"CARYATID PORCH" Museum of Science & Industry, Chicago, Illinois by Jack Nixon
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By: Jack Nixon
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Width: 11 in.
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Height: 20 in.
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Depth: 0 in.
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Medium: Pencil
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Material: Paper
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Style: Architectural
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Theme: Architecture
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About This Artwork
THE MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY CARYATIDS Signed and Numbered Photo-Offset Lithograph Prints
350 Large Prints 11 x 20" 40.00
500 Medium Prints 9 x 17" 30.00
A/P Small Prints 6 x 12" 20.00
Located at 5700 South Lake Shore Drive, and part of the city's vast park system, the neoclassic building upon which the Museum of Science and Industry is housed was built for the World's Columbian Exhibition of 1893.
Originally, the Palace of Fine Arts was one of fourteen "Great Buildings" in the
exhibition. Its exterior was constructed with wood, lath and, plaster. The Palace
was a very impermanent structure and was planned only to last for the length of
the exhibition.
With the building left standing after the closing of the exhibition, the following
tenant, The Field Columbian Museum (of Natural History) occupied the space until
1920. Its total reconstruction in brick and marble began in 1931 and was completed in 1940. Eight large porches or porticos encircle the building. The ancient architectural design with female columns is at least 2500 years old. The porticos were copied from the Erechtheion Temple on the Acropolis in Athens, Greece. The female forms were labeled "caryatid" for a region in Greece which was noted for
its beautiful, statuesque women.
The original pencil drawing of the portico is 15 x 26" in size and was drawn with
ebony pencils and 2B leaded technical pencils on Stonehenge paper. The work of art took six full weeks to finish in early 1992. The site was first photographed closely to capture the details. Photograph prints of the site were then pieced together and taped into a large collage. This helped the artist illustrate the portico in his studio.
Private Collection.
Copyright 1992 All rights Reserved. Jack Nixon, Nixon Design Studio