25"w x 2"d x 2"h
Toomey & Co. Auctioneers
Sep. 12, 2015
Robert Riddle Jarvie (1865-1941) American Meat Packers Association stamp box 4.25"w x 2"d x 1.75"h
Est: $500 - $700
Robert Riddle Jarvie (1865-1941) American Meat Packers Association stamp box Chicago, IL, 1912 brass stamped signature design by George Grant Elmslie (1869-1952) 4.25"w x 2"d x 1.75"h
Toomey & Co. Auctioneers
Dec. 06, 2014
George Grant Elmslie (1869-1952) for the Henry B. Babson House
Est: $700 - $900
George Grant Elmslie (1869-1952) for the Henry B. Babson House architectural fretwork grille Chicago, IL, circa 1923 walnut unsigned 33"w x 9"h Provenance: Christie's New York, 17 December 1983 The Collection of Robert and Elaine Dillof, Croton Falls, NY Catalogue Note: The Henry B. Babson House, Riverside, IL, was originally designed by architect Louis Sullivan and built in 1907. George Grant Elmslie was the architect for the 1923/1926 alterations. The house was demolished in 1960.
Toomey & Co. Auctioneers
Oct. 01, 2011
GEORGE ELMSLIE; MIDLAND TERRA COTTA CO.; Three
Est: $600 - $900
GEORGE ELMSLIE; MIDLAND TERRA COTTA CO.; Three architectural terra cotta blocks, 1930s; Provenance: Thomas A. Edison School, Hammond, Indiana; Unmarked; 11'' x 19 1/2'' x 5''
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Oct. 01, 2011
GEORGE ELMSLIE; MIDLAND TERRA COTTA CO.; Three
Est: $600 - $900
GEORGE ELMSLIE; MIDLAND TERRA COTTA CO.; Three architectural terra cotta blocks, 1930s; Provenance: Morton School, Hammond, Indiana; Unmarked; 11'' x 19 1/2'' x 5''
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Oct. 01, 2011
GEORGE ELMSLIE; MIDLAND TERRA COTTA CO.; Two
Est: $500 - $700
GEORGE ELMSLIE; MIDLAND TERRA COTTA CO.; Two architectural terra cotta blocks, 1930s; Provenance: Morton School, Hammond, Indiana; Unmarked; 11'' x 19 1/2'' x 5''
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Dec. 05, 2010
Prairie School lantern, attributed to George Grant Elmslie,leaded and hammered stained glass in a geometric design
Est: $2,500 - $3,500
Prairie School lantern, attributed to George Grant Elmslie,leaded and hammered stained glass in a geometric design, 12"w x12"d x 31.5"h
Toomey & Co. Auctioneers
Jun. 16, 2010
GEORGE GRANT ELMSLIE AND WILLIAM GRAY PURCELL
Est: $75,000 - $100,000
GEORGE GRANT ELMSLIE AND WILLIAM GRAY PURCELL AN IMPORTANT CLERESTORY WINDOW FROM THE MADISON STATE BANK, MADISON, MINNESOTA leaded opalescent glass 73 x 23 in. (185.4 x 58.4 cm) ca. 1913 executed by E. L. Sharretts of the Mosaic Art Shops, Minneapolis, MN
Sotheby's
Oct. 04, 2009
An American Leaded Glass Window, George Grant Elmslie, Height 18 1/2 x width 18 3/4 inches.
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
An American Leaded Glass Window, George Grant Elmslie, of square form, having an internal border of yellow glass surrounding six panels, the upper corner with stylized design in multicolored glass, set in a later frame and stand. Height 18 1/2 x width 18 3/4 inches.
Hindman
Jun. 02, 2009
GEORGE GRANT ELMSLIE (1869-1952)
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
GEORGE GRANT ELMSLIE (1869-1952) A Group of Three Stencils, circa 1915 heavyweight paper 9½ x 22¼ in. (24.1 x 56.5 cm.), 8½ x 15¼ in. (21.6 x 38.7 cm.) and 11 x 18 7/8 in. (27.9 x 48 cm.) one inscribed in pencil MINNESOTA PHONOGRAPH Sales Room & Store 614 NICOLLET - Minneapolis (3)
Christie's
Dec. 15, 2006
GEORGE GRANT ELMSLIE AND WILLIAM GRAY PURCELL
Est: $6,000 - $8,000
PROPERTY FROM A MINNESOTA FAMILY PAIR OF SIDELIGHT WINDOWS FROM THE EDWARD W. DECKER HOUSE, LAKE MINNETONKA, MINNESOTA PAIR OF SIDELIGHT WINDOWS FROM THE EDWARD W. DECKER HOUSE, LAKE MINNETONKA, MINNESOTA measurements note 51 1/4 x 20 in. (130.2 x 50.8 cm) each, framed ca. 1914 opalescent, iridized and selectively textured clear leaded glass in the original painted wood frames PROVENANCE Acquired by Alice Jordan Rosekrans, Wayzata, MN, following the demolition of the Decker House, ca. 1943 EXHIBITED Prairie School Architecture in Minnesota, Iowa and Wisconsin, Minnesota Museum of Art at Landmark Center, Saint Paul, February 14-April 10, 1982 Minnesota 1900: Art and Life on the Upper Mississippi, 1890-1915, The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, June 19-September 4, 1994 LITERATURE Michael Conforti, ed., Minnesota 1900: Art and Life on the Upper Mississippi, 1890-1915, Newark, 1994, pp. 282-283, no. 29 (for the windows included in the exhibition checklist)
Sotheby's
Dec. 10, 2005
GEORGE GRANT ELMSLIE
Est: $20,000 - $30,000
RUG FROM THE HENRY B. BABSON HOUSE, RIVERSIDE, ILLINOIS measurements note 45 x 97 in. (114.3 x 246.4 cm) ca. 1913-1914 wool Tod M. Volpe and Beth Cathers, Treasures of the American Arts and Crafts Movement: 1890-1920, New York, 1988, p. 178 Hans Frei, Louis Henry Sullivan, Zurich, 1992, p. 137 (for a period photograph showing this rug in situ in the Babson House) PROVENANCE Mr. and Mrs. Henry B. Babson Thence by descent LITERATURE Robert Judson Clark, ed., The Arts and Crafts Movement in America 1876-1916, Princeton, 1972, p. 65 (for a similar runner designed by Elmslie for the Babson House) Janet Kardon, ed., The Ideal Home 1900-1920: The History of Twentieth-Century American Craft, New York, 1993, p. 109 (for a similar runner designed by Elmslie for the Babson House in the collection of The Art Institute of Chicago) Wendy Kaplan, The Arts & Crafts Movement in Europe & America: Design for the Modern World, New York, 2004, p. 260 (for a similar runner designed by Elmslie for the Babson House in the collection of Saint Louis Art Museum) NOTE Designed by Elmslie as part of an ensemble of several rugs for the Babson House around 1913-1914, this rug post-dates Sullivan's completion of the house in 1907. Purcell & Elmslie were subsequently commissioned to design a coach house stable, additional leaded glass windows and furnishings for the residence, including the rug presently offered.
Sotheby's
Dec. 10, 2005
GEORGE GRANT ELMSLIE
Est: $1,200 - $1,800
PROPERTY FROM A CHICAGO COLLECTION ARCHITECTURAL GRILL FROM THE HENRY B. BABSON HOUSE, RIVERSIDE, ILLINOIS measurements note 9 1/4 x 25 in. (23.5 x 63.5 cm) ca. 1907 walnut
Sotheby's
Dec. 10, 2005
GEORGE GRANT ELMSLIE
Est: $15,000 - $20,000
PROPERTY FROM A WISCONSIN COLLECTION AN IMPORTANT HIGH-BACK CHAIR FROM THE DINING ROOM OF THE HAROLD C. BRADLEY HOUSE, MADISON, WISCONSIN AN IMPORTANT HIGH-BACK CHAIR FROM THE DINING ROOM OF THE HAROLD C. BRADLEY HOUSE, MADISON, WISCONSIN measurements note 49 3/4 in. (126.4 cm) high ca. 1910-1912 executed by Jean B. Hassewer, Co., Chicago branded MADE & GUARANTEED/BY/JEAN B. HASSEWER CO./CHICAGO oak with the original leather upholstery and seat foundation LITERATURE ''The Statics and Dynamics of Architecture: Illustrating the work of Purcell, Feick and Elmslie, Architects,'' The Western Architect, vol. 19, January 1913, p. 4 (for a period photograph showing this chair in the dining room of the Bradley House) David Gebhard, The Work of Purcell and Elmslie, Architects, Park Forest, IL, 1965, p. 10 (for a period photograph of the Bradley dining room reprinted from the Western Architect, January 1913) Robert Judson Clark, ed., The Arts and Crafts Movement in America 1876-1916, Princeton, 1972, p. 61 (for a related chair model designed by Elmslie for the Charles A. Purcell House, River Forest, IL) Brian A. Spencer, ed., The Prairie School Tradition: The Prairie Archives of the Milwaukee Art Center, New York, 1979 , p. 42 Wendy Kaplan, The Art that is Life: The Arts & Crafts Movement in America, 1875-1920, Boston, 1987, p. 204 Janet Kardon, ed., The Ideal Home 1900-1920: The History of Twentieth-Century American Craft, New York, 1993, p. 73 Dixie Legler, Prairie Style: Houses and Gardens by Frank Lloyd Wright and the Prairie School, New York, 1999, pp. 86-87 (for two chairs from this same suite in the collection of the Sigma Phi Society, Madison, WI) NOTE Photo Caption: Courtesy Northwest Architectural Archives, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Sotheby's
Dec. 10, 2005
GEORGE GRANT ELMSLIE
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF EDGAR TAFEL, F. A. I. A., FORMER APPRENTICE OF FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT ELEVATOR DOOR MEDALLION FROM THE CARSON, PIRIE, SCOTT & COMPANY DEPARTMENT STORE, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS measurements note 22 in. (55.9 cm) diameter ca. 1899 cast iron executed by Winslow Brothers Company, Chicago Edgar Tafel, Apprentice to Genius: Years with Frank Lloyd Wright, New York, 1979, p. 33 LITERATURE Robert Judson Clark, ed., The Arts and Crafts Movement in America 1876-1916, Princeton, 1972, p. 61 Sarah C. Mollman, ed., Louis Sullivan in The Art Institute of Chicago: The Illustrated Catalogue of Collections, New York, 1989, p. 175 NOTE This iron medallion was designed for the elevator doors of the Schlesinger and Mayer department store (known by the name of its present owner Carson, Pirie, Scott & Company), and was cast in two parts to accommodate for the door partition. Rediscovering Elmslie The broad offering of works presented in the following lots by George Grant Elmslie provides a unique opportunity to study his designs in a variety of media throughout his illustrious career. Collaborating with many distinguished designers and architects, Elmslie's work consistently reflected his affinity for organic ornament drawn directly from nature. His juxtaposition of geometric elements and naturalistic motifs exemplifies his distinct expression of the Prairie School aesthetic. Emigrating from Scotland to Chicago in 1884, Elmslie began his apprenticeship in the office of William LeBaron Jenney. In 1887 he joined Frank Lloyd Wright and George Washington Maher in the office of Joseph Lyman Silsbee, before following Wright to work with Dankmar Adler and Louis Sullivan in 1889. Elmslie and Sullivan went on to work together for two decades. Sullivan was a crucial figure in the development of Elmslie's style. Elmslie recalled that, "in proceeding, Sullivan established by simple axial lines and curves the basic nature and structure of his ornamental themes, and then orchestrated them much as does a musician in developing his basic musical themes." This comparison to music is particularly appropriate, considering the rhythmic quality of the motifs Sullivan inspired. As Sullivan's chief draftsman and ornamental designer, Elmslie played a vital role in some of Sullivan's most important commissions. Elmslie was responsible for designing most of the exterior and interior ornament in the Carson, Pirie, Scott & Company department store designed by Sullivan in Chicago in 1899. The elevator door medallion offered in lot 428, displaying pierced interlacing devices derivative of Celtic designs, epitomizes Elmslie's fluid architectural ornament for this landmark building. Its intricate symmetrical repetition overcomes the inherent rigidity of the cast iron medium. The circular composition guides the viewer's eye effortlessly over the circuitous stems that radiate from the center. The culmination of Elmslie and Sullivan's twenty-year partnership was marked by their completion of the Harold C. Bradley House in Madison, Wisconsin. Commissioned in 1909, this project is the last surviving example of Sullivan's residential designs. Sullivan's dramatic architectural plan is complemented by Elmslie's designs for leaded glass, furniture, and lighting. Lot 429 is one of eight high-back chairs designed by Elmslie for the dining room of the Bradley House. Its continuous, reticulated back draws from Elmslie's vocabulary of naturalistic motifs. Elmslie consistently incorporated organic ornament in his designs executed in various media, as exemplified by the impressive rug from the Babson House in lot 431, and the terracotta capitals and cornice panel offered in lots 432 and 433. In 1909, Elmslie was presented with the opportunity to take over Frank Lloyd Wright's Oak Park studio, but declined in favor of joining the firm of William Gray Purcell and George Feick, Jr., in Minneapolis. In 1913 George Feick, Jr. left the firm, and Purcell and Elmslie continued their partnership for nine more years. As the most prolific of the Prairie School architects, they designed numerous residences, public buildings, offices, factories, and stores across the Midwest. They also designed numerous banks in Minnesota, which represented a rejection of the unimaginative neoclassical and neo-Georgian style banks which populated the midwestern architectural landscape. Their innovative vision helped define a new American style, characterized by box-like structures, steel frames, brick façades, arched entries, and stylized terracotta ornament. Lot 434, a pair of wickets from the First State Bank in LeRoy, Minnesota, exemplifies Purcell and Elmslie's designs for architectural metalwork for these bank commissions. Reflecting on his aesthetic philosophy, Elmslie professed, "It is high-spirited enjoyment and serene pleasure to work on this basis." --Katherine Brooke Kluger
Sotheby's
Dec. 17, 2004
GEORGE GRANT ELMSLIE AND WILLIAM GRAY PURCELL
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
possibly manufactured by George Niedecken and Company, Milwaukee ca. 1914 oak with curduroy upholstery
Sotheby's